Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hongchen defeated Crow Douluo Wuyun after Wuyun challenged him on behalf of the Holy Spirit Cult. He left Wuyun’s corpse for Ye Guyi to purify and beckoned for the next opponent.

• Feng Ling urged the Holy Spirit Cult’s fighters to exploit Xiao Hongchen’s limited endurance, and Wuyun volunteered for the second round.
• Wuyun attacked Xiao Hongchen with black clouds and feather blades, but Xiao Hongchen’s Golden Spirit Domain and metal storms tore through his defenses.
• Wuyun transformed into a giant crow and tried to wear Xiao Hongchen down with speed and repeated attacks.
• Xiao Hongchen caught Wuyun with Evil Eye Gaze, then used Spiritual Devouring to shatter his soul and kill him.
• Xiao Hongchen sent Wuyun’s corpse to Ye Guyi for purification and called for the next opponent.

Xiao Hongchen fought Zhang Peng, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo, and overcame his attacks with several powerful abilities. After Zhang Peng’s Golden Cicada Escape let him land a seemingly fatal strike, Xiao Hongchen revealed a matching escape and killed him, leaving the Holy Spirit Cult stunned.

• Feng Ling sent Zhang Peng to challenge Xiao Hongchen, confident that his mirror could block Evil Eye Gaze.
• Zhang Peng’s Scorpion Tiger Avatar and Twelve Beast Envoys failed to overwhelm Xiao Hongchen, who purified nearly all the beast souls with a white flame.
• Zhang Peng attacked Xiao Hongchen with Scorpion Tail Needles, but Xiao Hongchen erased them with Lion Mastiff Roar and killed Zhang Peng’s avatar with Gold Piercing.
• Zhang Peng used Golden Cicada Escape to appear behind Xiao Hongchen and stab through his heart.
• Xiao Hongchen survived and seized Zhang Peng’s heart with his Dark Gold Terrorclaws, killing the Scorpion Tiger Douluo.

Xiao Hongchen defeated Zhang Peng and was forced by Feng Ling to face Abomination Douluo, who attacked in an enormous, heavily fortified form. Xiao Hongchen awakened a pseudo-Martial Soul Avatar and reshaped it into a towering golden version of his human form as Abomination Douluo charged.

• Xiao Hongchen revealed that he had used a decoy to get behind Zhang Peng, drained Zhang Peng's Spiritual Power, and recovered some of his own.
• Feng Ling called for another fighter, then ordered the reluctant Sixth Elder, Abomination Douluo, to fight Xiao Hongchen.
• Abomination Douluo transformed into a massive Abomination and attacked with a skull hook, but Xiao Hongchen repelled it with his Dark Gold Terrorclaw and a metallic tornado.
• Abomination Douluo enlarged his body, endured Xiao Hongchen's cutting attacks, and curled into a rapidly spinning ball of flesh to crush him.
• Xiao Hongchen activated six integrated metal rings, transformed into a Three-Legged Golden Toad, and reshaped his pseudo-Martial Soul Avatar into an enlarged golden humanoid form.

Xiao Hongchen killed Abomination Douluo with a devastating sword strike, then survived a sneak attack thanks to Di Qiuer. The Holy Spirit Cult’s Fourth Elder revealed himself as the attacker, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Jing Hongchen explained that Xiao Hongchen had used True Body Possession, a technique that let him fight in human form with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xiao Hongchen gathered metal into a giant golden sword and struck down Abomination Douluo, cutting him in half and carving a deep ravine into the ground.
• As Xiao Hongchen flew back to the Sun Moon Empire formation, the Holy Spirit Cult’s Fourth Elder launched a hidden purple sword strike from a black rift.
• Di Qiuer intercepted the attack with her Golden Dragon Spear and scolded Xiao Hongchen before he returned to Jing Hongchen, exhausted.
• Xiao Hongchen identified the attacker as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Fourth Elder, a level-ninety-three Title Douluo whose Netherworld Sword opened a companion space by burning a soul.

Di Qiuer fought Netherworld Douluo and Ming Lei Douluo at once, using her Golden Dragon abilities and Destiny's Gaze to overcome their attacks. She killed Netherworld Douluo and cast his remains into a spatial rift, while Ming Lei Douluo remained alive.

• Di Qiuer challenged Netherworld Douluo and called for Ming Lei Douluo to join the fight, while Xiao Hongchen trusted her to handle both.
• Ming Lei Douluo and Netherworld Douluo attacked Di Qiuer together with Netherworld Sword techniques and the Thunder God Bind Soul Tool.
• Di Qiuer used Destiny's Gaze and Spiritual Suppression Domain, then broke free of the Thunder Net with her Golden Dragon Domain and Tyrant Body.
• Di Qiuer paralyzed Netherworld Douluo with Spiritual Paralysis Rays and drove Ming Lei Douluo back with Golden Dragon Roar.
• Di Qiuer shattered Netherworld Douluo's Netherworld Sword, pursued him into the gap between spaces, and drained his life with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Di Qiuer threw Netherworld Douluo's desiccated corpse into a spatial rift, where chaotic currents swallowed it.

Di Qiuer killed Ming Lei Douluo after overpowering his defenses, then faced the Holy Spirit Cult’s Great Elder and destroyed his giant Demon Skeleton form. She survived his surprise attack by using Xiao Hongchen’s reforged Teleportation Ring to teleport above him and deliver the finishing blows.

• Di Qiuer attacked Ming Lei Douluo, broke through his defenses, and killed him with a Golden Dragon Spear throw that drained his life essence.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s Great Elder revealed his Demon Skeleton martial soul and challenged Di Qiuer with his giant Martial Soul Avatar and God-Slaying Whip.
• The Great Elder’s immense strength initially forced Di Qiuer back, so she transformed into her Golden Dragon True Body and struck his skull with a tail sweep.
• The Great Elder used his ninth soul skill to swing the God-Slaying Whip at Di Qiuer, but she teleported above him with Xiao Hongchen’s reforged Teleportation Ring.
• Di Qiuer pulverized the Demon Skeleton’s head and body, killing the Great Elder.

The Sun Moon forces overwhelmed the Holy Spirit Cult, while Meng Hongchen’s poison wiped out its lower-ranked Soul Masters and Feng Ling attacked Xiao Hongchen. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen fused into a Scarlet-Gold Toad to face Feng Ling.

• Jing Hongchen and the ninth-level Soul Engineers suppressed the Holy Spirit Cult’s Worship Hall experts as the Soul Engineer corps swept up fleeing enemies.
• Meng Hongchen used her Ice Toad Avatar and poison to incapacitate and kill Evil Soul Masters, including Holy Son Yan Feng.
• Feng Ling unleashed her Evil Phoenix Sun at Xiao Hongchen, but Xiao Hongchen and Ye Guyi weakened the attack before his Seven-Colored Protection blocked it.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and transformed into a Scarlet-Gold Toad.

Ye Guyi and the others defeated the Holy Spirit Cult’s remaining forces, while Feng Ling was killed and the Evil Emperor never appeared. The next morning, Jing Hongchen urged Xiao Hongchen to consider becoming emperor, outlining a path from military command to the throne.

• Ye Guyi combined Angel Domain and Solar Fire Domain to destroy the Evil Soul Masters and weaken Feng Ling’s Evil Phoenix True Body.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen used their fused Battle Armor and Red Dust Attachment to attack Feng Ling, while Ye Guyi interrupted her counterattack with Sun and Moon Spiritual Light.
• Ye Guyi killed Feng Ling and purified the remaining Holy Spirit Cult forces, and the Evil Emperor did not appear.
• Ye Guyi entered seclusion in Mingde Hall as the Seed of Divinity absorbed the energy she had gained from purification.
• On the way to court, Jing Hongchen asked Xiao Hongchen whether he wanted to become emperor, and Xiao Hongchen admitted he wanted both to fight on the battlefield and reign over the world.
• Jing Hongchen described how Xiao Hongchen could take command of the army and claim the throne, and Xiao Hongchen joked that they could instead force the palace with a midnight assassination.

Xiao Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that he planned to seize power and unite the continent so he could spread Soul Tools and Soul Spirits, win the people’s support, and eventually become a god. He reassured his family that he would try to extend their lives, but worried privately about the time it would take to ascend and the danger Tang San posed.

• Jing Hongchen explained that a swift coup could provoke rebellion and asked Xiao Hongchen which path he preferred.
• Xiao Hongchen rejected the coup plan and described his ambitions to spread civilian Soul Tools, awaken commoners’ martial souls, establish the Spirit Pagoda, and conquer Douluo Star.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed that he had fused with the Gold of Life and believed he could live for thousands of years, while the Snow Empress clarified that she would stay with him after their contract ended.
• Xiao Hongchen promised to protect Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen with the Life Evergreen Vine, but told Qiu'er to seek help from Di Tian and the others.
• Jing Hongchen joked that he would be content to see Xiao Hongchen rule, and Xiao Hongchen hastily promised to help everyone ascend with him.
• Xiao Hongchen privately worried that becoming a god through faith would take too long and that Tang San might threaten him in the God Realm.

Xiao Hongchen and Jing Hongchen exposed Xu Tianran’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, leading to his temporary removal as crown prince and rewards for the Hongchen Family. Xiao then visited Xu Tianzhen, who eagerly welcomed him and tried to flirt with him.

• Jing Hongchen warned that Ye Guyi’s pursuit of faith through purifying Evil Soul Masters could conflict with Xiao Hongchen’s plans, and they arrived at the imperial palace.
• Jing Hongchen presented evidence of Xu Tianran’s secret dealings with the Holy Spirit Cult, and the emperor temporarily stripped Xu Tianran of his crown prince position.
• The emperor rewarded Xiao Hongchen with a royal title and estates, then ordered him to visit Xu Tianzhen and told him their wedding would take place in one month.
• Xu Tianzhen prepared eagerly for Xiao Hongchen’s visit and dismissed her maids before letting him into her residence.
• Xu Tianzhen posed seductively for Xiao Hongchen, but he teased her outfit and refused to obey her demand for a foot massage.
• When Xu Tianzhen learned Xiao Hongchen had fought during the previous night’s attack, she offered to massage his legs instead.

Xu Tianzhen tried to give Xiao Hongchen a massage, but her teasing stirred his desire and led him to restrain her with metal cords. The chapter ended with Xiao Hongchen preparing to turn the tables on her before their wedding.

• Xu Tianzhen dragged Xiao Hongchen to the bed and insisted on giving him a massage.
• Xu Tianzhen tried to pull off Xiao Hongchen's pants, then massaged his legs while moving higher along his thighs.
• Xiao Hongchen noticed his desire rising, pulled Xu Tianzhen onto the bed, and confronted her about teasing him.
• Xiao Hongchen summoned metal cords to bind Xu Tianzhen's wrists above her head and said he would give her a reward.

After marrying Xu Tianzhen, Xiao Hongchen led his companions across the sea to Star Luo Continent in search of soul beasts and Dragon Valley. They found Silver City, whose isolated residents and dragon-like soul beasts suggested Dragon Valley lay somewhere in the continent’s most dangerous wilderness.

• Xiao Hongchen married Xu Tianzhen in a grand ceremony broadcast throughout the Sun Moon Empire, then prepared to leave for Star Luo Continent.
• Xiao Hongchen and his companions flew across the sea on the Bone Dragon King, enduring repeated sea soul beast attacks before reaching the continent.
• Xiao Hongchen’s group surveyed Star Luo Continent and found extensive soul beast territory but no trace of Dragon Valley.
• Xiao Hongchen met Kelin, the Title Douluo who governed Silver City, and learned that the surrounding wilderness was dangerous and more than eighty percent of its soul beasts had draconic traits.
• Xiao Hongchen concluded that Dragon Valley was likely near the continent’s most powerful soul beast gathering ground.

Xiao Hongchen sought Silver City’s records and learned of its sacred unicorn, then used Meng Hongchen’s Soul Spirit to convince Kelin and Levi that it could join Ye Guyi without dying. The group was left considering the angel’s potential power, while Levi questioned whether Xiao Hongchen had truly invented the Soul Spirit system.

• Kelin ordered the Investigation Corps to give Xiao Hongchen their investigation records and maps, trusting him as the angel’s subordinate.
• Xiao Hongchen asked whether Silver City knew of a soul beast suitable to become Ye Guyi’s eighth soul ring, and Kelin identified the unicorn that had saved survivors of the Six-Man Council.
• Levi brought the unicorn’s file, and Kelin explained that Silver City revered it as their guardian deity.
• Xiao Hongchen had Meng Hongchen summon Xiao Zhu, demonstrating that the Ice Toad remained alive as her Soul Spirit despite providing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Xiao Hongchen explained that soul beasts could become Soul Spirits with their consciousness intact, convincing Kelin and Levi that the unicorn could join Ye Guyi without dying.
• Levi questioned whether Xiao Hongchen had invented the system, and Ye Guyi laughed as Kelin defended her subordinate.

Xiao Hongchen proved his strength to Silver City's Investigation Corps and led the group to the sacred unicorn, Imperator, who agreed to become Ye Guyi's Soul Spirit after learning about her Angel Martial Soul. Imperator revealed its ancient connection to the first Angel God, but refused to become a Soul Spirit just yet.

• Xiao Hongchen defeated Allen's Attack Titan form by striking its nape after blocking its boulder with Rashomon.
• Xiao Hongchen, Snow Empress, Kelin, and Levi led the group into the forest to find the sacred beast.
• Imperator emerged after sensing Snow Empress's pressure and introduced itself to Xiao Hongchen.
• After seeing Meng Hongchen's Soul Spirit and Ye Guyi's Angel Martial Soul, Imperator agreed to become Ye Guyi's Soul Spirit.
• Imperator explained that the first Angel God had spared it and charged it with protecting humans and spreading angelic faith, but then refused to become a Soul Spirit immediately.

Xiao Hongchen and his group agreed to help Imperator kill the 290,000-year-old Red Dragon, which had destroyed Kelin’s council, so Di Qiuer could claim it as her Soul Spirit. The battle began at the volcano, where Di Qiuer revealed her Golden Dragon form and fought the Red Dragon as Levi appeared behind its neck to strike.

• Imperator asked Xiao Hongchen to kill the Red Dragon before becoming Di Qiuer’s Soul Spirit, and Xiao Hongchen agreed that Di Qiuer could claim it instead.
• Di Qiuer demonstrated her Golden Dragon power, and Imperator led the group to the Red Dragon’s volcano lair.
• Kelin, Levi, and Imperator attacked the Red Dragon, but its fiery dragon breath overwhelmed Kelin and engulfed Di Qiuer.
• Di Qiuer emerged in Golden Dragon True Body and fought the Red Dragon, whose flames strengthened her rather than harming her.
• Levi appeared behind the Red Dragon’s neck and unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Starburst Airflow Slash.

Xiao Hongchen and his companions entered Dragon Valley, absorbed Dragon Cloud and dragon souls, and helped the Golden Behemoth break through to one hundred thousand years of cultivation. At the edge of the Dragon Tomb, Di Qiuer jumped into its depths to retrieve soul bones while Xiao Hongchen and the others stayed behind.

• Xiao Hongchen completed Soul Spirit fusion contracts for Ye Guyi and Di Qiuer, raising their Soul Power and granting them new abilities.
• Xiao Hongchen and his companions found the Dragon Valley passage, entered it, and absorbed Dragon Cloud and dragon souls suited to their attributes.
• Xiao Hongchen released the Golden Behemoth, and Di Qiuer lured dragon energy to it until it broke through to one hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Xiao Hongchen and the others reached the Dragon Tomb's edge, where Xiao Hongchen asked Di Qiuer to retrieve soul bones.
• Di Qiuer leaped from the cliff into the Dragon Tomb while Xiao Hongchen and the others waited above.

Di Qiuer obtained the Mountain Dragon King's Soul Bone in Dragon Valley and returned with a trove of powerful soul bones. Xiao Hongchen absorbed the million-year torso bone and the Golden Behemoth Soul Spirit, gaining new abilities and reaching Rank 76.

• Di Qiuer found the Mountain Dragon King's dragon soul, defeated it, and absorbed it along with its Soul Bone.
• Di Qiuer returned to Xiao Hongchen with a pile of hundred-thousand-year soul bones, including the Mountain Dragon King's million-year Torso Soul Bone.
• Xiao Hongchen absorbed the Mountain Dragon King's Torso Soul Bone and gained gravity control and Mountain Dragon Guard.
• Xiao Hongchen transformed the Golden Behemoth into his Soul Spirit, gained a dark golden soul ring, and advanced to Rank 76.
• Xiao Hongchen gained Behemoth Heaven-Prisoning Palm and Golden Imperial Kitchen from the Golden Behemoth's left arm bone.

Xiao Hongchen showed Meng Hongchen the Golden Behemoth’s enormous combat form, then challenged Di Qiuer to a contest of strength. He won only after using his armor, soul bones, and soul skills, and Di Qiuer left after he refused her rematch.

• Xiao Hongchen summoned Little Gold and demonstrated how the Golden Behemoth could grow from a kitten-sized creature into a towering beast.
• Little Gold spoke and declared that it could overpower Bear Lord, while Xiao Hongchen and Di Qiuer traded barbs.
• Xiao Hongchen fused with Little Gold and challenged Di Qiuer to a strength match using their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Di Qiuer initially overpowered Xiao Hongchen, but he used his Golden Battle Armor and soul bone abilities to gain the advantage and knock her down.
• Di Qiuer demanded a rematch using her Two-Word Battle Armor, but Xiao Hongchen backed down, and she called him a coward before leaving.

Snow Empress brought Xiao Hongchen and the others to the Ice Sea to persuade Sea Princess Eve to become Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Spirit in exchange for Sun Moon Empire protection for the Mermaid Clan. Eve tested Xiao Hongchen’s claim that he had godhood potential, and the chapter ended as he opened his Eye of Fate and pushed back against her spiritual pressure.

• Snow Empress and the group reached the Ice Sea and summoned Sea Princess Eve and the Mermaid Clan’s forces.
• Snow Empress explained Soul Spirits and asked Eve to become Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Spirit, but Eve refused because she still had to protect her clan.
• Xiao Hongchen warned Eve that the Mermaid Clan could face extinction and offered the Sun Moon Empire’s protection if she accepted his proposal.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Eve to prove his potential, and she tested him by unleashing overwhelming spiritual pressure.
• Xiao Hongchen resisted the pressure without using the Silver Dragon Skull’s protection, opened his Eye of Fate, and began forcing Eve’s Spiritual Power back.

Xiao Hongchen endured Eve’s spiritual attack and crushing waves, then achieved the Body Martial Soul’s Golden-Rank Third Awakening and defeated her with a series of powerful techniques. Impressed by his strength and pure Golden Bloodline, Eve agreed to become his soul spirit.

• Eve attacked Xiao Hongchen with a disorienting song and crushing waves, while Meng Hongchen persuaded Qiu'er to trust him.
• Under the pressure of the seawater and Eve’s spiritual seal, Xiao Hongchen awakened his Body Martial Soul to the Golden Rank’s third stage and shattered the seal.
• Xiao Hongchen unleashed Golden Imperial Kitchen, forcing Eve to retreat, then trapped her with Hundredfold Gravity and struck her into the seabed with Behemoth Heaven-Prisoning Palm.
• Eve resurfaced injured, acknowledged Xiao Hongchen’s strength, and agreed to become his soul spirit.