Chapter Summaries

Zhang Jie led the surviving Zhongzhou Team through a harder Resident Evil plot, while Chen Huang offered him mental skills in the group chat. Zhang Sanfeng and several others bought Chen Huang’s soul skills, revealing that they had plenty of Points.

• Gao Yao ran a busy restaurant with Gao Lan, while Xiao Fugui handled special clients and Yang Jian continued educating Chen Xiang.
• Zhang Jie advised Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan on enhancements, but two newcomers died during the harder Alien scenario.
• Zhang Jie put Colonel Chu in charge of strategy and led the surviving Zhongzhou Team into the Resident Evil plot.
• Chen Huang offered Zhang Jie a Mental Power scan and uploaded a million-year Spirit Ring, an External Soul Bone, and mental-attribute soul skills.
• Zhang Sanfeng, the Fourth Hokage, and the Best Uncle in the Three Realms bought Chen Huang’s soul skills, while Zhang Jie complained that he had too few Points.

Chen Huang's group captured a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, who gained a Flying Mushroom Sausage Spirit Skill that let its user fly at the serpent's speed for one minute. They then continued searching for a suitable Soul Beast for Ye Lingling.

• Oscar recovered, and the group ate breakfast before resuming their search for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Zhao Wuji restrained a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with gravity while Xiao Shan trapped it with her Blue Silver Emperor vines.
• Oscar absorbed the serpent's Spirit Ring and gained the Flying Mushroom Sausage skill, which granted one minute of flight at the serpent's speed.
• Zhao Wuji led the group onward to search for a suitable Spirit Ring for Ye Lingling.

Chen Huang proposed that Zhao Wuji seek a Sea God Trial for a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, but Zhao Wuji declined because he could not swim. The group continued searching for a suitable Soul Beast, while Chen Huang discussed the others’ chances of inheriting godly positions and admitted he feared Sea God Island might separate him from Xiao Shan.

• After several days of searching the Star Dou Great Forest, Chen Huang asked Zhao Wuji whether he would go to Sea God Island for a God Trial and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Chen Huang explained Sea God Island’s trials, their dangers for land Soul Masters, and the restriction that successful candidates generally could not leave the island.
• Zhao Wuji rejected the idea because he could not swim, then joked with Oscar about searching for other God Trials at temples and shrines.
• Yang Chan offered to search for places with a godly aura, but Chen Huang said he would rather become a god himself and might help the others cultivate immortality if they could not become gods.
• Chen Huang told Yang Chan that Oscar, Dugu Yan, Xiao Shan, and Zhu Qing might inherit godly positions, and admitted he feared the Sea God might choose Xiao Shan as an heir.
• Zhao Wuji and Oscar went to prepare dinner, while Chen Huang and Yang Chan discussed staying with the people they loved.

Chen Huang and his companions were surrounded at night by Soul Beasts led by the Mountain Bull King, which Chen Huang identified as a potential Spirit Ring target for Zhao Wuji. Chen Huang tested his Soul Impact against two beasts, and the group formed a defensive formation as the creatures approached.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling went to rest while Chen Huang, Xiao Shan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yang Chan remained awake, then Chen Huang and Xiao Shan woke the others when they sensed approaching Soul Beasts.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted the beasts, and Chen Huang identified the huge Mountain Bull King as a possible Spirit Ring for Zhao Wuji, estimating its age at over eighty thousand years.
• Chen Huang used Soul Impact to kill a twenty-thousand-year Iron Armored Centipede and injure a fifty-thousand-year Shadow Cat.
• Tian Meng told Chen Huang that sustaining Soul Power would strengthen Soul Impact, but Chen Huang chose not to spend more power on the wounded Shadow Cat.
• Yang Chan and Zhao Wuji took the front and rear while Chen Huang, Xiao Shan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan protected Ye Lingling and Oscar in the center.

Zhao Wuji and the others defeated a group of Soul Beasts, with Zhao Wuji killing the Mountain Bull King and obtaining a black Spirit Ring and a torso Spirit Bone. Chen Huang found two more Spirit Bones among the corpses, distributed them, and Zhao Wuji prepared to absorb his Spirit Ring and become a Soul Douluo.

• Oscar made fruit and hard sausages, which the group ate to boost their defense and strength before fighting the Soul Beasts.
• Zhao Wuji held off several Soul Beasts while Chen Huang, Xiao Shan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan attacked, with Ye Lingling healing the group.
• Chen Huang recognized that the Mountain Bull King had not reached Hundred Thousand Years, and Zhao Wuji fought it alone, using gravity and his Great Strength Vajra Palm to smash it apart.
• Chen Huang found a torso Spirit Bone among the Mountain Bull King's remains, while a black Spirit Ring rose from its body and Zhao Wuji prepared to absorb it.
• Chen Huang used his Heavenly Eye to find three Spirit Bones among the corpses, giving a Mandala Snake skull bone to Dugu Yan and a Bell Bird left arm bone to Zhu Zhuqing.

Chen Huang searched the Star Dou Great Forest for compatible Spirit Rings, killing a Purple Spirit Wolf and a powerful queen bee to strengthen his Heavenly Eye. After finding a Nether Flower that drew him toward its death attribute, he absorbed its Spirit Ring, realizing his Martial Soul needed death as well as life.

• Chen Huang asked Tian Meng about the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then used his Heavenly Eye to find and kill a Purple Spirit Wolf for a mental-attribute Spirit Ring.
• Chen Huang absorbed a queen bee’s Spirit Ring, gaining Mental Chain, and reached level sixty after converting the Spirit Rings’ Soul Power into Magic Power.
• Chen Huang told the others he needed two more Spirit Rings before they could return to Heaven Dou City.
• While searching near the core region, Chen Huang felt drawn to a Nether Flower and recognized its death attribute as the complement to his life-attribute Spirit Rings.
• Chen Huang cut down the Nether Flower and absorbed its ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.

Chen Huang absorbed the Nether Flower’s Spirit Ring and gained the sixth soul skill, Life and Death Cycle, before his group searched for the Black Demon Emperor. The Black Demon Emperor hid its presence, then attacked the group through their dreams as Dugu Yan and Oscar kept watch.

• Chen Huang absorbed the Nether Flower’s Spirit Ring, and his Undying Grass grew to nine leaves as life and death energy fused within it.
• Chen Huang demonstrated Life and Death Cycle by withering a tree with death energy and restoring it with life force.
• Chen Huang’s group set out to find the Black Demon Emperor, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast hiding in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Black Demon Emperor learned that Chen Huang’s group was approaching, concealed its Mental Power, and hid with the Old Yin Huai Tree.
• After Chen Huang’s group failed to find the Black Demon Emperor by nightfall, it watched them camp and sent a wave of drowsiness at the guards.
• Dugu Yan and Oscar resisted the Black Demon Emperor’s sudden drowsiness briefly, then held hands and entered dreamland.

Black Demon Emperor trapped the group in nightmares and devoured their dreams, while Yang Chan and the others relived painful memories and imagined regrets. Chen Huang recognized his own dream as unreal and reflected on why he had sought strength and knowledge.

• Yang Chan relived her life with Liu Yanchang, saw their son Chen Xiang suffer after Liu Yanchang remarried, and broke free by driving Black Demon Emperor from her dream.
• Black Demon Emperor devoured Xiao Shan's nightmare, in which Ah Yin died, Tang Hao fell into despair, and Chen Huang betrayed Xiao Shan with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Black Demon Emperor devoured the nightmares of Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhao Wuji.
• Chen Huang dreamed that he returned to his former life and led his village to prosperity, but recognized the scene as unreal and accepted that the past could not be changed.
• Chen Huang lay in a hospital room and suddenly addressed someone who had arrived.

Chen Huang confronted the Black Demon Emperor in a dream and defeated it with Tian Meng’s help. The Black Demon Emperor agreed to sacrifice itself to Chen Huang, giving him a chance to study whether it could later become a soul spirit.

• Chen Huang revealed that he knew the Black Demon Emperor had entered his dream, then challenged its idea of a nightmare by reshaping the dream himself.
• The Black Demon Emperor enlarged itself and attacked Chen Huang, but Tian Meng emerged and shocked it by revealing his million-year status.
• Chen Huang asked the Black Demon Emperor to sacrifice itself, explaining that it could avoid future heavenly tribulations and might eventually become a god.
• Chen Huang revealed his unusual Spirit Ring configuration, but the Black Demon Emperor insisted that he first defeat it in battle.
• Chen Huang and Tian Meng used Soul Impact together, severely wounding the Black Demon Emperor and forcing it to surrender.
• The Black Demon Emperor reluctantly agreed to sacrifice itself to Chen Huang.

Black Demon Emperor escaped into Zhao Wuji’s dream and then attacked Ye Lingling through hers, feeding on her nightmare until Yang Chan’s Immortal Qi stopped him from killing her. He fled again through dreams, and Yang Chan reported that he had entered her dream.

• Black Demon Emperor abandoned his body and escaped through Zhao Wuji’s dream, leaving his discarded shell behind.
• Chen Huang and Tian Meng realized Black Demon Emperor could be hiding in one of his companions’ dreams, and Chen Huang found Ye Lingling suffering in hers.
• Yang Chan protected Ye Lingling’s soul with Immortal Qi and said she would shield the others as well.
• Black Demon Emperor consumed Ye Lingling’s nightmare about her grandmother, healing more than half his soul injuries, but Yang Chan’s protection prevented him from killing her.
• Black Demon Emperor left Ye Lingling’s dream and entered Yang Chan’s dream.

Chen Huang and Xiao Shan fought the Black Demon Emperor in Xiao Shan’s dream and drove it into Oscar’s dream, where Zhao Wuji killed it after it emerged into the real world. Chen Huang claimed the Black Demon Emperor’s Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, gave Zhao Wuji a custom-made Earth Attribute right leg bone, and said the group’s trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was over.

• Chen Huang entered Xiao Shan’s dream, woke her, and joined her in using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the Black Demon Emperor.
• Chen Huang poured his Magic Power into a Mind Storm, badly injuring the Black Demon Emperor and forcing it to flee into Oscar’s dream.
• The Black Demon Emperor emerged from Oscar’s dream, and Zhao Wuji killed it with his attacks, turning it into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Chen Huang stored the Spirit Ring and kept the Black Demon Emperor’s Spirit Bone, whose abilities were unsuitable for Zhao Wuji.
• Chen Huang gave Zhao Wuji a custom-made Hundred-Thousand-Year Earth Attribute right leg bone and explained the Black Demon Emperor’s Soul Skills.
• Chen Huang declared the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest over and offered to make the group late-night snacks.

After absorbing the Black Demon Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Chen Huang demonstrated his newly powerful telekinesis and planned to use the upcoming tournament to launch a newspaper business. Bai Chenxiang and Bai Yao then brought Speed Clan members to work for him as reporters.

• Chen Huang absorbed the Black Demon Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, gained powerful telekinesis, and decided its Spirit Bone was useless to him.
• Chen Huang considered the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament an opportunity to launch his newspaper office.
• Bai Chenxiang and her father, Bai Yao, arrived because Bai He had refused to betray Grandfather Yang but sent younger Speed Clan members to find work.
• Chen Huang showed Bai Yao his newspaper sample and hired the Speed Clan members to gather and report news.
• Chen Huang promised to arrange staff housing and provide food and lodging for the Speed Clan workers.

Chen Huang planned the first issues of his new Pengcheng Newspaper Agency around the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. He sent the Speed Clan disciples to gather information and photographs, intending to build excitement for the tournament while keeping the agency’s backers discreet.

• Chen Huang finished training the newspaper staff and explained why he had kept the agency’s name and locations separate from the Speed Clan.
• Bai Yao asked Chen Huang what the first newspaper should cover, and Chen Huang chose the upcoming tournament and its promising students.
• Chen Huang listed notable students from several academies and instructed the staff to investigate young Soul Masters with high Soul Power or established Soul Ancestors.
• Chen Huang gave the staff half a month to gather material for two issues, assigned teams and operating funds, and decided to handle Spirit Hall Academy himself.
• The Speed Clan disciples set out to collect information and photographs while Chen Huang prepared to use the newspapers to fuel tournament hype.

Chen Huang’s Shadow Clone infiltrated Spirit City and Spirit Hall’s academy, gathering information on the Golden Generation before returning to Heaven Dou City. After reviewing reports from the Speed Clan disciples, Chen Huang criticized their weak gossip and told them the newspaper was ready to sell.

• Chen Huang’s Shadow Clone entered Spirit City and secretly photographed Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan sparring at Spirit Hall’s academy.
• The Shadow Clone placed an Eavesdropping Den Den Mushi and a Jamming Device outside Spirit Hall before returning to Chen Huang with the camera.
• The Speed Clan disciples returned from nearby and distant academies with their collected materials, which Chen Huang sorted and reviewed.
• Chen Huang called the disciples to a meeting and read aloud several of their unusual reports, including a ninety-year-old Soul Master taking a concubine.
• Chen Huang praised a report about two prominent noble lords whose child resembled their neighbor, then told the disciples to find more appealing stories and sell the newly printed newspaper.

The newspaper office’s coverage of Soul Master Tournament contestants caused a sensation and angered Spirit Hall’s Salas, while Shrek’s teachers discussed how the leaked information could affect the tournament. Chen Huang then invited Flender to become the newspaper office’s part-time president, and Flender asked about the salary.

• The first newspaper sold out, and Chen Huang prepared to release its second issue after interest in the first faded.
• Salas learned that the newspaper had published information about Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and ordered an investigation into the newspaper office.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and the Shrek Class discussed the newspaper, and Flender proposed using teamwork and more intense training to improve the students.
• Chen Huang called Flender and invited him to become the newspaper office’s concurrent president.
• Flender showed interest in earning two salaries and asked Chen Huang how much the position paid.

Chen Huang and Flender planned new rankings for the newspaper agency, starting with the Number One Beauty Under Heaven and Number One Martial Soul Under Heaven. Chen Huang chose Yang Chan as his beauty ranking’s leading candidate, while Flender agreed to help find and photograph other contenders.

• Flender reviewed the newspaper’s sales and proposed creating rankings to attract more readers.
• Chen Huang rejected the risky Number One Soul Master Under Heaven title and suggested rankings for martial souls, beauties, and other categories.
• Salas learned that Flender had been frequently visiting Pengcheng Newspaper Agency and was being called its president.
• Chen Huang and Flender decided to start with beauty and martial soul rankings, visit powerful groups in advance, and limit the lists to ten entries.
• Chen Huang proposed Yang Chan for first place and suggested Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong as candidates; Flender agreed to help gather names and arrange photographs.

Chen Huang helped Flender photograph Liu Erlong and planned a photography studio alongside the newspaper agency. He then traveled with Yang Chan to meet Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall, where he secretly left a transformed Shadow Clone behind to investigate its records.

• Chen Huang photographed Liu Erlong first posing delicately and then showing her natural killing intent, and took another photo of her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Huang proposed opening a photography studio, chose a Speed Clan apprentice to manage it, and set limits on advertising in special newspaper editions.
• Chen Huang sent Bibi Dong a flattering letter proposing a ranking of the world's most beautiful women, and she agreed to meet the newspaper agency's photographer.
• Chen Huang and Yang Chan went to Pope's Palace, where Chen Huang secretly created a Shadow Clone, transformed it into a small stone, and left it on the roadside.

Chen Huang and Yang Chan visited Bibi Dong to photograph her for the World's Number One Beauty Ranking, and Chen Huang persuaded her that the ranking could inspire female Soul Masters as well as attract men. After they left, Chen Huang revealed that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji after he assaulted her, and wondered whether she and their teacher might one day become enemies.

• Chen Huang and Yang Chan met Bibi Dong in the Pope's Palace and proposed naming her the world's number one beauty.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether the ranking was made for men, but agreed to pose for Chen Huang's photograph.
• Chen Huang argued that young female Soul Masters could also look up to the women on the ranking, and Bibi Dong offered to help if anyone refused to cooperate.
• After leaving the palace, Chen Huang told Yang Chan that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji after he forced himself on her, while their teacher had been blamed for the killing.
• Chen Huang and Yang Chan discussed the possibility of becoming enemies with Bibi Dong, and Chen Huang said he hoped his preparations would never be needed.

Chen Huang expanded his newspaper and dessert businesses while helping Flender consider how to strengthen his academy team for the Soul Master Tournament. He launched the Heaven Dou Delivery Alliance, whose takeout service quickly attracted visiting Soul Master Academy students.

• Chen Huang's rankings of powerful figures and beautiful women sold well, spread across cities, and sparked disputes among sects and factions.
• Flender asked Chen Huang to lend him Zhu Qing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, but Chen Huang refused and suggested seeking recruits from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Flender stopped asking about recruits before the tournament, apparently having found new team members.
• Chen Huang expanded Little Grass's candy franchise network and recruited members of the Speed Clan to support deliveries.
• Chen Huang partnered with Heaven Dou restaurants and taverns to form the Heaven Dou Delivery Alliance, using Den Den Mushi for orders and hiring delivery workers.
• Visiting Soul Master Academy students tried the takeout service, and the alliance earned more money within days.

Chen Huang welcomed Toriko and Yao Chen to the Loser Chat Group, and Xiao Fugui cooked egg fried rice that stirred Toriko’s memories and earned his respect. Toriko invited Xiao Fugui to become his cooking partner and planned to help him grow strong enough to handle gourmet ingredients.

• Chen Huang and the group discussed Zhang Jie finishing Resident Evil and Hougen using horror movies to draw Momoko closer.
• Three Tigers Who Can Never Be Full and Number One Old Man in History joined the group, introducing themselves as Toriko and the soul of alchemist Yao Chen.
• Toriko said he wished he could see Lady Froze again, so Chen Huang asked Xiao Fugui to cook something that could satisfy Toriko.
• Xiao Fugui livestreamed himself making egg fried rice and sent a serving to Toriko, who ate it and recalled his happy days with Froze, Acacia, Ichiryuu, Jiro, and Setsuno.
• Toriko asked Xiao Fugui to become his partner, and Xiao Fugui agreed to cook the ingredients Toriko gathered while staying at his restaurant.
• Toriko said he would find suitable food to raise Xiao Fugui’s Capture Level, and Chen Huang explained Gourmet Cells and the food-based power system to the group.