Chapter Summaries

After Teng Zifeng awakened his Six-Winged Glazed Bird martial soul, Wang Sheng gave him a spatial Soul Tool and advice on choosing a cultivation path. Wang Sheng then learned that he was in a different land called the Moon Kingdom, and began investigating how to return to the Douluo Continent.

• Wang Sheng gave Teng Zifeng a spatial Soul Tool necklace and explained that his Six-Winged Glazed Bird could specialize in agility attacks or healing support.
• Wang Sheng asked Hai Ping where they were and learned they were in Tianxing Prefecture, near the Gloomy Forest, in the Moon Kingdom.
• Wang Sheng discovered that Hai Ping and Teng Tianming had never heard of the Douluo Continent, and suspected he had been sent somewhere beyond it.
• Wang Sheng asked Hai Ping to describe the continent, and Hai Ping explained that it had two empires and five kingdoms that had formed an alliance.
• Wang Sheng learned the Blazing Sun Empire, Bright Moon Empire, and Five Kingdoms Alliance were locked in a tense balance, leaving him to figure out how to get back to the Douluo Continent.

Wang Sheng concluded that he was on the Sun Moon Continent and decided to find Divine Wind by using a faction’s resources. He took Teng Zifeng toward Bright Moon Royal City so the boy could attend the Royal Academy, while Hai Ping stayed behind with a dangerous plan for the village chief and his son.

• Wang Sheng questioned Hai Ping about Soul Tools and evil spirit masters, then connected the Jingyang Mountain Range and the Scorching Sun and Bright Moon empires to identify the continent as the Sun Moon Continent.
• Wang Sheng decided he needed to find Divine Wind and asked Hai Ping to map the known cities and the imperial capital.
• Wang Sheng invited Teng Tianming and Teng Zifeng to travel with him to Bright Moon Royal City so Zifeng could attend the Royal Academy, but Teng Tianming chose to remain in the village.
• Teng Tianming said goodbye to Teng Zifeng, and Wang Sheng promised to look after him as they set out with Teng Ziyue.
• Hai Ping spotted the village chief and his son watching Teng Tianming and resolved to kill them to protect him.
• Two days later, Wang Sheng and Teng Zifeng walked along a wide official road.

Wang Sheng took Teng Zifeng toward Royal City, using the long journey as training, but their arrival at Dark Willow City led to a confrontation with the Zhang Family. Wang Sheng killed the man who attacked Teng Zifeng and spared Zhang Qi, leaving Teng Zifeng to consider why Wang Sheng had held back.

• Wang Sheng told Teng Zifeng that Royal City lay beyond three commandery cities and many smaller settlements, and let the exhausted boy continue walking as training.
• Teng Zifeng ran toward Dark Willow City, collided with a young miss, and was kicked by her attendant, a middle-aged man from the Zhang Family.
• Teng Zifeng retaliated with a kick that broke the middle-aged man's leg, revealing his strength as a newly awakened soul warrior.
• Zhang Qi arrived and prepared to strike Teng Zifeng under pressure from the injured man, while the young miss failed to intervene.
• Wang Sheng killed the middle-aged man with a palm strike, then praised Zhang Qi for holding back and ordered him to leave.

Wang Sheng taught Teng Zifeng that strength determined status, law, and justice, while warning him not to abuse his own strength. They entered Dark Willow City and headed for its best restaurant, where Wang Sheng brought Teng Zifeng into the middle of a confrontation between two groups surrounded by soldiers.

• Wang Sheng explained to Teng Zifeng that the weak had little power to demand justice, but the strong still needed a moral bottom line.
• Wang Sheng and Teng Zifeng entered Dark Willow City, and the older gate guard recognized Wang Sheng as a formidable young expert and sent a guard to report him to the general.
• Teng Zifeng got hungry, so Wang Sheng agreed to take him to the city's best restaurant.
• Wang Sheng and Teng Zifeng saw soldiers rushing toward the restaurant, but Wang Sheng reminded Teng Zifeng of his earlier lesson and continued on.
• Wang Sheng carried Teng Zifeng over the crowd and landed inside the packed restaurant, where two groups faced off under the soldiers' watch.

Wang Sheng intimidated the city guards and the Zhang and Li families when he demanded a meal at their blocked restaurant, inspiring Teng Zifeng to seek strength. After hearing about Wang Sheng, the city guard general mistook him for a Spirit Saint and plotted to use him to eliminate the general’s opponents or provoke powerful allies to punish them.

• Wang Sheng brushed aside the soldier captain and ordered the soldiers and the Zhang and Li families to clear a path so he could eat with Teng Zifeng.
• The groups moved aside, and Teng Zifeng began to admire Wang Sheng and long for strength of his own.
• The Zhang and Li families left to report Wang Sheng’s arrival, while Fatty Lao hurried to serve him at the restaurant.
• A guard told the general that Wang Sheng had made Zhang Qi flee without revealing his spirit rings, and the general concluded that Wang Sheng was a Spirit Saint.
• The general and a man in black planned to use Wang Sheng against their opponents, expecting the opponents to die whether Wang Sheng killed them or they killed him.

After Zhang Cheng reported that a young Spirit Saint had stopped the attack on the Li Family, Zhang Wei and Li Zheng assessed the stranger’s power and background. Li Zheng went to meet him at the restaurant and waited outside, while Zhang Wei set out to do the same and summoned help from the City Guard.

• Zhang Cheng told Zhang Wei that a young man had effortlessly driven off the City Guard captain and halted the assault on the Li Family.
• Zhang Wei concluded the young man was likely a powerful visitor scouting a six-year-old child on Awakening Day and warned that he must not be offended.
• Li Zheng heard the report, rejected the idea of recruiting the stranger, and considered making the Li Family his subordinate if his strength and background warranted it.
• Li Zheng went with Li Fang to the restaurant, remembered that Wang Sheng disliked being disturbed while eating, and waited outside as a gatekeeper.
• Zhang Wei took Zhang Cheng and several Zhang Family juniors to the restaurant and sent someone to the City Guard Mansion for support.

The City Guard General went to the restaurant while Wang Sheng ate with Teng Zifeng, hoping to keep the Zhang Family from provoking the mysterious young man. Zhang Wei insulted Li Zheng at the entrance, and Wang Sheng struck him through the restaurant, leaving Li Zheng convinced Wang Sheng was at least a Spirit Douluo.

• The City Guard General ordered Shadow to suspend all operations, then went alone to the restaurant.
• Wang Sheng let Teng Zifeng eat while Fatty Lao served them, and he realized he had no local money to pay for the meal.
• Li Zheng and Li Cheng waited outside the restaurant as Wang Sheng overheard their arrival and expected them to cover his expenses.
• Zhang Wei arrived and mocked Li Zheng, while the City Guard General rushed over and told Zhang Wei to shut his mouth.
• Wang Sheng challenged Zhang Wei for insulting his doorman and sent him flying into a wall with a single palm strike.
• Li Zheng watched Zhang Wei get embedded in the wall and realized Wang Sheng was no Spirit Saint but a Spirit Douluo-level expert.

Wang Sheng defeated Zhang Wei and explained to Teng Zifeng that strength must be paired with an understanding of schemes. He accepted Li Zheng as his old doorman and ordered the Zhang Family’s property and money transferred to the Li Family and himself.

• Wang Sheng’s slap left Zhang Wei dying in a wall, terrifying the Zhang Family, the City Guard General, and the witnesses inside the restaurant.
• Wang Sheng told Teng Zifeng that absolute strength could decide life and death, but that people also had to understand schemes and guard against them.
• Li Zheng realized his attempt to recruit Wang Sheng had drawn him into the city’s struggle, so he knelt and offered the Li Family’s loyalty while asking Wang Sheng to spare his clansmen.
• Wang Sheng accepted Li Zheng as his old doorman and promised that no one would harm the Li Family while he was around.
• Wang Sheng ordered the Zhang Family’s real estate transferred to the Li Family and its money handed over to him, and Li Zheng left to carry out the order.

Wang Sheng ordered the last arrival to lose an arm, then confronted the City Guard General and declared that even the Bright Moon Kingdom’s king had to respect or obey him. After Wang Sheng destroyed the general and revealed the prince and two Spirit Douluos hiding nearby, the prince recognized him as a Title Douluo and greeted him.

• Wang Sheng ordered the last arrival to cut off an arm, and the City Guard General invoked Dark Willow City’s prince to challenge his authority.
• Wang Sheng told Fatty Lao that everyone, even the King of the Bright Moon Kingdom, had only two choices: respect or obey.
• The City Guard General tried to flee, but Wang Sheng killed him with the Ape King Explosion fireball.
• Wang Sheng’s fireball destroyed a nearby building and exposed the prince and his two Spirit Douluo guards.
• Teng Zifeng called Wang Sheng a Title Douluo, and the prince greeted him respectfully as Fatty Lao feared Wang Sheng’s blunt questions would anger the prince.

Wang Sheng heard Xu Zheng’s request for help reclaiming his place in the royal succession and agreed to support him in exchange for the Bright Moon Kingdom’s resources to find a spirit beast. He revealed that he was a rank ninety-eight Title Douluo, leaving Xu Zheng and his guards stunned.

• Xu Zheng approached Wang Sheng and asked him to help regain his position after years of exile.
• Wang Sheng agreed to support Xu Zheng if he would use the Bright Moon Kingdom’s forces to search for a spirit beast.
• Wang Sheng offered to help Xu Zheng take the throne if Xu Zheng wished, once the spirit beast was found.
• Wang Sheng revealed his Blazing Blade Martial Soul and extraordinary soul rings, then identified himself as a twenty-three-year-old rank ninety-eight Battle Soul Master.
• Xu Zheng and his guards reacted with shock to Wang Sheng’s rank.

Wang Sheng asked the exiled prince Xu Zheng to find information about Divine Wind, then prepared to take Teng Zifeng to the Royal Academy. He exposed a black-clad man’s plot and made him serve as a driver, while Teng Zifeng was told to run alongside the carriage.

• Wang Sheng told Xu Zheng that Divine Wind was Taotie, a spirit beast as powerful as a rank ninety-seven or ninety-eight Title Douluo, and asked him to find information about its whereabouts.
• Xu Zheng agreed to search for Divine Wind and began preparing his hidden forces for his rise in Royal City.
• Wang Sheng introduced Teng Zifeng as a village-born genius with a mutated Six-Winged Glazed Bird and innate rank-nine Soul Power, then said he would take him to the Royal Academy.
• Wang Sheng revealed the black-clad man from the City Guard Mansion and explained that he had recognized the man’s connection to the dead Spirit Saint by watching his heartbeat and reactions.
• Instead of killing the black-clad man, Wang Sheng made him his driver and ordered Boss Fatty Lao to find a carriage.
• Wang Sheng told Teng Zifeng the carriage was for him and that Teng Zifeng would have to run alongside it.

Wang Sheng forced Hua Liu to reveal who was behind him by using his Spirit Bone Skill to deprive him of his senses. After the ordeal, Hua Liu feared Wang Sheng and faced one last chance to answer.

• Wang Sheng ordered Hua Liu to introduce himself and learned his name was Hua Liu.
• Hua Liu said the City Guard General had been the strongest person in the city after the City Lord, but Wang Sheng pressed him about the person behind him.
• Wang Sheng identified Hua Liu as an Evil Spirit Master, struck him into a wall, and warned him not to hide anything from his master.
• Wang Sheng deprived Hua Liu of his hearing, smell, sight, and sense of touch, leaving him trapped in a terrifying world where he could not even attempt suicide.
• Wang Sheng restored Hua Liu's senses and gave him one chance to identify the person behind him.

Wang Sheng learned the Holy Cult’s strength and had Hua Liu pledge allegiance by handing over its city operatives. As Teng Zifeng reached rank ten, the group headed for a hunting ground so he could obtain his first soul ring, with Wang Sheng making him run alongside the carriage.

• Hua Liu revealed that he was a rank seventy-eight Spirit Saint and a Holy Cult hall master, and Wang Sheng ordered him to give the prince the city’s evil spirit master list and help capture them.
• Teng Zifeng watched the powerful figures submit to Wang Sheng, and ambition began growing in him.
• Hua Liu drove Wang Sheng and Teng Zifeng from the city, while Li Zheng rode at the carriage door; Teng Zifeng wore Soul Tools from Prince Xu Zheng and was made to run and cultivate during the journey.
• Wang Sheng’s training improved Teng Zifeng’s physical condition, and Teng Zifeng eventually reached rank ten Soul Power.
• Hua Liu explained the purpose of Bright Moon Kingdom’s hunting grounds, and Li Zheng recounted a disastrous spirit-beast hunt that had led to their creation.
• The group approached a hunting ground with Hua Liu’s entry token, while Teng Zifeng ran beside the carriage and a noblewoman nearby criticized his apparent mistreatment.

Wang Sheng brought Teng Zifeng into the Royal Hunting Ground and made him face its dangers firsthand. After Teng Zifeng ran off and screamed, Hua Liu rescued him, leaving the boy disheveled and aggrieved.

• A guard admitted Wang Sheng, Li Zheng, Hua Liu, and Teng Zifeng after Li Zheng and Hua Liu revealed their spirit rings.
• Teng Zifeng charged into the hunting ground alone while Wang Sheng said experience would teach him about the dangers.
• Wang Sheng encountered an elderly couple and their three grandchildren, who questioned his reckless approach to training Teng Zifeng.
• Teng Zifeng screamed, and Hua Liu rushed to retrieve him, finding his armor activated and the boy upset.

Wang Sheng protected Teng Zifeng and the Cheng family elders from a masked Holy Cult attack, defeating most of the attackers before learning they had mistaken his group for their targets. The remaining assailants still outnumbered the Cheng family, and Teng Zifeng showed an interest in one of the elders’ granddaughters.

• Wang Sheng warned Teng Zifeng to think independently as Soul Power fluctuations approached their group.
• Wang Sheng and Hua Liu realized that attackers were surrounding them, so Cheng Jin and Cheng Rong protected the three children.
• Ten masked Holy Cult members appeared and attacked, with seven Spirit Saints and two Spirit Douluos among the nine who charged.
• Wang Sheng used fallen leaves to defeat the seven Spirit Saints and injure the two Spirit Douluos.
• The leader revealed that the attackers had come to kill Cheng Jin, Cheng Rong, and three Cheng family geniuses, and the elders thanked Wang Sheng for saving them.
• Teng Zifeng urged Wang Sheng to help the Cheng family further, while Wang Sheng noticed the boy glancing at the youngest girl.

Wang Sheng weighed the danger of opposing Dream God Douluo against helping the Cheng Family, then killed the three assassins anyway. After learning the little girl’s name was Cheng Ying, he realized she was only six and likely had exceptional talent.

• The assassins warned Wang Sheng that they served Dream God Douluo, while Cheng Jin and Cheng Rong pleaded for his help.
• Wang Sheng explained to Teng Zifeng that a Title Douluo could destroy a city and warned him not to endanger others beyond his ability.
• Wang Sheng killed all three men in black with his Air-Splitting Palm and told Teng Zifeng never to leave future enemies alive.
• Wang Sheng asked the little girl her name, and Cheng Jin and Cheng Rong revealed that Cheng Ying was six years old.
• Wang Sheng inferred from Cheng Ying’s rapid cultivation that she likely had innate Soul Power of at least level eight.

Wang Sheng’s group met Cheng Ying, a talented girl with a mutated Seven-Colored Peacock martial soul, and he bluntly declared that she would follow Teng Zifeng. After securing soul rings for the children, the group reached the Royal City, where Li Fa welcomed Wang Sheng and revealed that Xu Zheng’s First Prince was on his way.

• Wang Sheng learned that Cheng Ying had innate rank-nine Soul Power and a mutated Seven-Colored Peacock martial soul, matching Teng Zifeng’s talent and mutated martial soul.
• Wang Sheng announced that Cheng Ying would follow Teng Zifeng, and Cheng Jin and Cheng Rong tacitly accepted the match despite his forceful approach.
• Cheng Jin explained that each extra halo on a mutated Peacock martial soul increased its strength and enhanced its power attack soul skills.
• One month later, Wang Sheng’s group reached the Royal City after obtaining soul rings for Teng Zifeng and Cheng Ying.
• Li Fa greeted Wang Sheng at the city gate and explained that Xu Zheng had sent him ahead to arrange a residence before the First Prince arrived.
• Wang Sheng learned that the First Prince was the current emperor of Bright Moon Kingdom’s eldest son and remarked on the intrigue surrounding his exile from the Royal City.

Wang Sheng entered the royal city with Li Fa, while the ruler and rival factions assessed the returning eldest prince’s allies and prepared to test their strength. Xu Lai learned that Li Fa’s group had arrived outside his manor, led by a mysterious young man rather than the eldest prince.

• Wang Sheng closed the carriage window and followed Li Fa into the royal city toward the residence arranged for him.
• Xu Feng learned that Li Fa and the eldest prince had become Spirit Douluo and decided the royal city’s political deadlock should be stirred up.
• Empress Lu Ying warned Lu Fei to have others test the eldest prince’s strength first, and Lu Fei resolved to escape her family’s control.
• Xu Lai told Xu Sinan that the eldest prince and Li Fa had once been celebrated prodigies, then heard that Li Fa’s group had arrived across from his manor.
• The steward reported that six people were with Li Fa, who addressed their young leader as “my lord,” and that the eldest prince was not among them.

Wang Sheng arrived at his new mansion in Royal City and loudly declared it his, drawing the attention of the city’s factions and royal family. The empress ordered his immediate execution, while Emperor Xu Feng went to see what would happen.

• Xu He and Xu Sinan discussed probing the people who had arrived with the Eldest Prince, and the steward advised them to give their spies a scapegoat if the plan failed.
• Wang Sheng inspected the lavish Wang Mansion across from Qing Prince Mansion, and Li Fa waited anxiously for his approval.
• Wang Sheng sensed spies inside the mansion and used Buddhist Lion's Roar to declare that trespassers would be killed.
• Xu He told Xu Sinan to frame Wang Sheng, while the empress ordered Commander Xia and General Wang to kill him on the spot.
• Xu Feng headed out to watch the commotion as Wang Sheng's shout sent the Royal City into chaos.

Wang Sheng hunted down the hidden scouts in his mansion and threw them out, frightening the Xu family into considering suing for peace. He assigned guards to protect his people, while the empress relaxed, believing the danger had passed.

• Wang Sheng discovered hidden intruders in his residence and severely injured two men who tried to flee.
• Wang Sheng used Shadow Shift to attack the remaining scouts and fling them out of the mansion.
• Xu He, Xu Sinan, and the butler watched the scouts fly past and agreed that suing for peace was preferable to being thrown into the sky.
• Wang Sheng told Li Fa to deal with anyone who entered without permission and ordered Li Zheng and Hua Liu to protect Teng Zifeng and Cheng Ying.
• The empress, believing the person the Eldest Prince relied on was dead, said she was tired and prepared to rest.