Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming investigated why Spirit Forged metal resonated with Golden Crocodile Douluo’s right arm bone and discovered a way to enhance Soul Bones. The experiment succeeded on Golden Crocodile Douluo’s arm bone, giving Chen Ming a new cultivation method to develop.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Chen Ming that the metal resonated with him, and Chen Ming traced the connection to his right arm bone rather than his Martial Soul.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that his arm bone came from a Gold-Devouring Sacred Beetle and described its unusual power and his uncertainty about its newly revealed ability.
• Chen Ming brought Golden Crocodile Douluo back to Lou Gao’s secret chamber, where Lou Gao examined the arm bone and metal before discussing the phenomenon with them.
• Chen Ming and Lou Gao stabilized the metal’s connection to Golden Crocodile Douluo’s arm bone, which absorbed some of its power and gained several dozen to a hundred years of cultivation.
• Chen Ming created a crude Soul Bone enhancement method that worked only with Golden Crocodile Douluo’s right arm bone and that piece of Spirit Forged metal.

Chen Ming met Qian Renxue in secret, then brought Qian Daoliu with him to seek an audience with Ning Fengzhi. Ning Fengzhi refused to meet him while weighing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s political choice, unaware of how powerful Chen Ming had become.

• Chen Ming reported to Qian Daoliu that Golden Crocodile Douluo could grow stronger through the forging system, and Qian Daoliu arranged for him to see Qian Renxue.
• Xue Qinghe’s aggressive policies and repeated assassination attempts led Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to surround him with thousands of guards and powerful soul masters.
• Qian Daoliu used a Spirit System Titled Douluo and a substitute to bring Qian Renxue to Chen Ming without alerting her guards.
• Qian Renxue removed her disguise, met Chen Ming, and left their private meeting wearing a pendant and blushing; Qian Daoliu later switched her back and gave Chen Ming a resentful look.
• Chen Ming secretly took Qian Daoliu to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s residence, but Ning Fengzhi’s people said the Sect Master was unavailable.
• Chen Ming inferred that Ning Fengzhi suspected his ties to Spirit Hall and was delaying a decision, unaware that Chen Ming had become far stronger than he believed.

Chen Ming investigated reports of a cunning tiger stealing Soul Beasts from hunters and identified it as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose Inner Core could strengthen his Divine Throne. He enlisted Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo to help capture it, and they set out disguised.

• Chen Ming respected Ning Fengzhi’s decision but planned to keep Ning Rongrong from returning to Shrek Academy and to prevent Tang San from connecting with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Ming handled matters with Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall’s offerings, then met Dai Weisi, who tried unsuccessfully to recruit him.
• While observing unusual Martial Souls in Spirit City, Chen Ming heard reports of a winged, scorpion-tailed tiger stealing Soul Beasts’ corpses and escaping hunters.
• Chen Ming suspected the tiger was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and asked Qian Daoliu to gather information about it.
• After reviewing a sketch and Spirit Hall records, Chen Ming prepared to hunt the tiger with Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, bringing the Angel Sacred Sword and its Divine Will.

Chen Ming, Qian Daoliu, and Golden Crocodile tracked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to its hidden cave and caught it with its mate and cubs. The tiger confronted Golden Crocodile, hoping to protect its family.

• Chen Ming and Qian Daoliu detected the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as it stole a Twenty-Thousand-Year Earth Tyrant Bear from a hunting party.
• Chen Ming, Qian Daoliu, and Golden Crocodile followed the tiger to a cave in the mountain range.
• Chen Ming prepared the Soul Capturing Tablet while Qian Daoliu readied the Angel God's Divine Will, and Golden Crocodile smashed open the cave entrance.
• Golden Crocodile found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with its white tiger mate and scorpion-tailed cubs; the tiger threw its mate aside and took an attacking stance.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger asked why the humans had come for it and confronted Golden Crocodile, hoping to give its family time to escape.

Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose fierce resistance was driven by his need to protect his wife and children. After helping them escape, the tiger fought Golden Crocodile Douluo and endured a brutal exchange, ending with him using Evil God Protection to block a devastating strike.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo accused the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger of endangering humans, while the tiger insisted he was not afraid despite his clear concern about facing a Peerless Douluo.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger recalled how Evil God Power had transformed him, driven him from the white tiger clan, and left him hunted by Soul Beasts and Soul Masters.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo threatened the white tiger and cubs, forcing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to hold him off while they escaped.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger enlarged his body and struck Golden Crocodile Douluo with Dark Demon Evil Thunder, but Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked the attack and countered.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo inflicted deep wounds on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose evil power began corroding Golden Crocodile Douluo’s body and strength.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked with his fifth Soul Skill, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger used Evil God Protection to block the blow.

Golden Crocodile Douluo nearly killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and divine power interrupted the tiger’s attempt to use his ultimate technique. With his wife and children captured, the dying tiger offered his Soul Ring and Soul Bone in exchange for their lives, prompting Chen Ming to consider using him for an experiment.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo struck the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with his Sixth Soul Skill and drove him into a deep crater.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Golden Crocodile Douluo and tried to unleash his time-and-space power, but divine power interrupted the Life and Death Arena and left him near death.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger saw Qian Daoliu holding his white tiger wife and Chen Ming holding his unconscious cubs, then begged them to target him instead.
• Chen Ming put aside his plan to kill the tiger immediately and considered sparing the family long enough to test an idea.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger offered his Soul Ring and promised a Soul Bone if Chen Ming and the others spared his wife and children.

Chen Ming used the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s sacrifice to test whether a Soul Beast’s soul could reside in a Soul Ring and be summoned through his Dragon Ascending Sword. The experiment succeeded as the Tiger crossed the hundred-thousand-year threshold, while absorbing its Evil God Power raised Chen Ming’s God of Sin Divine Throne to Rank 3 and advanced his spiritual realm to Divine Will.

• Chen Ming revealed his Dragon Ascending Sword as his Second Martial Soul and asked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to sacrifice itself in exchange for sparing its wife and child.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sacrificed itself, and its soul, Soul Ring, Evil God Bead, and scorpion-tail Soul Bone entered Chen Ming’s Dragon Ascending Sword and body.
• Chen Ming infused the Tiger’s soul and Soul Ring with his origin and Power of Creation, raising the Soul Ring’s power toward the hundred-thousand-year level.
• The Lightning Tribulation sensed the God of Destruction, the Thunder God’s Divine Trial, and Chen Ming, then vanished after briefly creating an atmospheric display.
• Chen Ming extracted the Evil God Power from the Tiger and absorbed it into his God of Sin Divine Throne, raising it to Rank 3 and breaking his spiritual realm through to Divine Will.

Chen Ming completed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s transformation into a god-tier soul and brought its family to Spirit Hall. He purified the cubs into white tigers, leaving the newly strengthened Dark Demon Evil God Tiger confident that his family was safe.

• Chen Ming used his Divine Will and God of Sin power to reshape the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul, granting it Spirit Control and Evil Power.
• After the sacrifice ritual, Chen Ming summoned the transformed tiger, which had gained god-tier quality and a true Ultimate Attribute.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger begged Chen Ming to spare its wife and children, and Chen Ming offered to shelter them at Spirit Hall.
• Chen Ming and the Douluo elders brought the tiger’s family to the Worship Hall, where the tiger reunited with its wife and cubs.
• Chen Ming extracted Evil Power from the cubs and awakened their white tiger bloodline, turning them into fluffy white tiger cubs.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger saw that its family was safe and resolved to serve Chen Ming with greater strength and fighting spirit.

Chen Ming completed preparations across Spirit City, Gengxin City, Heaven Dou City, and Biluo City before traveling to the Blue Silver Forest and gaining the Blue Silver Grass Clan’s faith. He then set out for the Sun Moon Continent by way of the South Pole, leaving his destination and what he might find there unresolved.

• Chen Ming left Spirit City with Lou Gao and Golden Crocodile Douluo, awakened Ah Yin, and sent Lou Gao and Golden Crocodile Douluo to establish a base in Gengxin City.
• Chen Ming visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, helped Dugu Yan break through to level 50, and obtained a Forty Thousand Year Sky Python Soul Ring for her, raising her Soul Power to level 52.
• Chen Ming secretly visited Biluo City, restored Chen Shijie’s vitality and raised his Soul Power to level 58, then helped Chen Tianyun advance to level 57.
• Chen Ming took Ah Yin to the Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver King and the clan accepted Chen Ming and transferred their faith to him.
• Chen Ming left a trace of his consciousness with the Blue Silver King and traveled around the South Pole toward the Sun Moon Continent.

Chen Ming explored the southern Sun Moon Continent and found its settlements far weaker in Soul Masters and Soul Tool technology than he expected. He questioned an elderly Soul King, who described the continent’s rival alliances and its lone publicly known Titled Douluo, then offered his Soul Tool materials in exchange for the tribe’s safety.

• Chen Ming surveyed southern settlements and found few, weak Soul Masters and almost no Soul Tools or advanced Soul Tool technology.
• Chen Ming entered the old Soul King's tent, suppressed him with his aura, and helped him recover after realizing his supposed strength was largely hollow.
• The old Soul King mistook Chen Ming for an enemy from his past, but Chen Ming clarified that he only wanted information about the continent.
• The old Soul King explained that five nations formed the Sun Moon Alliance and the Dragon Phoenix Evil Alliance, and named Zi Long, emperor of the Overlord Dragon Empire, as the only publicly known Titled Douluo.
• The old Soul King offered Chen Ming his Level Four Soul Tool books and a Level Five Soul Tool Ray Gun, asking him to spare the tribe.

Chen Ming assessed the Sun Moon Continent’s weak combat strength and used poison and treatment to make Xu Bai serve him. After learning Xu Bai’s background, Chen Ming obtained a Level Five Soul Ray Gun and heard that its focused attack could rival Xu Bai’s Fifth Soul Skill.

• Chen Ming judged that the Sun Moon Continent’s strongest factions and Soul Engineers were far weaker than those of the Peerless Tang Sect era.
• Chen Ming poisoned Xu Bai, removed some toxins from his meridians, and raised his Soul Power from Level Fifty-Two to Level Fifty-Three.
• Chen Ming threatened Xu Bai with the poison while offering to clear more toxins and increase his Soul Power if he cooperated.
• Xu Bai introduced himself as an exiled member of the Rising Sun Empire’s imperial Xu Family and a certified Level Four Soul Engineer who had studied under a Level Six Soul Engineer.
• Xu Bai gave Chen Ming a Level Five Soul Ray Gun and explained that its focused attack was stronger than his own Fifth Soul Skill.

Chen Ming studied Sun Moon Continent Soul Tool designs and crafted several weapons and shields, then considered how Soul Tools could support a force of believers. He summoned Xu Bai back to his house to discuss something.

• Chen Ming returned the Level Five Soul Tool to Xu Bai, revived the unconscious guards and Soul Engineers, and sent Xu Bai away while he studied the basic textbooks.
• Chen Ming used Divine Will and Soul Power to study the Soul Tool formations and craft cores ranging from Level One to Level Four.
• Chen Ming concluded that Soul Tools could greatly strengthen low-level Soul Masters and considered building a faithful army equipped with them.
• Chen Ming assembled Level One and Level Two Ray Guns and shields, then called Xu Bai back to his house.
• Xu Bai heard Chen Ming's Spiritual Sound Transmission, hurried back to the stone house, and ordered the guards to stand watch outside.

Chen Ming demonstrated his extraordinary Soul Tool skill and divine power to Xu Bai, winning his faith and transforming his body and Soul Power. The chapter ended with Chen Ming awakening Xu Bai’s Martial Soul into the Sun, a top-tier power associated with the Rising Sun Empire’s imperial family.

• Xu Bai discovered that Chen Ming had quickly made four high-quality Soul Tools and was stunned by their performance.
• Chen Ming claimed to be a Demigod and displayed his Elemental Domain, overwhelming Xu Bai with his divine aura.
• Xu Bai recognized Chen Ming as a true god and began to develop faith in him.
• Chen Ming healed Xu Bai, purified and strengthened his Soul Power, and raised it from level fifty-three to level fifty-four.
• Chen Ming awakened Xu Bai’s Martial Soul, transforming it into the Sun.

Chen Ming restored Xu Bai’s health and strength, leading Xu Bai to become a devout believer and pledge his help in spreading faith and pursuing Soul Tool Technology. After Xu Bai arranged the tribe’s affairs, he prepared to leave with Chen Ming to reconnect with his former teacher and fellow disciples.

• Chen Ming’s restoration of Xu Bai’s body, Soul Power, and Martial Soul convinced Xu Bai that Chen Ming was a god.
• Chen Ming explained his Demigod realm and asked Xu Bai to help spread faith and investigate Soul Tool Technology.
• Xu Bai decided to contact his former teacher and fellow disciples, and Chen Ming offered to fly him there after he arranged the tribe’s affairs.
• Xu Bai’s tribe, built from his family and servants and grown to more than twenty thousand people, obeyed him as his restored power impressed its leaders.
• Xu Bai organized the tribe’s affairs in less than half a day, preparing to depart with Chen Ming.

Chen Ming flew Xu Bai to the Rising Sun Empire and saw how far the Sun Moon Continent lagged behind the Douluo Continent in development. They reached Great Sun City, where Xu Bai led Chen Ming into the underground black market district.

• Xu Bai told Chen Ming about his tribe and offered him one of two old third-grade flying Soul Tools.
• Chen Ming used spatial power to move them to a hillside, then conjured shields and a gale to fly north with Xu Bai.
• After flying for about a day, Chen Ming and Xu Bai reached the northern territory controlled by the Rising Sun Empire and Bright Moon Empire, and Xu Bai had to stop to rest.
• Chen Ming scanned cities along the way and judged the Sun Moon Continent's population, infrastructure, and Soul Tool industry to be far behind the Douluo Continent.
• Chen Ming and Xu Bai arrived at Great Sun City, entered by confusing the guards with Spiritual Power, and Xu Bai led Chen Ming to the underground black market district.

Chen Ming and Xu Bai investigated Great Sun City's royal-backed underground black street and learned about the Sun Moon Continent's wars and Level Seven Soul Engineers. After Xu Bai identified his former teacher as a potential source of Level Seven Soul Tool technology, Chen Ming considered recruiting him and his fellow disciples to work alongside Lou Gao.

• Chen Ming and Xu Bai entered Great Sun City's underground black street, where Xu Bai bought basic intelligence using a false identity.
• Chen Ming analyzed the reports and learned that the Sun Moon allied forces and the three-nation alliance had halted their large-scale war after repeated clashes involving Level Seven Soul Cannonballs.
• Chen Ming showed Xu Bai dossiers on four Level Seven Soul Engineers, and Xu Bai recognized his former teacher, a Spirit Turtle Martial Soul user and renowned Soul Tool researcher.
• Xu Bai proposed that Chen Ming could restore his elderly teacher's health and persuade him to share the complete Level Seven Soul Tool technology.
• Chen Ming realized he could use his life and death powers to extend the teacher's life and considered recruiting him and his fellow disciples to research battle armor with Lou Gao.

Chen Ming explored Black Street, assessed its rare metals and complicated barter economy, then returned to Xu Bai after trading for several metals. He learned about Xu Bai’s teacher, Shui Xuan, and accompanied Xu Bai toward the heavily fortified Shui Family ancestral land.

• Chen Ming identified twenty types of Sun Moon Continent metals that interested him and learned how its varied currencies and measures complicated trade.
• Chen Ming bartered soul beast materials for most of the metals he wanted, then shook off people following him and Teleported back to Xu Bai.
• Xu Bai finished organizing the materials and changed clothes, and Chen Ming asked him for details about his teacher, Shui Xuan.
• Chen Ming concealed himself and Xu Bai with Soul Power as they traveled to Shui Xuan’s estate outside Great Sun City.
• Chen Ming and Xu Bai approached the Shui Family ancestral land, whose walls, guards, and mounted Soul Cannons formed formidable defenses.

Chen Ming brought Xu Bai to reunite with his aged teacher, Shui Xuan, who mistook Xu Bai for a spirit returning to collect him. After Xu Bai explained his survival and Chen Ming’s help, Shui Xuan recognized Chen Ming as a Demigod from the Douluo Continent, prompting Chen Ming to ask how Shui Xuan knew of Sea God Island.

• Chen Ming used his Spiritual Power to take Xu Bai past the city guards and into Shui Xuan’s residence.
• Chen Ming teleported Xu Bai into Shui Xuan’s courtyard, where the startled Mysterious Turtle tried to rouse its master.
• Shui Xuan mistook Xu Bai for a dead visitor and assumed his own death was near, but Xu Bai insisted that they were both alive.
• Xu Bai brought Shui Xuan to Chen Ming and explained how Chen Ming had rescued and transformed him.
• Shui Xuan asked if Chen Ming was Bo Saixi, and Chen Ming revealed that he was a Demigod from the Douluo Continent and questioned how Shui Xuan knew about Sea God Island.

Chen Ming explained that he had come to Sun Moon Continent to study its Soul Tool system and recruit skilled Soul Engineers, not to pursue a feud with Sea God Island. After Chen Ming demonstrated his power and restored some of Shui Xuan’s vitality, Shui Xuan offered him his Soul Engineer materials.

• Shui Xuan explained that his family descended from Sea Soul Masters exiled from Sea God Island and had little contact with it in recent generations.
• Shui Xuan recalled that Sea God Island had once asked his family to find an unknown Soul Tool and had given him Little Turtle as a reward.
• Chen Ming told Shui Xuan and Xu Bai that he wanted the continent’s best Soul Tools and Soul Engineers to further his goals.
• Shui Xuan asked whether Chen Ming was truly a Demigod, and Chen Ming demonstrated his power by gathering the Life Force of plants and sending it into Shui Xuan.
• Shui Xuan felt his vitality return and offered Chen Ming his books and materials on Soul Engineers.

Shui Xuan explained that Level Seven Soul Engineering had no settled standards and offered to share his knowledge with Chen Ming. Chen Ming restored Shui Xuan’s health and revealed a glimpse of his terrifying negative Divinity, leaving Shui Xuan determined to serve him and bring the Shui Family, his disciples, and his old friends under Chen Ming’s protection.

• Shui Xuan told Chen Ming that Level Seven Soul Engineers were still exploring their capabilities, that he had little systematic knowledge to offer, and that the first generation’s skills varied by specialty.
• Chen Ming said he would rather have Shui Xuan research Soul Tool technology for him, but Shui Xuan warned that his poor health left him little time to live.
• Chen Ming examined Shui Xuan, removed many of the toxins in his body, and returned the toxins as Life Force, rejuvenating him and easing his long-standing pain.
• Chen Ming described his mastery of life, death, poison, and plague, then let Shui Xuan feel a small portion of his negative Divinity.
• Shui Xuan was overwhelmed by Chen Ming’s aura and resolved to remain absolutely loyal, bringing the Shui Family, his disciples, and his old friends to serve Chen Ming.