Chapter Summaries

Jing Chen absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Space Unicorn soul ring into his Time and Space Tower, reached level forty-nine, and discovered that the tower's inner space had expanded. After finding a space-attribute arm soul bone, he prepared to continue his search for rare soul beasts.

• Jing Chen killed the Space Unicorn and absorbed its soul ring into the Time and Space Tower, reaching level forty-nine after six hours.
• Jing Chen told Little White they would leave the next morning and planned to capture suitable space- or time-type soul beasts rather than absorb more soul rings before reaching Soul King.
• Jing Chen entered the Time and Space Tower and found that its bottom level's radius had grown to more than three hundred meters.
• Jing Chen searched the Space Unicorn's corpse and found a complete grayish-black right arm soul bone of more than fifty thousand years, which he set aside.
• Jing Chen asked Ma Ming to pay the informant two million Gold Soul Coins and spread word that the bounty was genuine.

Jing Chen finished searching the marked areas in the Star Dou Great Forest and captured two Time Butterflies, while news spread that Shrek Academy had lost the tournament and was weakening. The Body Sect attacked Shrek City and smashed the academy’s plaque, prompting Shrek and its allies to declare the Body Sect an enemy.

• Jing Chen searched the marked areas, found a thirty-thousand-year and a seventy-thousand-year Time Butterfly, and imprisoned both in the Time and Space Divine Tower.
• News spread that Jing Chen and Jing Xue had defeated Shrek Academy in the Soul Master Tournament, and Shrek’s enemies began considering retaliation.
• Du Busi led the Body Sect in an attack on Shrek City, fought Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, and smashed the plaque above Shrek Academy’s gates before withdrawing.
• Yan Shaozhe vowed that Shrek would repay the humiliation and destroy the Body Sect.
• Shrek Academy, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect declared the Body Sect an enemy, while the attack drew anger from Shrek graduates.

Yan Shaozhe and the others discussed how to deal with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while Jing Chen arrived in Mingdu to meet Jing Hongchen. Jing Hongchen brought him to tour Sun Moon Royal Academy, hoping to recruit him and the Reincarnation Shop for the Sun Moon Empire.

• Yan Shaozhe and the others learned that the Clear Sky Sect's two sect masters would only help if the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was lured to their sect.
• Yan Shaozhe and the others planned to observe Jing Chen and capture him if the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was not nearby, while also considering other ways to kill the tiger.
• Jing Chen arrived in Mingdu as arranged and met Jing Hongchen, Qi Lei, and Wang Jingzhong outside the city.
• Jing Hongchen had Qi Lei fly them into Mingdu and warned Jing Chen that aircraft were generally forbidden within the city.
• Jing Hongchen brought Jing Chen to Sun Moon Royal Academy and began showing him around before taking him to Mingde Hall.

Jing Hongchen showed Jing Chen around Sun Moon Royal Academy and introduced him to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen. The group reached Mingde Hall, whose defenses made clear how difficult it was to enter without authorization.

• Jing Hongchen guided Jing Chen around the academy and told him he could use its Soul Tool testing grounds.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen met Jing Chen, and Xiao Hongchen accepted his previous defeat while promising to catch up.
• Meng Hongchen asked about Jing Chen's cultivation, but he gave only a brief answer and she did not press him.
• Jing Hongchen, Jing Chen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen walked together for nearly two hours before reaching Mingde Hall.
• Jing Chen learned that Mingde Hall required a special identity token to enter and was protected by powerful Soul Tools.

Jing Chen toured Mingde Hall and Sun Moon Royal Academy while looking for Xuan Ziwen, hoping to find Ju Zi through her teacher. His search brought him to the Third Research Laboratory, where he met Ju Zi and asked to look around.

• Jing Hongchen gave Jing Chen an access token, showed him around Mingde Hall, and arranged for him to live at Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Jing Chen spent several days exploring Mingde Hall and the academy while searching for Xuan Ziwen without making his intentions obvious to Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Chen visited the First and Second Research Laboratories, asking technical questions that impressed the researcher in charge of the Second.
• Jing Chen went to the Third Research Laboratory and met Ju Zi, who examined his token and politely introduced herself.
• Jing Chen told Ju Zi he wanted to inspect the laboratory and learn any useful Soul Tool techniques.

Jing Chen visited the Third Laboratory with authorization from Jing Hongchen and told Ju Zi that he had traded a Humanoid Soul Tool for permission to study in Mingde Hall. Their conversation was interrupted when Xuan Ziwen entered and questioned why Jing Chen was in the laboratory.

• Jing Chen showed Ju Zi Jing Hongchen's authorization, and she let him into the Third Laboratory.
• Ju Zi asked why Jing Chen had permission to visit the laboratories, and he explained that Jing Hongchen had made a deal with him over his Humanoid Soul Tool.
• Ju Zi recognized Jing Chen as the owner of a Humanoid Soul Tool and eagerly asked him how to make one, but he declined to explain.
• Jing Chen asked about the Third Laboratory's research project, and Ju Zi gave him only a limited explanation.
• Xuan Ziwen entered the laboratory, frowned at Jing Chen, and asked Ju Zi who he was.

Jing Chen impressed Xuan Ziwen with his Soul Tool knowledge and secured an invitation to study in his laboratory, where he also hoped to grow closer to Ju Zi. Over the following month, Jing Chen balanced his studies, research, and cultivation at Sun Moon Royal Academy while keeping in touch with Snow Empress and the others.

• Ju Zi explained Jing Chen's arrival to Xuan Ziwen, who invited him to discuss Soul Tools.
• Jing Chen told Xuan Ziwen and Ju Zi that he was a Rank 6 Soul Master, astonishing them with his skill at only twelve years old.
• Xuan Ziwen welcomed Jing Chen as a student, and Jing Chen left satisfied that he had gained a chance to study alongside Ju Zi.
• Jing Chen visited Xuan Ziwen's laboratory daily, deliberately slowed his studies, and became ordinary friends with Ju Zi.
• Jing Chen spent a month studying by day and researching and cultivating at night, returning to Wu Ling City every ten days to reassure Snow Empress and the others.

Ju Zi reached Rank 50 and asked for help obtaining her fifth soul ring. Jing Chen accompanied her to the Jingyang Mountain Range, where they planned to hunt a gentle, metal-eating soul beast.

• Ju Zi arrived at Xuan Ziwen's laboratory and announced that she had broken through to Rank 50.
• Ju Zi requested leave to obtain a soul ring, and Xuan Ziwen approved half a month off but declined to accompany her.
• Jing Chen volunteered to help Ju Zi, and Xuan Ziwen agreed to let him go with her.
• Jing Chen and Ju Zi left Mingdu that afternoon, while Xuan Ziwen kept Keke and Zimu behind.
• Ju Zi explained that she wanted a gentle soul beast with metal energy for her fifth soul ring as they flew toward the Jingyang Mountain Range.

Jing Chen and Ju Zi searched the Jingyang Mountain Range for a soul beast, then camped for the night. As they cooked, Jing Chen told Ju Zi a fabricated story about losing his parents to Star Luo soldiers, stirring her sympathy and reigniting her hatred of the Star Luo Empire.

• Jing Chen accepted Ju Zi's thoughts about her metal-attributed soul ring, and the two flew from Mingdu to the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Jing Chen and Ju Zi searched the mountains, drove away a Golden Fox, and settled down after nightfall.
• Jing Chen set up their tents and helped Ju Zi prepare dinner from a pig-type soul beast they had killed.
• Ju Zi learned that Jing Chen could cook and heard him claim he had been orphaned as a child before meeting his adoptive father.
• Jing Chen said Star Luo soldiers had killed his parents during a border conflict, and Ju Zi felt sympathy while her hatred for the Star Luo Empire resurfaced.

Jing Chen and Ju Zi shared their histories of losing their parents in war and agreed to work together to destroy the Star Luo Empire. After Ju Zi went to rest, Jing Chen kept watch outside with Yi Yi on his head.

• Jing Chen told Ju Zi that he wanted to destroy the Star Luo Empire to avenge his parents and prevent other families from suffering the same fate.
• Ju Zi revealed that her parents had also died in the border war and told Jing Chen about her past.
• Jing Chen encouraged Ju Zi to become strong and proposed they work together, promising to capture Dai Hao for her to kill.
• Ju Zi accepted the partnership and insisted she would help, despite Jing Chen doubting she could offer much.
• Jing Chen and Ju Zi prepared dinner, talked about revenge, and then Ju Zi went to rest while Jing Chen kept watch with Yi Yi.

Jing Chen and Ju Zi were surrounded by Iron Bone Snakes while searching for a suitable Soul Beast, including several ten-thousand-year snakes and one over thirty thousand years old. Jing Chen refused to abandon Ju Zi and fought while carrying her, killing a Thousand-Year snake and destroying a ten-thousand-year snake with his fourth Soul Skill.

• Jing Chen and Ju Zi continued searching for a Soul Beast, but Jing Chen sensed they were surrounded.
• More than a dozen Iron Bone Snakes emerged, including several Thousand-Year and ten-thousand-year beasts and one over thirty thousand years old.
• Jing Chen and Ju Zi released their Martial Souls, and Ju Zi readied her Soul Tools while telling Jing Chen to escape without her if he could.
• Jing Chen promised not to abandon Ju Zi, carried her into the fight, and knocked back an Iron Bone Snake with a punch.
• Jing Chen killed a Thousand-Year Iron Bone Snake, while Ju Zi's Soul Cannons only slowed a ten-thousand-year snake before it struck him.
• Jing Chen unleashed his fourth Soul Skill and blew a ten-thousand-year Iron Bone Snake apart.

Jing Chen fought off a pack of Iron Bone Snakes while carrying Ju Zi, eventually killing them all despite his severe injuries. Ju Zi then carried him away before other soul beasts could arrive.

• Jing Chen protected Ju Zi from the snakes’ toxic mist and fought to break through their encirclement.
• Jing Chen used his claws and Golden Turtle Shell Shield to repel the Iron Bone Snakes, while deliberately allowing some injuries to make Ju Zi see his devotion.
• After killing more than a dozen snakes, Jing Chen defeated the final three and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Ju Zi checked on Jing Chen, and he urged them to leave before the blood and noise attracted more soul beasts.
• Ju Zi carried Jing Chen on her back as they set off.

After Jing Chen was injured in Jingyang Mountain Range, Ju Zi took him to a nearby city for treatment while he hid the fact that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was absent. Six days later, Jing Chen had mostly recovered and persuaded Ju Zi to return to the mountains to obtain her soul ring.

• Ju Zi carried Jing Chen out of Jingyang Mountain Range, and Jing Chen asked her not to return to Mingdu so others would not learn the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was absent.
• Ju Zi treated Jing Chen's wounds before taking him to a nearby city to find healing-type soul masters.
• At the inn, Jing Chen revealed that he had staged the Iron Bone Snake attack to win Ju Zi's gratitude and worried she might develop feelings for him.
• Ju Zi found three healing-type soul masters, who treated Jing Chen while he and Ju Zi stayed in the city for six days.
• After breakfast, Jing Chen said his injuries had mostly recovered and persuaded Ju Zi to return with him to Jingyang Mountain Range for her soul ring.

Jing Chen helped Ju Zi obtain a Silver Moon Fox soul ring, then spent nearly a month cultivating until he broke through to level fifty. He left Mingdu to seek his fifth soul ring, keeping his purpose from everyone except Ju Zi.

• Jing Chen and Ju Zi found an eleven-thousand-year-old Silver Moon Fox, and Ju Zi absorbed its soul ring to reach level fifty-one and become a Soul King.
• Ju Zi hid the earlier soul beast attack from Xuan Ziwen to protect Jing Chen and keep his injury and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's absence secret.
• Jing Chen cultivated in the Time and Space Divine Tower for nearly a month and broke through the bottleneck at level forty-nine.
• Jing Chen told Xuan Ziwen and Jing Hongchen he needed to leave for a few days, while telling Ju Zi he was going to obtain a soul ring.
• Jing Chen left Mingdu and vanished from an uninhabited place after distorting the surrounding space.

Jing Chen and Snow Empress searched the Far North for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Attribute soul beast and found the Ice Demon Flood Dragon. Yi Yi ambushed and severely wounded it, leaving it pinned down while Jing Chen remained on Yi Yi’s back.

• Jing Chen persuaded Snow Empress to help him find a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul beast for his fifth soul ring.
• Snow Empress identified the Ice Demon Flood Dragon as a violent Hundred-Thousand-Year soul beast in the area and directed Yi Yi toward its territory.
• Yi Yi sensed the Ice Demon Flood Dragon returning from a hunt and attacked it with Dark Demonic Evil Thunder.
• The Ice Demon Flood Dragon’s Ice Dragon Breath failed to stop Yi Yi’s attack, and the explosions sent it crashing to the ground with severe wounds.
• Yi Yi approached the struggling Ice Demon Flood Dragon, pierced it with the Evil God Hook, and stomped on its head while Snow Empress watched.

Jing Chen absorbed the Ice Demon Flood Dragon's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, gained a level and a half of Soul Power, and gave its Soul Bone to Snow Empress. After checking on Ice Empress and returning to Wu Ling City, he prepared for his next trip and tasked Ma Ming with gathering metals.

• Yi Yi absorbed some of the Ice Demon Flood Dragon's source energy before Jing Chen killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Jing Chen endured several hours of pain and completed the absorption, reaching level fifty-three as a Soul King.
• Jing Chen found the Ice Demon Flood Dragon's left leg Soul Bone and gave it to Snow Empress, explaining that he had other Soul Bones planned for himself.
• Jing Chen and Snow Empress visited the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, where Ice King reported that Ice Empress had reforged her head and neck and was progressing smoothly.
• After returning to Wu Ling City, Jing Chen told Ma Ming to excuse his absence from Ling Dou City and gather as much of the listed metals as possible.

On the eve of leaving Sun Moon Royal Academy, Jing Chen helped Ju Zi plan her path into the military and promised to help her kill Dai Hao. He gave her six precious soul bones to strengthen her, and she accepted them with gratitude.

• Jing Chen and Ju Zi discussed her plan to join the military and seek a posting near the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Jing Chen promised to help Ju Zi kill Dai Hao, the Star Luo Empire general she blamed for her father's death.
• Jing Chen promised to visit Ju Zi once a month and help her with difficulties.
• Jing Chen gave Ju Zi six soul bones, including four at the Hundred Thousand Year level, to improve her strength and safety.
• Ju Zi accepted the soul bones, and Jing Chen explained their ages and possible abilities.

Jing Chen gave Ju Zi four Hundred Thousand Year soul bones and left Mingdu after Jing Hongchen hosted a farewell banquet. Jing Hongchen returned to Mingde Hall’s research base, where he and his teacher discussed the unfinished Humanoid Soul Tool and the control system they could not replicate.

• Jing Chen warned Ju Zi to absorb the four Hundred Thousand Year soul bones gradually and offered to protect her when she did.
• Jing Hongchen held a farewell banquet for Jing Chen and invited him to bring his family to develop in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jing Chen said he would discuss the invitation with his family, then used his spatial ability to leave Mingdu.
• Jing Hongchen returned to Mingde Hall’s underground research base and visited the Humanoid Soul Tool prototype.
• Jing Hongchen’s teacher said their control system could make the prototype operate but could not match the agility of Jing Chen’s system.

Jing Chen waited with the Snow Empress and Ice King as the Ice Empress reforged her body, then witnessed her successful return. The Ice Empress gained Rank 99 ultimate strength, while Huo Yuhao remained unconscious in the ice cave.

• Jing Chen arrived at the Ice Jade Scorpion clan's habitat and waited with the Snow Empress and Ice King for the Ice Empress to finish reforging her body.
• After three days, a burst of energy came from behind the ice door, and the Ice Empress emerged in her new flesh-and-blood body.
• The Ice Empress thanked Jing Chen for the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow that made her rebirth possible.
• The Ice Empress revealed that her new body improved her ice-element control and cultivation, raising her strength to the equivalent of a human Rank 99 ultimate powerhouse.
• The Ice Empress and Ice King went to attend to their clan, while Jing Chen and the Snow Empress stayed near the still-unconscious Huo Yuhao.

Jing Chen reflected on his and Snow Empress’s rapid cultivation, celebrated Ice Empress’s rebirth, and monitored Yi Yi’s impending Heavenly Tribulation. The next morning, he learned that the Dou Ling Emperor wanted to meet him and decided to travel to Ling Dou City.

• Jing Chen explained that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-five after absorbing the Time Butterfly and Evil Spirit Orca soul rings, while Snow Empress had risen to level seventy-eight.
• Jing Chen, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Ice King, Ice Crystal Turtle King, and Little White celebrated Ice Empress’s rebirth, and Ice Empress pledged to help their plan for the soul beast race.
• Jing Chen entered the Time and Space Divine Tower to cultivate while Yi Yi drained energy from the Undead Demiplane and neared its two-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Ma Ming visited Jing Chen the next morning and told him the Dou Ling Emperor had requested a meeting.
• Jing Chen asked Ma Ming for details, then said he would go to Ling Dou City shortly.