Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Star Dou Forest, Xu Tianming heard Yuanen Yehui’s report that Nana was connected to the Holy Spirit Cult because it held her parents’ souls. He considered approaching Nana, then revealed his second Martial Soul and asked whether it could help him gain the Holy Spirit Cult’s trust.

• Xu Tianming left the Forging Room to rest, and Yuanen Yehui followed him back to their dorm.
• Yuanen Yehui told Xu Tianming she had sensed a trace of Evil Spirit Master aura around Nana, whose Martial Soul was a ghost.
• Xu Tianming recalled that the Holy Spirit Cult held Nana’s parents’ souls captive and decided to find a chance to approach her.
• Yuanen Yehui offered to approach Nana herself, saying her Fallen Angel Martial Soul could help her earn the Evil Spirit Masters’ trust.
• Xu Tianming manifested his second Martial Soul and asked Yuanen Yehui whether it could help him gain the Holy Spirit Cult’s trust.

Xu Tianming and the other elite students underwent preparations for physical examinations as the academy began selecting representatives for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Xu Tianran and Kong Deming observed the proceedings, and Jing Hongchen acknowledged that Xiao Hongchen’s forging method had come from someone else.

• Ma Yun announced that the academy’s tournament representatives would be chosen from the students gathered in the square, then began the physical testing procedure.
• Xiao Hongchen told Xu Tianming that Kong Deming had considered taking him as a disciple, while Meng Hongchen corrected his account and teased him.
• Xu Tianran asked Jing Hongchen whether the academy had cultivated promising talents, and Jing Hongchen declared that they intended to win the tournament.
• Kong Deming praised Xiao Hongchen’s Metal Refining Forging Method for inspiring new ideas in Soul Tool research and manufacture.
• Jing Hongchen said the forging method had not originally been created by Xiao Hongchen and Zhang Tiezhu.

Xu Tianming’s strength and physical condition astonished the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy during a series of tests. The chapter left the teachers questioning their instruments as Xu Tianming’s extraordinary results continued to appear.

• Xu Tianran asked Jing Hongchen about Xu Tianming, and Jing Hongchen hinted that Xu Tianming was far stronger than a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.
• Xiao Hongchen teased Meng Hongchen over her test results, but Xu Tianming defended her and praised her talent.
• Meng Hongchen discovered that Xiao Hongchen’s average physical indicators matched those of a top-tier Five-Ring Soul King, which Xiao credited to practicing Forging Technique.
• Xu Tianming stepped onto the Soul Conductor Testing Instrument, which recorded a bone age of twelve, Soul Power Level of sixty, flexibility of eighty-nine, and Soul Power quality of eighty-five.
• Director Xuan confirmed that the instrument was functioning, but the teachers were stunned when it recorded Xu Tianming’s weight as one hundred and thirty-two kilograms despite his balanced physique.

Xu Tianming’s extraordinary physical readings confused the academy’s Soul Conductor Testing Instruments, and a second machine burned out while trying to analyze him. Jing Hongchen arrived as Xu Tianming asked whether he would have to pay for the damage.

• Xuan Ziwen and Ma Yun checked Xu Tianming’s impossible readings and decided to test him on another instrument.
• The second instrument repeated Xu Tianming’s Soul Power reading and produced contradictory Spirit Bone results that Xuan Ziwen could not explain.
• Xu Tianming realized his transformed bones and fused Spirit Bones had overwhelmed the instrument’s analysis system.
• The instrument beeped, smoked, and burned out, prompting Xu Tianming to insist he should not have to compensate for it.
• Jing Hongchen arrived, and Xuan Ziwen greeted him as the Crown Prince, Teacher, and Dean.

Xu Tianming demonstrated his extraordinary physical strength at Mingde Hall, drawing the attention of Xu Tianran and Kong Deming. After confirming that Xu Tianming had reached Soul Power level sixty at age twelve, they watched him punch straight through the strength-testing device.

• Xu Tianran, Kong Deming, and Jing Hongchen arrived after hearing about Xu Tianming's test, and Xu Tianran asked whether he had broken the Soul Conductor Testing Instrument.
• Kong Deming probed Xu Tianming and confirmed that the instrument's reading was credible, then Xu Tianming admitted his Soul Power had reached level sixty without obtaining a sixth Soul Ring.
• Kong Deming ordered Xu Tianming to test his striking power, and Xuan Ziwen explained that Soul Skills and Soul Tools were forbidden but Soul Power and Martial Soul enhancements were allowed.
• Xu Tianming coated his arm in dark golden light, released a terrifying Bloodline Power, and punched straight through the strength-testing device.
• Xu Tianming pulled his arm free, shook off the machine's fragments, and joked that Mingde Hall's device was poorly made.

Xu Tianming demonstrated power capable of breaking a Power Testing Device, impressing Xu Tianran and Kong Deming. After declining the empire’s offer to provide his sixth Soul Ring, he received a Level 9 Space Imperial Ring from Kong Deming and was invited to visit his great-grandfather.

• Xu Tianming punched through the Power Testing Device, and Kong Deming deduced that a peculiar force had destroyed its Core Array.
• Xu Tianran praised Xu Tianming and offered the empire’s help in obtaining the Soul Ring he needed.
• Snow Empress warned Xu Tianming not to accept the offer, and he declined, citing his teacher’s strict requirements.
• Kong Deming suspected Xu Tianming’s teacher came from the Body Sect, but Xu Tianran dismissed the importance of the teacher’s origins.
• Kong Deming gave Xu Tianming a Level 9 Space Imperial Ring with three uses of teleportation and invited him to visit so they could discuss his Forging Technique.

Xu Tianming privately told Crown Prince Xu Tianran that he could heal his disability, then used the Gold of Life to restore feeling in Xu Tianran’s legs. Xu Tianran’s legs responded to the treatment, though whether he would regain the ability to stand remained unresolved.

• Xu Tianran invited Xu Tianming to speak privately in Jing Hongchen’s secure laboratory, while Ju Zi and Jing Hongchen left them alone.
• Xu Tianming told Xu Tianran he could make him stand again, and Xu Tianran offered him anything, even a share of the Sun Moon Empire, in return.
• Xu Tianming examined Xu Tianran’s legs and found that nearly all of his lower-body nervous system had been destroyed.
• Xu Tianming channeled the Gold of Life into Xu Tianran’s legs, restoring sensation and leaving Xu Tianran astonished that he could feel them again.

Xu Tianming used the Gold of Life to restore sensation and movement to Xu Tianran’s legs, then joined the academy’s tournament team selection. When Ma Rulong challenged the prospect of Xu Tianming receiving special treatment, he argued that the strongest student should be captain.

• Xu Tianming treated Xu Tianran’s legs with the Gold of Life, allowing Xu Tianran to stand again.
• Xu Tianran offered Xu Tianming a reward, asked him to keep the treatment secret, and told him to call him Cousin.
• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi went with Xu Tianming to the plaza, where Jing Hongchen introduced the tournament team members.
• Ma Rulong objected to imperial-family members receiving special treatment and said the strongest student should be captain.

Xu Tianming faced a challenge to prove he deserved to captain the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy team, and accepted a fight against eight students at once. The spectators were left stunned when he revealed a five-ring configuration with two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.

• Ma Rulong argued that the team captain should be its strongest member, while Xu Tianming showed little interest in the position.
• After the system offered him a Title Douluo Summoning Card for becoming captain or a Level 9 Soul Tool for refusing, Xu Tianming chose to pursue the captaincy.
• Xu Tianming challenged the eight students who had not supported him to fight him together, and Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen approved the test.
• Kong Deming erected a barrier around the plaza, and the seven students on the field surrounded Xu Tianming as the contest began.
• Xu Tianming revealed five Soul Rings—purple, black, black, red, and red—leaving the students, Xu Tianran, and Kong Deming astonished.

Xu Tianming revealed five Soul Rings, including two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking Xu Tianran, Kong Deming, and the others. After Ma Rulong led the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy students in a barrage of Soul Guidance weapons, Xu Tianming raised a golden domain to meet the attack, leaving everyone waiting to see whether he had withstood it.

• Xu Tianran and the others questioned how Xu Tianming could possess two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen reasoned that his Soul Rings and Soul Bones explained his extraordinary physical strength.
• Xu Tianming dismissed Ma Rulong’s questions and challenged the seven students to attack him.
• Ma Rulong and the other students readied their Soul Guidance weapons, while Meng Hongchen and Yuanen Yehui commented on their firepower.
• Ma Rulong used his fifth Soul Skill to speed up the weapons’ charge, and the students fired dozens of Soul Guidance Cannons and Soul Ray Guns at Xu Tianming.
• Xu Tianming activated his fifth Soul Ring and formed a golden domain around himself as the barrage struck; the onlookers watched the explosions to see what had happened to him.

Xu Tianming effortlessly blocked the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy students’ attack with his fifth soul skill, then froze all seven opponents with his ice powers. After Xu Tianran praised him as the academy’s hope for winning the tournament, Xu Tianming thawed the students enough to ask whether anyone still objected to him becoming captain.

• Ma Rulong’s group unleashed Soul Guidance Cannons and beams at Xu Tianming, but his fifth soul skill protected him without a scratch.
• Kong Deming recognized the defensive skill’s resemblance to an Invincible Barrier and explained its limits and potential.
• Xu Tianming spread extreme cold across the plaza, freezing the other seven students and declaring his victory to Jing Hongchen.
• Xu Tianran praised Xu Tianming’s strength and promised to seek credit for him if he led the academy to victory in the tournament.
• After Jing Hongchen asked him to release the students, Xu Tianming melted the ice around their upper bodies and asked whether anyone still objected to him being captain.
• The students agreed that Xu Tianming would be their captain.

Xu Tianming declined to use his Title Douluo Summoning Card and joined Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy’s tournament team, whose members were shocked by his two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. After the team introduced themselves, Xu Tianming said he would skip their training and invited anyone who doubted him to challenge him.

• Xu Tianming chose not to use the Title Douluo Summoning Card while others were present and released the seven students from their frozen state.
• Xiao Hongchen asked how Xu Tianming had obtained two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and Xu Tianming claimed the Soul Beasts had sacrificed themselves to him.
• Jing Hongchen introduced Ma Yun as the team leader, and Ma Yun asked the tournament team to introduce themselves.
• Xu Tianming and the other team members stated their ranks, roles, and Soul Engineer levels, revealing Xu Tianming as a Rank 59 assault-type battle Spirit Master.
• Ma Yun recognized Xu Tianming as captain, and Xu Tianming said he would not join the others' training and would accept challenges from anyone who doubted him.

Xu Tianming left the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy after Jing Hongchen revealed that he possessed two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and warned the team to keep it secret. At the Imperial Palace, Xu Tianran ordered an inherited Spirit Bone given to Xu Tianming, suspecting his cousin might be able to absorb it and hinting that he possessed a second Martial Soul.

• Xu Tianming refused to train with the rest of the team, and Jing Hongchen backed his decision while warning everyone not to reveal his two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Jing Hongchen confirmed to Ma Yun that Xu Tianming had two such rings, which Ma Yun struggled to believe.
• Xu Tianran asked Xue Chen to assess Xu Tianming, and Xue Chen said he had the potential to become a Limit Douluo.
• Xu Tianran ordered Xu Xiang to return to Ming Capital and receive a princely title without being given specific duties.
• Xu Tianran decided to give Xu Tianming the royal family's inherited Spirit Bone despite Xue Chen's warning that previous absorbers had gone mad or died.
• Xu Tianran told Xue Chen to explain the Spirit Bone's origins and risks to Xu Tianming, and suggested his cousin might possess a second Martial Soul resembling the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon.

Xu Tianming visited his great-grandfather Kong Deming at the Kong estate, where they discussed the Crown Prince's plans for Xu Tianming's family and the forging method Xu had taught Zhang Tiezhu. Xu then outlined two possible types of Humanoid Soul Tools, leaving Kong Deming to consider a design that merged with its user.

• Xu Tianming presented Kong Yue's token at the Kong estate and was admitted to meet Kong Deming in his laboratory.
• Kong Deming welcomed Xu Tianming and told him that the Crown Prince had proposed moving Xu's parents to Ming Capital and granting Xu Xiang a princely title.
• Xu Tianming observed that the Crown Prince was maneuvering to bring his family closer after recognizing Xu's talent.
• Kong Deming asked about the forging method Xu had taught Zhang Tiezhu and its potential applications in Soul Tools.
• Xu Tianming asked about the Humanoid Soul Tool research and distinguished between controllable combat tools and equipment that merged with a Spirit Master.

Xu Tianming explained Battle Armor and Mecha to Kong Deming and offered to arrange a meeting with his teacher, Mu Ye, to help develop them. On his way through Ming Capital, Xu Tianming detected blood on a carriage and found its occupants trafficking unconscious girls before he intervened.

• Xu Tianming described how Battle Armor could fuse with and grow alongside a Spirit Master, while Mecha had lower requirements, and Kong Deming questioned him about developing them.
• Xu Tianming told Kong Deming that his teacher, Mu Ye, understood Mecha construction and forging, and agreed to arrange a meeting.
• After leaving the Kong Family residence, Xu Tianming noticed a blood-scented carriage and followed it beyond Ming Capital.
• Steward Ao bought crates of unconscious, wounded girls from Lai San, who complained about competition from the Pingfan Alliance and Xishui Alliance.
• A voice spoke from the darkness, and a blood-red flash beheaded Steward Ao, Lai San, and their companions.

Xu Tianming discovered Holy Spirit Cult Evil Spirit Masters trafficking unconscious girls in the Sun Moon Empire and watched a holy-winged girl attack them. She killed one Evil Spirit Master, but the remaining six-ring opponent overwhelmed her with blood-red vines.

• Two Holy Spirit Cult Evil Spirit Masters discussed trafficking girls and the cult’s possible recognition as the Sun Moon Empire’s state religion while moving their captives into another carriage.
• Xu Tianming held back from intervening after noticing another concealed presence nearby.
• A golden holy slash killed the staff-wielding five-ring Evil Spirit Master, and a winged girl revealed herself as the attacker.
• The cloaked Evil Spirit Master summoned blood-red vines with his sixth Soul Ring and began overpowering the four-ring girl despite her holy attribute.

Xu Tianming rescued Ye Guyi from a six-ringed Evil Spirit Master and cured her injuries and poison. After they introduced themselves, Xu Tianming reflected on the former glory of the Angel Martial Soul.

• Ye Guyi fought a six-ringed Evil Spirit Master but was weakened after his Blood Poison seeped into her body.
• Xu Tianming emerged from the forest and killed the Evil Spirit Master with a single strike from the Snow Empress's Right Arm Bone.
• Xu Tianming gave Ye Guyi a robe and used his life force to heal her injuries and remove the poison.
• Ye Guyi introduced herself as a Spirit Master from the Pingfan Alliance, and Xu Tianming gave her his name.
• Xu Tianming remarked on the Angel Martial Soul's glory in Spirit Hall ten thousand years earlier.

Xu Tianming revealed that he was a member of the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family and a guide appointed by the God of Angels, then brought Ye Guyi into his Undead Half-Plane to prove he was not an Evil Spirit Master. He gave her a broken sword that awakened a vision of the six-winged God of Angels.

• Ye Guyi explained that she wanted to avenge her family by killing Evil Spirit Masters rather than trying to restore the glory of the Angel Martial Soul, and identified the Xishui Alliance as a gathering place for them.
• Xu Tianming warned Ye Guyi that the Holy Spirit Cult had powerful allies and that exposing her Holy Angel Martial Soul put her in danger.
• Xu Tianming said he was an imperial family member and the God of Angels' guide, then transported Ye Guyi to his Undead Half-Plane.
• Ye Guyi attacked Xu Tianming with Holy Light Slash, but he was unharmed and revealed that the undead creatures possessed sacred attributes.
• Xu Tianming gave Ye Guyi a broken sword, which she accepted as a vision of the six-winged God of Angels appeared in golden light.

Tang San discovered that someone had broken the seal on part of the Angel Holy Sword, but his attempt to investigate the Douluo Plane triggered a backlash from his divine powers. At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were selected as tournament reserves, while Wang Dong’s strange condition worsened.

• Tang San failed to investigate the Douluo Plane after his Asura Divine Power went berserk, and he vowed to keep the Angel Holy Sword and the Child of Destiny under his control.
• Xuan Zi dismissed the defeated students and praised the seven remaining competitors, particularly Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong for their powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xuan Zi told the seven students that they had been chosen as reserve members for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Huo Yuhao noticed Wang Dong had become absent-minded and nearly disrupted their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Wang Dong left for the dormitory without understanding what was wrong.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that Wang Dong’s spiritual space had been damaged and urged him to grow stronger, then asked whether he would use the ability on his Spirit Bone.

Huo Yuhao rejected Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s advice to use the Ice Plains Mammoth’s Devouring skill, despite wanting to grow stronger for the upcoming tournament. At Shrek Academy, Zhang Lexuan gave Ling Luochen an Invincible Barrier to protect her during an Evil Spirit Master mission and raised her hopes of seeing her sweetheart at the tournament.

• Huo Yuhao questioned the origin and morality of the Ice Plains Mammoth soul bone’s Devouring skill, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm argued that using it could rapidly increase his strength.
• Huo Yuhao refused to use Devouring, then thought about Xu Tianming and resolved to become stronger before the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Zhang Lexuan teased Ling Luochen about missing her sweetheart and reminded her that she would join the Shrek Inspectorate’s Evil Spirit Master mission before the tournament.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Ling Luochen a fifth-grade Invincible Barrier for protection and suggested that her sweetheart might attend the tournament.