Chapter Summaries

On his sixth birthday, Xu Tianming awakened both the Sun and Silver Moon Martial Souls, impressing the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family. The Silver Moon awakening revealed Mavuika and Columbina in his Mental Sea of Consciousness, and they began trying to understand how they had arrived in Douluo Continent.

• Xu Tianming recalled that he had transmigrated into the Sun Moon Empire before Xu Tianran’s assassination and that Huo Yuhao was likely still living with his mother in the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
• Xu Tianming underwent his Martial Soul awakening under Kong Deming and manifested the imperial family’s Sun Martial Soul.
• Xu Tianming also awakened the Silver Moon Martial Soul, prompting the ministers and Kong Deming to celebrate his twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Tianming heard Mavuika and Columbina in his mind, found them in his Mental Sea of Consciousness, and explained their situation to them.
• Mavuika wondered whether Phanes had brought them to Douluo Continent, while Columbina argued that even the Heavenly Principles could not have caused it.

Xu Tianming learned that Mavuika and Columbina could regain their power as he grew stronger, and that Soul Rings could restore their Authorities. After discovering his Innate Soul Power Level 20, he prepared to seek a Soul Ring and had to choose which of his two Martial Souls to develop first.

• Mavuika explained that sunlight could restore her strength and that Battle Intent might accelerate her recovery, while Columbina said Soul Rings could help restore their powers and Authorities.
• Xu Tianming returned to the ceremony and learned that his Innate Soul Power Level 20 had astonished the gathered ministers.
• Xu Tianran declared Xu Tianming's talent a top state secret, and the ministers agreed to keep it confidential.
• Xu Tianming asked to go to the Evil Demon Forest for a Soul Ring, and Kong Deming offered to accompany him.
• Kong Deming asked Xu Tianming whether he would focus on the Sun Martial Soul or the Silver Moon Martial Soul first, leaving Xu Tianming undecided.

Xu Tianming hunted for his first Soul Ring in the Evil Demon Forest with Kong Deming and discovered that Mavuika could control his left hand when he yielded control. After killing a seven-hundred-year Blazing Fire Pig, Xu Tianming judged its Soul Ring too weak and said he might be able to absorb a thousand-year one instead.

• Kong Deming took Xu Tianming into the Evil Demon Forest to find a fire-type Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianming chose a greatsword named Judgment, and he and Mavuika discovered she could move his left hand when he relinquished control.
• Kong Deming weakened a seven-hundred-year Blazing Fire Pig, and Xu Tianming delivered the finishing blow.
• A deep yellow Soul Ring emerged from the Blazing Fire Pig, and Xu Tianming told Kong Deming that he felt capable of challenging a thousand-year Soul Ring.

Xu Tianming hunted for his first Soul Ring with Kong Deming and tested whether Mavuika could shield him from the strain of absorbing one beyond the ordinary limit. Mavuika’s help made the absorption painless, and Xu Tianming realized she might let him absorb far stronger Soul Rings in the future.

• Kong Deming agreed to help Xu Tianming attempt to absorb a Soul Ring beyond the usual limit.
• Xu Tianming and Kong Deming found a Magic Flame Wolf and a Raging Flame Bear fighting, and Kong Deming subdued both Soul Beasts.
• Xu Tianming killed the fifteen-hundred-year Raging Flame Bear and began absorbing its Soul Ring with his Dazzling Sun Martial Soul.
• Mavuika used her power to remove the pain and pressure from Xu Tianming’s absorption, then said she could likely handle a Soul Ring of around eight thousand years.
• Xu Tianming excitedly considered the possibility of absorbing an eight-thousand-year Second Soul Ring, but focused on finishing the current absorption.

After absorbing his First Soul Ring, Xu Tianming discovered that his Soul Skill absorbed nearby Battle Intent and stored it to empower his next attack, though his body could be harmed by storing too much. He tested the skill with Kong Deming and prepared to unleash Mavuika’s Sun-Shattering Strike.

• Xu Tianming learned that Battle Intent Absorption gathered nearby Battle Intent as extra Soul Power, while Battle Intent Burst released it through his next attack.
• Mavuika explained that the skill had no fixed storage limit, but its conversion rate and Xu Tianming’s physical capacity limited how much he could safely store.
• Xu Tianming confirmed his successful absorption of the fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring to Kong Deming, then described the Soul Skill’s effects and risks.
• Kong Deming released his killing intent at the Magic Flame Wolf, and Xu Tianming absorbed the resulting Battle Intent until he felt his body nearing its limit.
• Kong Deming asked Xu Tianming to attack him, and Xu Tianming consulted Mavuika about using her Sun-Shattering Strike through his body.

Mavuika took control of Xu Tianming and unleashed a powerful strike against Kong Deming, who was astonished by his nephew’s strength. Impressed, Kong Deming offered to help Xu Tianming become crown prince, leaving Xu Tianming wondering why his uncle had changed his mind.

• Mavuika took control of Xu Tianming and used his Battle Intent Burst to charge Kong Deming with Sun-Shattering Strike.
• Kong Deming’s Defensive Soul Tool stopped the attack, and Mavuika relinquished control after exhausting her strength.
• Kong Deming realized Xu Tianming’s attack rivaled a level-forty Soul Ancestor’s and began considering him as a candidate for the throne.
• Kong Deming asked Xu Tianming whether he wanted to become crown prince and promised to help him take the position.
• Xu Tianming pointed out his second brother’s strength and court connections, then wondered why Kong Deming had suddenly chosen to support him.

Xu Tianming explained that his Sun-Shattering Strike was a self-created technique, and Kong Deming revealed that it could rival a Soul Ancestor’s full-power attack. Xu Tianming declined to pursue the crown prince position for now, and Kong Deming agreed to wait until he was ready.

• Xu Tianming told Kong Deming that his powerful move was a technique he had invented himself, keeping Mavuika’s involvement secret.
• Kong Deming explained that his level-eight defensive Soul Tool could withstand attacks even from a Seven-Ring Soul Sage, so the strike’s failure to damage it did not mean the move was weak.
• Xu Tianming said he could likely use the strike again if he had enough Soul Power converted from Battle Intent, and Kong Deming judged that he might be able to unleash it repeatedly.
• Kong Deming told Xu Tianming that the strike rivaled a newly advanced Soul Ancestor’s full-power attack, and Xu Tianming briefly showed excitement before regaining his composure.
• Xu Tianming said it was too early to seek the crown prince position while his father was strong and his older brothers were pursuing it, and Kong Deming agreed to wait until Xu Tianming chose to compete.

Xu Tianming asked Kong Deming to test how much spiritual impact he could withstand before attempting an unusually powerful Second Soul Ring, while Columbina offered to protect his Mental Sea of Consciousness. As Kong Deming increased the test, Xu Tianming stayed unharmed, and the chapter left them discussing whether his Twin Martial Souls were mutated rather than the imperial family's inherited ones.

• Kong Deming agreed to guard Xu Tianming as he prepared to obtain his Second Soul Ring, but Xu Tianming revealed he hoped to challenge an eight-thousand-year ring.
• Columbina offered to protect Xu Tianming's Mental Sea of Consciousness, and he decided to test her protection before considering a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianming asked Kong Deming to simulate the spiritual impact of a Soul Beast's Soul Ring, and Kong Deming gradually raised it from a thousand-year level to six thousand years.
• Xu Tianming remained unharmed as Columbina's moonlight barrier blocked the impact, then used his Frost Moon Martial Soul to give Kong Deming an explanation for his resilience.
• Kong Deming suspected Xu Tianming's Twin Martial Souls were not the inherited Sun and Silver Moon Martial Souls, and Xu Tianming asked what he had awakened.

Xu Tianming endured the mental impact of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, proving he might be able to absorb a ten-thousand-year Second Soul Ring with Columbina’s protection. Afterward, Columbina sensed an angry Soul Beast approaching and revealed that her full perception could reach anywhere touched by moonlight.

• Kong Deming’s test showed that Xu Tianming could withstand a nine-thousand-year Soul Beast’s mental impact, so Xu Tianming asked him to raise it to the ten-thousand-year level.
• The ten-thousand-year impact injured Xu Tianming’s Mental Sea of Consciousness, but Columbina reinforced her moonlight barrier and eased the pain.
• Xu Tianming reassured Columbina and Kong Deming that he had recovered from the test.
• Columbina sensed an angry Soul Beast approaching from the northwest, about nine hundred meters away.
• Xu Tianming asked about Columbina’s sensing range, and she said she could sense everything reached by moonlight, though distance rapidly depleted her Kuuvahki.

Xu Tianming and Kong Deming captured and killed a ten-thousand-year Magic Flame Wolf and its young, obtaining two Soul Rings and a rare Soul Bone. As Xu Tianming considered absorbing the Soul Bone, Mavuika noticed it resembled a Teyvat Artifact, prompting him to wonder whether that connection explained how she and Columbina had crossed worlds.

• Xu Tianming warned Kong Deming that a Soul Beast was approaching, and Kong Deming discovered it was a ten-thousand-year Magic Flame Wolf related to the younger wolf they had subdued.
• Kong Deming trapped the ten-thousand-year wolf with his Level 8 Soul Tool, the Heavenly Net, and promised to give the tool to Xu Tianming.
• Kong Deming silenced the wolves, and Xu Tianming killed both of them before Kong Deming stored their black and purple Soul Rings.
• A crimson Left Arm Soul Bone emerged from the ten-thousand-year wolf, and Kong Deming asked Xu Tianming whether he wanted to fuse with it.
• Mavuika told Xu Tianming that the Soul Bone reminded her of a Teyvat Artifact, and Xu Tianming wondered if their similarity explained how she and Columbina had reached the Douluo Continent.

Seven-year-old Ye Guyi and her parents were ambushed by the Holy Spirit Cult while searching the Evil Demon Forest for her First Soul Ring. Her father used a blinding attack to give his wife and daughter a chance to escape, but the ambush was still underway.

• Ye Guyi spent the day searching for a Soul Beast with her parents, Ye and Lin, but they decided to leave and resume the search at dawn.
• A hidden Evil Soul Master mocked the family and revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had targeted them because Ye Guyi had an Angel Martial Soul.
• Ye Guyi's father recognized the danger and whispered an escape plan to Mother Ye, telling her to run with their daughter when he counted down.
• The Holy Spirit Cult leader prepared to attack, but Ye Guyi's father used Angel Descent and Holy Light Descends to Earth to blind the nearby Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Guyi's father urged his wife and daughter to run while the attackers' vision was impaired.

Father Ye fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s Soul Masters to buy time for his wife and daughter, but their leader revealed that three more enemies were waiting outside the perimeter. As his opponents began recovering their sight, Father Ye realized his family was in immediate danger and remained trapped in the fight.

• Father Ye killed one Seven-Ring Evil Soul Master and tried to attack another, but the Eight-Ring leader regained his sight and stopped him.
• The leader struck Father Ye, but his Angel Martial Soul resisted the evil Soul Power and left him only slightly injured.
• The leader told Father Ye that three more Seven-Ring Evil Soul Masters were guarding the perimeter and threatening his wife and daughter.
• Father Ye tried to fly away to reach his family, but the leader blocked him and vowed to keep him there.
• More than half a minute passed, and two Seven-Ring Evil Soul Masters began to recover their sight.

Ye Guyi’s mother tried to get her daughter out of the Evil Demon Forest, but three Evil Soul Masters blocked their escape. As her mother burned her Martial Soul to hold them off, Ye Guyi ran toward the source of a wolf’s howl, hoping to find someone who could save her parents.

• While carrying Ye Guyi toward safety, Mother Ye began explaining her daughter’s Angel Martial Soul, but three seven-ring Evil Soul Masters appeared and surrounded them.
• Mother Ye told Ye Guyi to run to Ming Capital and find her uncle, then threw her daughter away from the attackers so she could escape.
• The Evil Soul Masters let Ye Guyi flee and focused on Mother Ye, who summoned her Ice Feather Crane Martial Soul and burned it to fight them.
• Hearing the attackers curse behind her, Ye Guyi realized her mother was in danger and considered turning back, but she feared getting in her way.
• Remembering the Evil Soul Masters had mentioned someone near the wounded Magic Flame Wolf, Ye Guyi ran toward the howl to seek help for her parents.

Xu Tianming persuaded Kong Deming to help a girl fleeing the Holy Spirit Cult, while Columbina agreed to think of herself as family and asked Mavuika to teach her how family members should get along. They found seven-year-old Ye Guyi, who begged them to save her parents.

• Kong Deming sensed Evil Soul Masters nearby but initially chose not to intervene because of the Sun Moon Empire’s delicate relationship with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Columbina told Xu Tianming that a distressed girl was running toward them, and Xu Tianming asked Kong Deming to help her.
• Xu Tianming told Columbina he hoped they would think of each other as family, and Mavuika offered to teach Columbina how family members got along.
• Kong Deming agreed to help the girl after seeing Xu Tianming’s hopeful expression and carried him toward her with Soul Power.
• Ye Guyi, exhausted from fleeing, encountered Xu Tianming and Kong Deming, knelt before them, and begged them to save her parents.

Ye Guyi found Xu Tianming and Kong Deming while her parents were under attack, and Kong Deming halted the fight with his space-controlling Martial Soul. Mother Ye was rescued from burning out her Martial Soul, and the group prepared to hurry to her husband’s aid.

• Xu Tianming helped Ye Guyi up and learned that her parents were being attacked by bad people.
• Mother Ye fought three seven-ring Evil Soul Masters, who threatened to capture Ye Guyi and use her as a hostage.
• Mother Ye decided to self-destruct and charged at one of the Evil Soul Masters.
• Kong Deming stopped everyone in place with his Martial Soul, then released Mother Ye and halted the burning of her Martial Soul.
• Xu Tianming told Mother Ye that her husband was also in danger and asked her to follow them.

Father Ye burned his Martial Soul and overwhelmed the Evil Soul Masters, but their Ten Thousand Soul Spirit-Binding Array trapped him and drained his strength. When he heard his wife’s voice, he believed she had been captured and despaired that his family was doomed.

• Father Ye surged from level seventy-one to level eighty-two by burning his Martial Soul, forcing the Evil Soul Masters to flee his attacks.
• Father Ye killed a second Seven-Ring subordinate, and the Eight-Ring leader ordered the remaining fighters to use the Ten Thousand Soul Spirit-Binding Array.
• The five remaining Seven-Ring Evil Soul Masters formed the array and bound Father Ye with black chains, beginning a contest of endurance.
• Father Ye heard his wife call out to him and recognized her nearby, then feared the Evil Soul Masters had captured her and his family would die.

Xu Tianming and Kong Deming rescued Father Ye from the Evil Soul Masters, but the old man could only stop his Martial Soul from burning out and leave its recovery uncertain. After Mother Ye led her family to safety, Xu Tianming ordered Kong Deming to kill the attackers and keep one alive for questioning.

• The leading Evil Soul Master mistook Mother Ye's return for an opportunity to use her against Father Ye, but Xu Tianming attacked and drove a wounded enemy out of the formation.
• The formation shattered, freeing Father Ye, and Kong Deming stopped him from burning his Martial Soul, though he warned that its recovery was uncertain.
• Mother Ye caught Father Ye as he fell and took him and their daughter away from the battle at Kong Deming's direction.
• Xu Tianming told Kong Deming to kill the Evil Soul Masters and leave one alive for questioning, but Kong Deming crushed the hearts of the helpless attackers.
• Kong Deming marveled that Xu Tianming had gravely wounded a Seven-Ring Evil Soul Master despite having only Level 20 Soul Power.

Xu Tianming and Kong Deming killed the Evil Soul Masters, then staged the scene to make it appear that Shrek's Inspectorate had dealt with them. Xu Tianming reunited with the Ye family and began escorting them back to Ming Capital, intrigued by Father Ye's Angel Martial Soul.

• Xu Tianming questioned the captured eight-ring Evil Soul Master, who refused to reveal the Holy Spirit Cult's secrets because of a mental restriction, and Kong Deming killed him.
• Xu Tianming asked Kong Deming for Shrek Inspectorate Badges, burned the Evil Soul Masters' bodies, and planted the badges to frame Shrek's Inspectorate for their deaths.
• Father Ye reassured Mother Ye and his daughter after hearing how Xu Tianming had saved their family.
• Xu Tianming arrived and told the Ye family to postpone their thanks until they returned to Ming Capital.
• Xu Tianming recognized Father Ye's Angel Martial Soul and decided to think through its significance during the journey back.

On the airship returning to Ming Capital, Xu Tianming learned that Ye Guyi was the continent’s sole inheritor of the Angel Martial Soul. Ye Wuya and Lin Wanqiu asked Xu Tianming to protect their daughter by keeping her at his side, and the chapter ended with the family kneeling before him.

• Xu Tianming asked Ye Wuya, Lin Wanqiu, and Ye Guyi for their names and confirmed that Ye Guyi had an Angel Martial Soul.
• Ye Wuya explained that the Angel Martial Soul lineage had nearly vanished and that Ye Guyi was its only known inheritor.
• Ye Wuya decided Xu Tianming could protect and guide Ye Guyi, and asked him to keep her by his side as a follower or maid.
• Lin Wanqiu joined Ye Wuya in kneeling before Xu Tianming, while Ye Guyi blushed and looked up at him in confusion.
• Xu Tianming was stunned by the family’s request and hid his delight at the unexpected opportunity.

Xu Tianming reassured Ye Guyi’s parents while teasing with Mavuika and Columbina, then learned why Mavuika objected to his childhood nickname. Mavuika offered to let him use it if he could defeat her, and Ye Guyi agreed to go with Xu Tianming.

• Xu Tianming helped Ye Guyi’s parents to their feet and asked whether they had considered what she wanted.
• Xu Tianming affectionately called Columbina “Yaya,” then teased Mavuika by calling her “Weiwei.”
• Mavuika explained that Weiwei had been her parents’ nickname for her, and hearing it unexpectedly reminded her of them.
• Mavuika told Xu Tianming he could call her Weiwei freely if he defeated her in a fight.
• Ye Guyi told Xu Tianming she was willing to go with him because he had saved her parents.