Jiang Ming

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jiang Ming (姜铭)
Alias(es)	Boundless
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Soul Fighting Arena of Suotuo City; Flame Radiance Academy
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; arena fighter; Flame Radiance Academy tournament participant
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank 13	16	His soul power level when he first arrived in Suotuo City, three years before adopting the Boundless codename.
First soul ring	13 45	Absorbed the Space-Rending Beast’s actual six-hundred-year ring; his body was repeatedly damaged and restored during the process, strengthening it to near Soul Elder durability. Its first soul skill, Spatial Amplification, increases the power of his spatial abilities by 50%.
Rank 19 — Soul Master	16	Reached rank 19 after three years in Suotuo City; held a Soul Fighting Arena win rate above 60%.
Second soul ring / Rank 22	24	Absorbed the thousand-year Void Mantis ring and gained Spatial Stripping.
Rank 30	30 33	Reached rank 30 after consuming immortal herbs and completing Ice and Fire Body Tempering in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Third soul ring / Rank 33	41 45	Obtained a ten-thousand-year soul ring after a life-or-death battle, advancing directly to rank 33.
Third soul skill	41 72	Gained a skill which, combined with Space Shift, gave him reliable survival capability so long as he retained soul power and was not surrounded. Space Compression is later identified as his third soul skill.
Fourth soul skill — Spatial Shift	72	Uses spatial displacement to redirect attacks, reposition targets, and disperse or transfer force.
Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone / Rank 39	43	Absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, greatly strengthening his physique and raising his soul power by six ranks to rank 39.
Rank 40 — Pseudo-Soul Ancestor	43	Reached rank 40 after three additional months of cultivation, at age eleven.
Soul Ancestor / Four soul rings	47	At age thirteen, revealed a yellow, purple, black, black ring configuration.
Rank 45 — Soul Ancestor	55 81	Had reached rank 45 by the aftermath of the Nuoding City massacre.
Rank 50 — Pseudo-Soul King	129	Reached rank 50 while retaining his yellow, purple, black, black configuration and preparing to absorb a fifth ring.
Fifth soul ring / Soul King	134 135 153 175	Absorbed the fifty-thousand-year Void Walker’s soul ring and became a Soul King. His fifth soul skill is Void Form, also referred to as Void.
Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline	183	Extracted Tang San’s dormant Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and origin, crippling Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor martial soul while obtaining the bloodline for himself.
Rank 63	240	Reached rank 63 after three years of secluded cultivation in Moonwheel City without adding another soul ring.
Spatial Domain	240	Upon reaching rank 60, formed a fifty-meter Spatial Domain. Within it, he no longer needed to summon his Martial Soul or display soul rings to use his spatial abilities.
Sixth soul ring / Rank 68	242 243	Killed and absorbed a captured ninety-thousand-year Space Soul Beast’s crimson-black ring, gaining five ranks and reaching rank 68. His sixth soul skill is Spatial Collapse. Spirit Hall’s consecrators observed that his rings appeared to unseal innate powers rather than conventionally grant new ones.
Time-type martial soul origin	269	Extracted Xu Heng’s Hourglass Martial Soul origin and absorbed it, gaining time-based power alongside his spatial abilities. He demonstrated Time Reversal by returning fleeing targets to their previous positions.
Martial Soul Avatar	295	Manifested an enormous, human-shaped avatar resembling himself, formed of golden and silver light and capable of amplifying his power.
Divine power	304 306	His divine power was growing by the time he confronted the Soul Beast army at Jialing Pass, where he displayed overwhelming, God-level combat strength.

Background / History

Jiang Ming is a transmigrator who understood from an early age that a Space-type Martial Soul’s true path lay in the intrinsic properties of space—shattering, cutting, displacement, confinement, and folding—rather than the defensive route advocated by Yu Xiaogang. He publicly demonstrated spatial cutting without a soul ring or soul skill, humiliating Yu Xiaogang and refusing to follow his theories. 1

Seeking the Blue Silver Emperor’s life force and future physical potential, Jiang Ming infiltrated the area around Holy Soul Village while Tang Hao was occupied protecting Tang San. He ultimately obtained the Blue Silver Emperor’s Seed of Life and later absorbed its Right Leg Bone, making its tremendous vitality a central component of his survival and physical growth. 2 3 13 43 190

Jiang Ming possessed a spatial-type martial soul from the outset, making him unusually conspicuous to spatial soul beasts; he recognized that such creatures could perceive him as a spatial “coordinate,” kin, threat, or prey. 5 11

He killed a Space-Rending Beast after exhausting his soul power and suffering severe injuries, ending the fight by stabbing its eye and destroying its brain. He then risked absorbing its six-hundred-year soul ring, relying on the Blue Silver Emperor’s vitality to survive the backlash and evolve physically. 12 13

After withdrawing from Nuoding Academy, Jiang Ming spent three years at Suotuo City’s Soul Fighting Arena under the codename Boundless. The matches earned him nearly 30,000 Gold Soul Coins and refined his control of spatial rifts to the point that he could sever a leaf’s veins from three zhang away without damaging the leaf itself. 8 16

Xue Qinghe rewarded Jiang Ming for curing her Spring Poison with a high-level meditation technique, a token granting access to the Crown Prince Mansion, and the promise of a thousand-year spatial soul beast. Jiang Ming later absorbed the captive Void Mantis supplied by Xue Qinghe and acquired his second soul ring. 19 20 23 24

After discovering that the three great families of Nuoding City had leveled his family’s ancestral cemetery for a scenic garden, Jiang Ming returned for revenge. He destroyed the pavilion built over the grave site and exterminated the Xiao, Liu, and Ling families, including City Lord Xiao Chen and his allies. 45 47 48 49 50 51 The massacre drew the attention of Martial Soul Hall and led many to label him an Evil Soul Master. 55

Jiang Ming later negotiated directly with Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo. In exchange for killing Clear Sky Sect members in the future, Qian Daoliu promised him spatial soul beasts, including a hundred-thousand-year specimen for the heads of Clear Sky Sect Title Douluo, and granted him access to Martial Soul Hall’s intelligence network. 102 103

He and Dugu Bo secured and killed the fifty-thousand-year Void Walker in the Void-Breaking Mountain Range despite interference from the Four Single-Attribute Clans. After absorbing its soul ring, Jiang Ming became a Soul King and developed the ability to confront multiple Title Douluo without being successfully restrained. 128 129 134 135 153 171 172

During the Soul Master Tournament, Jiang Ming represented Flame Radiance Academy and decisively defeated Tang San. He then publicly revealed Tang San’s possession of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, deliberately turning the Upper Three Sects and Martial Soul Hall against Tang San. 193 195 199

At the tournament finals in Spirit City, Jiang Ming openly refused to kneel before Bibi Dong and fought seven Title Douluo from the Upper Three Sects. He escaped their attempted spatial seal, killed the Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder, severely wounded Chen Xin, and severed Chen Xin’s left arm before withdrawing. 230 237 238 239

Jiang Ming subsequently spent three years in Moonwheel City refining his swordsmanship, cultivating without a new ring, extracting the purest origin from the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and developing a fifty-meter Spatial Domain. During this period, he created Dimensional Slash and reached rank 63. 240

After exposing Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue, Jiang Ming invoked his agreement with Qian Daoliu to obtain a captured ninety-thousand-year Space Soul Beast. He killed the beast and absorbed its sixth soul ring, reaching rank 68. Soon afterward, he began a nighttime massacre of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and killed Chen Xin’s disciple Chen Jian. 242 243

Jiang Ming later participated in the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He killed Yu Luomian with a single Void Sword strike, while Dugu Bo and the imperial forces exterminated and looted the remaining clan members. He then traveled to Gengxin City, where he annihilated soldiers and sect remnants outside the Blacksmith Association while pursuing Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong. 260 261

Inside the Blacksmith Association, Jiang Ming killed blacksmiths who protested his interrogation and learned that a hidden-weapon test was planned for Moonwheel City. On arriving there, he found that Xu Youyou, Xu Jianghe, and three others had been executed and publicly displayed. He recovered their bodies and confronted the forces responsible. 263 265

Jiang Ming identified Zhu Zhuyou as the mastermind behind the Xu family incident and Xu Heng as his accomplice. He killed Xu Heng by extracting his Hourglass Martial Soul origin, absorbed that origin himself, and used his new time-based power to prevent Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong from escaping. He then subjected Zhu Zhuyou to Spatial Stripping. The five members of the Xu family whose bodies he had recovered were later resurrected; Jiang Ming advised them to leave Moonwheel City for Nuoding City. 269 274

Jiang Ming subsequently traveled to the Far North, where he confronted the Snow Empress and matched her in combat. His pursuit of the region’s divine ruins led to a devastating confrontation involving the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King. Afterward, his body lay buried while his displaced consciousness observed episodes from his past and made limited interventions before being drawn back toward it. 277 282 283 284

Later, with divine power growing within him, Jiang Ming intervened against Soul Beast forces at Jialing Pass. He killed the Scarlet King, severed one of Zi Ji’s wings, and sent her to tell Di Tian to come to Jialing Pass within three days or face the destruction of the Star Dou Great Forest and its Soul Beasts. He then called on Spirit Hall and the allied sects to prepare for Di Tian’s arrival. 304 306

Personality

Jiang Ming is calm, calculating, and difficult to intimidate. He treats hostile displays of status or family influence with open contempt, often refusing to negotiate once an opponent has crossed a line. 22 26 50

He is highly pragmatic in combat, favoring positioning, misdirection, and lethal exploitation of an enemy’s weaknesses over direct exchanges. His spatial skills also allow him to remain composed against numerically superior opponents. 12 72 93 171

Jiang Ming is ruthlessly protective of grievances tied to family and ancestral dignity. The desecration of his family cemetery became the basis for his Nuoding City vendetta, and he showed no remorse afterward. 45 50 58

He values self-reliance over the protection of major factions. Though willing to form mutually beneficial arrangements with Xue Qinghe, Dugu Bo, and Qian Daoliu, he rejects dependence on any patron and sees struggle as necessary for growth. 102 103

Jiang Ming is manipulative when it serves his interests. He exploited Tang San’s desperation to extract the latter’s Blue Silver Emperor origin and intentionally publicized the Mysterious Heaven Skill to turn the continent’s major powers against Tang San. 183 195 199

He dismisses authority when it is unsupported by strength, refusing to kneel before Bibi Dong and defining relationships between Soul Masters according to their actual power rather than rank, title, or social status. 230 261

His later campaigns against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and their scattered affiliates demonstrate an increasingly detached and uncompromising brutality. He treats threats, insults, and refusals to cooperate as grounds for immediate execution. 243 260 261

The deaths of Xu Youyou and Xu Jianghe provoked intense anger beneath Jiang Ming’s outward composure. He recovered their bodies, pursued those he held responsible, and later arranged for the resurrected Xu family members to leave Moonwheel City. 265 269 274

Despite his readiness to threaten the Star Dou Great Forest, Jiang Ming framed his intervention at Jialing Pass as a response to the Soul Beast Clan’s slaughter of humans. He warned the defenders that his victory over their army had not ended the danger. 306

Appearance

Jiang Ming is described as an ordinary-looking youth when confronting Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan. 26 At age thirteen, he appeared before the Nuoding City Lord with four soul rings. 47

• Uses Soul Tool masks, including human-skin masks, to conceal or alter his appearance when necessary. 24 28
• At approximately ten and a half years old, the effects of soul-ring absorption and the Blue Silver Emperor’s vitality had brought his height close to 1.7 meters. 24
• Spatial abilities are commonly accompanied by silver-gray or silvery-white light. 49 95
• Was eleven years old upon reaching rank 40 and thirteen years old during the Nuoding City massacre. 43 47 58
• By the Soul Master Tournament, he had become a Soul King. 184 193
• By the time he returned from three years in Moonwheel City, he had reached rank 63 without adding a sixth soul ring. 240
• His eyes briefly turned golden and silver when he absorbed Xu Heng’s time-type Martial Soul origin. 269
• His Martial Soul Avatar appears as an enormous, indistinct likeness of himself formed from golden and silver light. 295

Abilities & Skills

Space Martial Soul

Jiang Ming’s martial soul is spatial in nature, granting him manipulation over distance, rifts, compression, redirection, confinement, and spatial displacement. It is later referred to as the Void Walker Martial Soul. 1 11 134

• Jiang Ming rejected Yu Xiaogang’s defensive cultivation route, maintaining that the Space type’s greatest potential lies in space itself rather than redundant defensive soul skills. 1
• His spatial nature made him especially noticeable to spatial soul beasts. 11
• His first soul ring granted Spatial Amplification, increasing the power of his spatial abilities by 50%. 45
• His ring configuration was yellow, purple, black, black upon reaching Soul Ancestor level. 47 62
• He can perceive distortions, density, texture, and occupancy in surrounding space, making conventional concealment ineffective against him. 65
• His extensive hunting of spatial soul beasts allowed him to accumulate spatial origin and develop abilities that are exceptionally difficult to defend against. 138
• Upon reaching rank 60, he developed a fifty-meter Spatial Domain. Within this range, his spatial abilities no longer require the visible summoning of his Martial Soul or soul rings. 240
• Spirit Hall’s consecrators concluded that his successive soul rings appear to unseal inherent spatial powers rather than provide entirely new conventional abilities. 243
• He used his Spatial Domain during his confrontation with the Snow Empress in the Far North. 277

Space Shift

Space Shift is Jiang Ming’s core movement and redirection technique. His martial soul possesses an innate form of short-range displacement, while his later Spatial Shift soul skill greatly improves its practical combat applications. 7 12 72

• Teleports him across space, allowing him to evade attacks that conventional speed cannot avoid. 12 15 73
• Initially had a range of only about half a meter and consumed nearly a third of his soul power with each use. 12
• Can be used without activating a soul skill in its innate form. 71
• Can redirect enemy attacks back onto their source, including Qin Ming’s sixth soul skill and the combined attack of Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang. 62 117
• Can switch the positions of other targets, allowing him to turn an enemy formation’s attacks against one of its own members. 171
• Can disrupt coordinated formations, including the Golden Sacred Dragon’s Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill. 93
• Transported Dugu Bo and the critically wounded Void Walker across a vast distance with minimal soul-power consumption. 129
• Escaped the combined attacks and attempted spatial seal of seven Title Douluo during the Spirit City tournament finals. 237 238
• Can disperse force from direct clashes into the ground or redirect attacks toward other combatants. 237

Space Tear

Jiang Ming creates rifts that sever targets or attacks through space itself.

• Demonstrated spatial cutting without a soul ring or soul skill by splitting Yu Xiaogang’s written notes in half from a distance. 1
• Cut Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass by severing the space in which it existed rather than simply cutting the vines. 7 15 16
• Defeated Dai Mubai and injured Xie Yue and Hu Liena by breaking their Demon Charm fusion. 23 60
• Killed Xiao Chenyu and later used an Arc Slash combination to kill a Hell Demon Spider Soul Master. 48 89
• Can be refined to extreme precision, forming a rift thinner than a needle tip. 16
• Split the Blue Silver King’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear and killed the Blue Silver King. 187
• Bypassed Niu Gao’s formidable defenses during the conflict in Star Luo City. 203
• Planted spatial tears around the Spirit City arena during his battle with the seven Title Douluo, forcing Gu Rong to intervene to save Ning Fengzhi. 239

Space Compression

Jiang Ming compresses targets or objects with spatial force.

• Massacred City Lord Mansion guards and crushed multiple opponents during the Nuoding City revenge. 48 49 50 51
• Flattened Qin Ming’s arm before killing him. 63
• Restrained and exhausted Zhao Wuji, forcing him to expend soul power and stamina to break free. 72
• Crushed Speed Clan members who tried to shield Tai Tan. 135
• Used spatial pressure to deform and torture Tang Ao after defeating him. 167
• Pinned down Shirak, an eighty-third-level Soul Douluo, before his opponent could complete an eighth soul skill. 217

Spatial Stripping

His second soul skill dismantles matter or removes a portion of a target’s dimension. 24

• Can remove a marked portion of space, allowing Jiang Ming to strip away effects such as Zhao Wuji’s Target Tracking. 71
• Killed Zhao Wuji by removing a section of space containing his heart. 73
• Bypassed the Nether Vine Soul Master’s Heavenly Net restraint. 89
• Was prepared to strip away Zhao Wuji’s remaining Immovable Wisdom King Golden Light. 72
• Was used to extract Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul origin and cripple him further. 94
• Disrupted Yu Yuanzhen’s lightning attacks during the Spirit City confrontation. 237
• Can escalate into Spatial Disintegration, causing a target’s body to vanish piece by piece. 261
• Removed Zhu Zhuyou’s skin after Jiang Ming identified him as the mastermind behind the Xu family incident. 269

Void Form

Void Form, also called Void, is Jiang Ming’s fifth soul skill and one of his most powerful survival abilities. 135 153 175

• Temporarily shifts Jiang Ming into a spatial gap, making his body intangible and immune to physical and energy attacks. 153
• Lasts for approximately three seconds but requires continuous maintenance of spatial power. 153
• Allowed him to evade Yang Wudi’s Soul-Breaking Spear and Niu Gao’s defenses before counterattacking with the Void Blade. 135
• Allowed him to ignore Yu Yuanzhen’s Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens. 195
• Let him pass through the attacks of the seventy-sixth-level Soul Saint Nanzhi without taking damage. 217

Void Blade

A silvery-white sword formed through Jiang Ming’s spatial power and External Soul Bone. 134 152

• Severed Tai Tan’s left arm. 134
• Killed Tai Tan after the latter’s attempt to drag Jiang Ming down with him. 135
• Ignores conventional defensive barriers, cutting through Niu Gao’s layered shields as though they were paper. 135
• Severed Clear Sky Sect Soul Douluo Tang Ao’s left arm. 163
• Split Yu Luomian’s Lightning Storm and mortally wounded him with a single strike. 260
• Killed dissenting blacksmiths during Jiang Ming’s interrogation at the Gengxin City Blacksmith Association. 263

Dimensional Slash

Dimensional Slash is Jiang Ming’s sword technique integrating Space Compression, Spatial Stripping, and Space Tear into one attack. 240

• Was created during his three years of training in Moonwheel City. 240
• Produces an extremely thin spatial line capable of cutting through armor, flesh, bone, and conventional defenses with mirror-smooth cuts. 261
• Instantly cut more than a dozen Star Luo soldiers in half outside the Gengxin City Blacksmith Association. 261

Golden Sacred Dragon Power

Jiang Ming possesses the Golden Sacred Dragon origin that he extracted from Yu Xiaogang, and can manifest its power in combat. 95 238

• Revealed a Golden Sacred Dragon phantom while surrounded by seven Title Douluo in Spirit City. 238
• Used Dragon Emperor Annihilation Strike, firing a concentrated golden beam that broke through Dugu Bo’s poison and forced the surrounding Title Douluo back. 238

Spatial Collapse

Spatial Collapse is Jiang Ming’s sixth soul skill, obtained from a ninety-thousand-year Space Soul Beast. 242 243

• The captured beast possessed a spatial collapse and decomposition ability capable of unraveling defensive structures at a fundamental level. 242
• Its absorption produced intense spatial fluctuations that drew in and shattered nearby dead leaves. 242

Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline

Jiang Ming possesses the Blue Silver Emperor’s life force through the Seed of Life, the origin of the Right Leg Bone he absorbed, and Tang San’s extracted bloodline. 13 43 183 240

• The Seed of Life’s vitality repeatedly repaired his body during the dangerous absorption of his first soul ring. 13
• The Right Leg Bone strengthened his physique sufficiently to support increasingly extreme soul-ring absorption. 43
• He intends to use the bloodline to comprehend the origin of life and eventually combine it with his understanding of space. 184
• He later stripped the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone from himself and extracted its purest origin to comprehend the Law of Life. 240
• The resulting life-origin comprehension gives him exceptional regeneration; a severed finger regrows by the next day, while a lost hand or foot can regenerate in roughly half a month. 240

Time-Based Power

Jiang Ming gained time-based power by extracting and absorbing the origin of Xu Heng’s Hourglass Martial Soul. He describes time and space as complementary forces, declaring that his left hand controls time and his right hand controls space. 269

• Time Reversal returned Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi to their previous positions when Gu Rong attempted to escape with Ning Fengzhi. 269
• The acquired origin manifested as a time-based Martial Soul in Jiang Ming’s hands, rather than merely Xu Heng’s earlier Attack Reversal ability. 263 269
• While his consciousness was displaced after the confrontation involving the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King, he could observe his past and make small interventions that did not substantially change its course. 284

Martial Soul Avatar and Divine Power

• His Martial Soul Avatar takes the form of a vast golden-and-silver phantom resembling himself. Its pressure was felt across Spirit City, and Jiang Ming stated that it amplifies his power. 295
• His divine power was growing by the time he intervened in the Soul Beast conflict. At Jialing Pass, he killed the Scarlet King and wounded Zi Ji before the Soul Beast army retreated. 304 306

Other Techniques

• Jiang Ming can mimic the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique after observing Tang Hao use it. 187
• He can withstand and counter the attacks of multiple Title Douluo through spatial positioning, rather than attempting to meet their attacks directly. 153 171 172
• He can release distinct waves of spatial sword energy with different destructive effects, shredding, crushing, or disintegrating separate groups of opponents. 261
• He can extract and absorb Martial Soul origins, as demonstrated when he took Xu Heng’s Hourglass origin and acquired time-based power. 269

Equipment / Items

• Dagger — Used to kill the Space-Rending Beast by striking through its eye. 12
• Soul Tool masks — Used to conceal or alter his appearance. 24 28
• Crown Prince Mansion token — Given by Xue Qinghe for access to meet her in Tiandou City. 20
• High-Level Meditation Technique — Given by Xue Qinghe from the imperial collection. 20
• Gold Soul Coin card — Held nearly 30,000 Gold Soul Coins earned through the Soul Fighting Arena. 16
• Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone — Absorbed to improve his physique and soul power; later stripped from his body for its life origin. 43 240
• Martial Soul Hall intelligence token — Given by Qian Daoliu, allowing Jiang Ming to access Martial Soul Hall’s intelligence network in major cities. 103
• Void Blade — A silvery-white sword associated with his External Soul Bone and spatial power. 134 152
• Black Gold Card — A savings card worth up to 100 million Gold Soul Coins, forcibly obtained from Tang Yuehua. 167
• Storage Soul Tool ring — Worn on his left hand; used to recover the five bodies displayed on Moonwheel City’s wall. 265

Relationships

• Xue Qinghe / Qian Renxue — Benefactor, politically cautious associate, and later openly acknowledged ally. She rewarded him for curing her poison, arranged a Void Mantis for his second ring, defended the context of his Nuoding City revenge, and helped fulfill his agreement with Qian Daoliu for a ninety-thousand-year spatial soul beast. Jiang Ming later exposed her Xue Qinghe disguise, after which they cooperated pragmatically in the succession crisis following Xue Ye’s death. 20 23 24 59 173 242 243
• Jiang Tao — A close associate from Jiang Ming’s ancestral-grave community; Jiang Ming reassures and protects him, while Jiang Tao publicly explains the cause of Jiang Ming’s revenge. 53 58 59
• Yu Xiaogang — Hostile adversary and former teacher. Jiang Ming publicly dismantled his theories, castrated him, repeatedly humiliated him, and later extracted his martial soul origin. 1 15 53 74 94 95
• Tang San — Early opponent and enduring rival. Jiang Ming severed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, later defeated him in the Soul Master Tournament, and extracted his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, leaving Tang San unable to cultivate normally. 7 15 183 193
• Tang Hao — Enemy whose Blue Silver Emperor opportunities Jiang Ming stole. They have clashed directly, and Jiang Ming can replicate Tang Hao’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique. Tang Hao remains deeply wary of Jiang Ming’s subsequent growth. 79 187 190 311
• Dugu Bo — Close ally and fellow beneficiary of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Jiang Ming exploited Dugu Bo’s immortal-herb valley, later saved him from Yang Wudi and Tai Tan, and fought beside him to secure the Void Walker. Dugu Bo also participated in the destruction and looting of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. 30 128 129 134 260
• Dugu Yan — Former hostage whose relationship with Jiang Ming developed into a cautious association. Jiang Ming later sought her assistance in finding spatial soul beasts, and she became part of Flame Radiance Academy’s tournament team. 26 65 126 183
• Yu Tianheng — Jiang Ming defeated him in three moves and openly challenged his clan to find him in Suotuo City. 26
• Flender and Zhao Wuji — Shrek Academy adversaries. Jiang Ming killed Zhao Wuji with Spatial Stripping and exhausted Flender until he could no longer use soul skills. 72 73 74
• Qin Ming — Pursued Jiang Ming over the Nuoding City killings; Jiang Ming redirected Qin Ming’s attack and later killed him. 59 62 63
• Tai Tan — Strength Clan leader killed by Jiang Ming after losing an arm to the Void Blade. 134 135
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He — Leaders of the Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans who became enemies after contesting the Void Walker. Jiang Ming’s spatial abilities left them unable to effectively pursue or contain him. 128 135 138 203
• Qian Daoliu — A mutually respectful negotiator who promised Jiang Ming spatial soul beasts in exchange for Clear Sky Sect heads and granted him a Martial Soul Hall intelligence token. He later honored this agreement by having the Seven Consecrators capture a ninety-thousand-year Space Soul Beast for Jiang Ming’s sixth ring. 102 103 242 243
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect — Major enemies. Jiang Ming attacked the sect’s affiliated members, killed Soul Douluo-level opponents, used Spatial Shift to turn the sect elders’ attacks against one another, and escaped Tang Xiao’s encirclement. He later killed the sect’s Third Elder in Spirit City. 163 171 172 238
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong — Enemies from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Jiang Ming escaped the combined attacks of Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo through Void Form, while the sect later considered using Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong to lure him into a trap. Jiang Ming subsequently crippled Chen Xin by severing his left arm, massacred the sect’s forces, and continued hunting Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong in Gengxin City. In Moonwheel City, he used Time Reversal to prevent Gu Rong from fleeing with Ning Fengzhi. 151 152 153 239 243 260 261 269
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan — Former Golden Generation opponents who initially confronted Jiang Ming over the Nuoding City massacre. Although he decisively defeated them, they later met him as acquaintances in Spirit City after all three reached rank 55. They subsequently accompanied him in the Far North and sought him out after his devastating confrontation involving the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King. 60 63 222 277 283 284
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan — Persistent enemies after Yu Yuanzhen attempted to seize the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Jiang Ming’s method of exceeding ring limits. Jiang Ming later fought Yu Yuanzhen in Spirit City, killed Yu Luomian, and helped bring about the clan’s complete destruction. 194 195 237 238 260
• Bibi Dong — A hostile force who dispatched the Golden Generation to investigate Jiang Ming and later intended to kill him if he entered Spirit City. Jiang Ming openly defied her there, and she ordered Yue Guan to kill him during his confrontation with the Upper Three Sects. 55 81 208 230 238
• Zhu Feng and the Star Luo Empire forces — Zhu Feng, a Star Luo deputy general stationed in Gengxin City, tried to execute Jiang Ming after mistaking him for an insignificant commoner. Jiang Ming killed him and the soldiers under his command with Dimensional Slash and Spatial Disintegration. 261
• Xu Youyou and Xu Jianghe — Members of the Moonwheel City Xu family, with whom Jiang Ming had become acquainted during his seclusion. After finding their bodies publicly displayed, he recovered them. Following their resurrection, he advised the family to relocate to Nuoding City. 241 265 274
• Xu Heng — A Xu family member whose Hourglass Martial Soul initially interested Jiang Ming. After identifying Xu Heng as Zhu Zhuyou’s accomplice in the Xu family incident, Jiang Ming killed him and absorbed his time-type Martial Soul origin. 241 263 269
• Zhu Zhuyou — Son of the Duke of the Nether and the man Jiang Ming identified as the mastermind behind the Xu family incident. Jiang Ming rejected his threats of Star Luo imperial retaliation and used Spatial Stripping to torture him. 264 265 269
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress — Jiang Ming fought the Snow Empress in the Far North and earned a more measured assessment from her after meeting her power directly. Ice Empress witnessed the confrontation and was shaken by his ability to fight her sister without falling into a disadvantage. 277
• Scarlet King, Zi Ji, and Di Tian — Soul Beast opponents during the battle at Jialing Pass. Jiang Ming killed the Scarlet King, wounded Zi Ji, and spared her to carry an ultimatum demanding that Di Tian face him within three days. 306

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rejection of Yu Xiaogang’s Theory

Jiang Ming rejects Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Space-type Martial Souls should focus on defense. He demonstrates innate spatial cutting before the class, establishes his independent cultivation path, and begins his lasting conflict with Yu Xiaogang. 1

Space-Rending Beast Incident

Jiang Ming survives a desperate battle against a cursed Space-Rending Beast, then absorbs its unexpectedly powerful soul ring and strengthens his physical foundation. 12 13

Boundless of the Soul Fighting Arena

After leaving Nuoding Academy, Jiang Ming builds wealth and combat experience in Suotuo City under the Boundless codename. 16

Crown Prince Agreement and Second Soul Ring

He earns Xue Qinghe’s favor by curing her poison, receives access to advanced resources, and absorbs the thousand-year Void Mantis ring. 20 23 24

Ice and Fire Body Tempering

Jiang Ming enters Dugu Bo’s hidden herb valley, consumes several immortal herbs, and undergoes Ice and Fire Body Tempering to reach rank 30. 30 33

Nuoding City Revenge

He returns to Nuoding after learning of his family cemetery’s destruction, annihilates the responsible families, and becomes the target of Shrek Academy, Martial Soul Hall, and Qin Ming. 45 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 55 59

Conflicts with Shrek Academy and Martial Soul Hall

Jiang Ming overwhelms the Golden Generation, Qin Ming, Zhao Wuji, Flender, and the Golden Iron Triangle through his spatial techniques and superior combat judgment. 60 62 63 72 73 74 93 95

Qian Daoliu’s Agreement

Jiang Ming rejects the idea of relying on a backer but reaches an independent deal with Qian Daoliu: Clear Sky Sect heads in return for increasingly powerful spatial soul beasts and intelligence support. 102 103

Clash with the Four Single-Attribute Clans

Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo secure the fifty-thousand-year Void Walker, after which Jiang Ming absorbs its soul ring, kills Tai Tan, and defeats Yang Wudi and Niu Gao. 128 129 134 135 138

Conflict with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect

Jiang Ming confronts Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo, displays Void Form, and escapes their coordinated attacks without injury. The sect subsequently recognizes that conventional force cannot reliably contain him. 151 152 153

Clear Sky Sect Campaign

Jiang Ming extorts Tang Yuehua, cripples Tang Ao, kills Clear Sky Sect Soul Douluos, and uses Spatial Shift to turn the sect elders’ combined assault against one of their own. He withdraws before Tang Xiao’s Grand Sumeru Hammer can force a decisive battle. 163 167 171 172

Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Extraction

Jiang Ming manipulates Tang San into surrendering his dormant Blue Silver Emperor origin, crippling Tang San’s cultivation and taking the bloodline for his own pursuit of life’s origin. 183 184

Soul Master Tournament and Mysterious Heaven Skill Scheme

As a Soul King representing Flame Radiance Academy, Jiang Ming crushes Tang San and exposes the Mysterious Heaven Skill to the continent, deliberately making Tang San a target for the Upper Three Sects and Martial Soul Hall. 193 195 199

Spirit City Showdown

Jiang Ming arrives alone in Spirit City, refuses to kneel before Bibi Dong, and confronts seven Title Douluo from the Upper Three Sects. He evades their attempted spatial seal, uses Golden Sacred Dragon power to break Dugu Bo’s poison, kills the Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder, severs Chen Xin’s arm, and escapes before Tang Xiao can retaliate. 220 230 237 238 239

Moonwheel City Seclusion

Over three years in Moonwheel City, Jiang Ming refines his swordsmanship, creates Dimensional Slash, strips the life origin from the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and develops a fifty-meter Spatial Domain. He reaches rank 63 despite adding no new soul rings. 240

Sixth Soul Ring and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Massacre

After exposing Qian Renxue’s identity and calling upon Qian Daoliu’s agreement, Jiang Ming absorbs a ninety-thousand-year Space Soul Beast’s sixth ring and reaches rank 68. He then launches a nighttime extermination campaign against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, beginning with its patrols and killing Chen Jian. 242 243

Destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan

Jiang Ming kills Yu Luomian after effortlessly breaking Lightning Storm with the Void Sword. With Dugu Bo and Heaven Dou imperial forces, he helps eradicate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and seize its remaining wealth. 260

Gengxin City and the Blacksmith Association

Seeking Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, Jiang Ming arrives at Gengxin City’s Blacksmith Association and discovers forces from the Upper Three Sects and Star Luo Empire cooperating around hidden-weapon production. He kills Zhu Feng, the accompanying soldiers, and the gathered sect remnants before entering the association to demand its leader. He then forces a blacksmith to reveal that a hidden-weapon test is planned for Moonwheel City. 260 261 263

Xu Family Incident and Time-Type Origin

Returning to Moonwheel City, Jiang Ming discovers the public display of five executed Xu family members and recovers their bodies. He identifies Zhu Zhuyou as the mastermind and Xu Heng as an accomplice, extracts Xu Heng’s Hourglass Martial Soul origin, and acquires time-based power. His Time Reversal prevents Gu Rong from escaping with Ning Fengzhi. The five Xu family members are later resurrected, and Jiang Ming advises them to leave the city. 265 269 274

Far North and Divine Ruins

Jiang Ming travels to the Far North, confronts the Snow Empress, and pursues the region’s divine ruins. After a destructive encounter involving the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King, his consciousness becomes displaced from his buried body. While observing his past, he discovers that he can make limited interventions before being drawn back. 277 282 283 284

Jialing Pass and the Ultimatum to Di Tian

Jiang Ming intervenes against the Soul Beast army at Jialing Pass, killing the Scarlet King and wounding Zi Ji. He sends Zi Ji to demand that Di Tian come to the pass within three days, threatening the Star Dou Great Forest if he does not. Jiang Ming then urges Spirit Hall and its allies to prepare for the coming confrontation. 306

Notable Quotes

“Failure? It’s just death.” 11

“You should be grateful.” 52

“Since we are bound to clash sooner or later, I might as well kill him while I’m at it!” 51

“The core of a Space-type Martial Soul has never been defense, but the very properties of space itself.” 1

“I am neither surnamed Qian nor Feng; I won't be brainless enough to clash head-on with others!” 116

“Left hand time, right hand space!” 269

“With the Soul Beast Clan slaughtering humans at will, how could I stand by?” 306