Chapter Summaries

Chen Hong watched the Shrek Team prepare to challenge the undefeated Imperial Fighting Team in Suotuo City while discussing his theories on Soul Beast cultivation. He had written a research report proposing that Soul Beasts’ poor control of Soul Power limited their absorption efficiency, and he hoped his ring could help them reach greater potential.

• Chen Hong watched a packed Soul Fighting Arena as the host announced a challenge between the undefeated Shrek Team and the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Ning Quan remarked on the unusually large crowd of commoners and Spirit Masters, and Chen Hong compared the arena’s popularity with Spirit Hall’s Youth Soul Master Competition.
• Chen Hong fed his newly hatched Shadow-Chasing Peregrine Falcon and planned to ask Lingling whether she could accelerate its growth.
• Chen Hong argued that Bajie’s transformation into a Ten Year Soul Beast showed that Soul Beasts might be improved through his [Sage]'s Ring.
• Chen Hong explained his theory that Soul Beasts absorbed more Heaven and Earth Soul Power than Spirit Masters but used it less efficiently, and he compiled his research into a book titled Research Report on the Soul Beast Cultivation System.

Chen Hong explained his theory that Soul Beasts could cultivate faster and argued that age alone was a poor measure of their strength. As the Shrek Team and Imperial Fighting Team began their match, an unknown young man answered Chen Hong’s question about a newly hatched powerful dragon’s Soul Ring.

• Chen Hong told Ning Quan that Soul Beasts could increase their cultivation speed by improving their absorption efficiency.
• Chen Hong noticed Xiao Wu’s unusually fast cultivation and speculated that she had retained a large share of her Soul Power in her Soul Bones.
• Chen Hong argued that Soul Beast realms should not be judged by age, since powerful bloodlines could produce strong Soul Beasts from birth.
• Chen Hong asked Ning Quan what Soul Ring a newly hatched powerful dragon would yield, and Ning Quan admitted he did not know.
• A young voice answered that the dragon would yield a white Soul Ring with a Soul Skill comparable to a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Chen Hong explained his theory of soul-beast cultivation to Qian Daoliu, who was disguised as Guangling, and demonstrated how his research could help beasts develop. As Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances in the arena, Chen Hong gave Qian Daoliu a second book containing the soul-skill patterns omitted from his earlier work.

• Qian Daoliu introduced himself as Guangling and invited Chen Hong to continue discussing soul beasts while Ning Quan watched him warily.
• Chen Hong proposed classifying soul beasts into the White, Yellow, Purple, Black, and Red realms according to their soul-ring colors.
• Chen Hong explained that his family’s wild boar had become a Ten Year Soul Beast in three years and gained an Innate Soul Skill, and he showed Qian Daoliu the [Sage]'s Ring used in his experiments.
• Tang San unveiled his Eight Spider Lances and used their venom against the Imperial Fighting Team, prompting Chen Hong to question whether the External Soul Bone was truly good fortune.
• Chen Hong gave Qian Daoliu Soul Guidance Device Engraving Studies and revealed that he had separated its soul-skill patterns from Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies, allowing readers of both books to grasp the essence of soul rings.

Qian Daoliu discussed Chen Hong’s research and recognized how its two parts would eventually reveal the full theory behind soul rings and skills. Chen Hong deduced that his visitor was Qian Daoliu, the Angel Douluo, and felt reassured about where he stood within Spirit Hall.

• Qian Daoliu explained that he had studied Chen Hong’s Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies and turned his insights into techniques, bringing him closer to entering Soul Ring Intent.
• Qian Daoliu realized that Chen Hong had placed the missing explanation of how soul skills formed in the Technology Guild’s Soul Guidance Device Engraving Studies, intending for the research to become public later.
• Chen Hong inferred from Tang Hao’s absence and Qian Daoliu’s strength and insight that the visitor calling himself Guangling was Spirit Hall’s Great Enshriner, Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu asked whether Chen Hong had guessed his identity, and Chen Hong explained that their direct communication would help him better understand the future.
• Chen Hong felt reassured that he could communicate directly with Qian Daoliu and align himself with the Angel Douluo’s faction.

The Shrek Team gained the upper hand after Tang San poisoned Yu Tianheng with his Eight Spider Lances, leaving only three Imperial Fighting Team members able to battle. Just as Yu Tianheng was about to surrender, Ye Lingling brought her Nine Heart Begonia onto the field and prepared to fight.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai struck Yu Tianheng, and the venom from Tang San's Eight Spider Lances poisoned him.
• Dugu Yan said she could not cure the Man Faced Demon Spider venom during the battle, while Ye Lingling kept the other poisoned Imperial Fighting Team members alive.
• Dai Mubai urged Yu Tianheng to surrender as the Shrek Team's remaining fighters held back to avoid a desperate counterattack.
• Yu Tianheng struggled to decide whether to surrender, but Ye Lingling stepped forward and summoned her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Ye Lingling walked to the center of the Imperial Fighting Team carrying the Flower of Life, determined not to accept defeat.

Ye Lingling activated her Begonia Flower Sea: Life Intent technique, restoring the Imperial Fighting Team and linking them through the Chain of Life. The revitalized team overwhelmed Shrek, while Qian Daoliu and Chen Hong recognized that Ye Lingling had touched upon Soul Ring Intent.

• Ye Lingling transformed her Soul Power into the Power of Life, purifying her teammates’ poison and restoring their strength through the Chain of Life.
• The Imperial Fighting Team charged Shrek recklessly, and Tang San found that his attacks and poison could not overcome their rapid healing.
• The Imperial Fighting Team’s fighters overwhelmed Shrek’s three combatants, while Ning Rongrong used her remaining Soul Power to amplify them and lamented losing her place as the world’s top support.
• Qian Daoliu recognized that Ye Lingling’s technique resembled Ring Explosion and involved extracting Soul Power from her Soul Rings.
• Chen Hong explained that Ye Lingling had touched upon Soul Ring Intent through the uniquely focused power of the Nine Heart Begonia.

Chen Hong discussed the Nine Heart Begonia and the Six-Winged Angel with Qian Daoliu, then hosted him at the Technology Guild Headquarters to talk about exploring the ocean and Spirit Hall. After Chen Hong affirmed his support for Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu asked what research he had been pursuing.

• Qian Daoliu asked Chen Hong for his views on the Nine Heart Begonia and Six-Winged Angel, and Chen Hong said he had not studied the Six-Winged Angel.
• Qian Daoliu visited Chen Hong’s courtyard, where he saw Kelly and the unfinished Maritime Atlas, and warned that the ocean was dangerous and under other beings’ influence.
• Chen Hong asked whether unaffiliated Spirit Masters could explore the ocean, and Qian Daoliu said it was possible if Chen Hong secured his fleet and found Sea People who did not strongly believe in the Angel God.
• Qian Daoliu asked which faction Chen Hong favored, and Chen Hong declared that he supported Spirit Hall by sentiment, reason, and his life.
• Qian Daoliu asked Chen Hong what he had been researching lately.

Chen Hong explained his research plans and why he separated Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies from Soul Guidance Device Engraving Studies. He argued that Titled Douluo differed from ordinary people in Soul Power, not intelligence, then revealed two Purple Soul Rings after Qian Daoliu asked which realm of soul-ring cultivation he had reached.

• Chen Hong outlined his research into martial souls, soul beasts, and soul tools, and said his theories needed years of work before they were mature.
• Qian Daoliu explained why Titled Douluo rarely corrected flaws in the Ten Great Martial Soul Theories and warned that Chen Hong’s research could attract powerful supporters because it benefited them.
• Chen Hong said he had separated Soul Guidance Device Engraving Studies from Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies so his work could benefit lower-level Spirit Masters and commoners.
• Chen Hong asked whether Martial Soul Avatar increased intelligence, then argued that Titled Douluo’s strength did not make them more intelligent than ordinary people.
• When Qian Daoliu asked which soul-ring realm he occupied, Chen Hong revealed two Purple Soul Rings and used Advanced Intent Technique: Soul Ring Advancement.

Chen Hong explained how he advanced a Hundred-Year Soul Ring into the Thousand-Year Realm by reshaping its internal energy and replenishing its Soul Power. Qian Daoliu revealed his own powerful Soul Ring configuration and told Chen Hong that advancing Soul Rings was a divine miracle.

• Qian Daoliu saw the two Purple Soul Rings Chen Hong was holding and demanded to know how his First Soul Ring had advanced.
• Chen Hong explained the Soul Ring Intent Realm and described how he imitated a Thousand-Year Soul Ring's structure, then used Soul Power Milk Bottles to advance his Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu showed Chen Hong his Soul Ring Wheel, which had eight black Soul Rings and one crimson ring, and said Chen Hong's Thousand-Year Soul Rings shocked him more.
• Chen Hong resisted Qian Daoliu's imposing presence with his Sage State and asked whether advancing Soul Rings was a divine miracle.
• Qian Daoliu said he believed Soul Rings could advance but could not believe someone under twenty and below Soul Power Level thirty had done what only gods could accomplish.

Chen Hong explained to Qian Daoliu that Soul Ring Advancement had underlying principles rather than being an unknowable divine miracle, and reflected on how his unusual Psychic Martial Soul and Mental Power might work. Qian Daoliu accepted the possibility that the process could be understood and replicated, then asked Chen Hong what the third realm of the Three Realms of Soul Rings meant.

• Chen Hong used [Sage]'s Ring as an example to argue that people might call unfamiliar technology a divine gift, while insisting that anything real had principles behind it.
• Chen Hong realized Soul Ring Advancement had existed all along and that his own ability to advance Soul Rings could be a mortal achievement with divine significance.
• Chen Hong recalled how his Mental Power outgrew his Soul Power Realm and became the source of his Psychic Martial Soul's growth.
• Qian Daoliu acknowledged that Soul Ring Advancement might be replicable and described it as the result of mastering one's Soul Rings through Intent.
• Qian Daoliu recognized the power of Chen Hong's knowledge and asked what the third realm of the Three Realms of Soul Rings meant.

Chen Hong explained his theory of the third Soul Ring realm, the Realm of Heaven and Man Combined, to Qian Daoliu, who recognized the startling potential in his ideas and warned him to keep his research secret. Chen Hong left the conversation having secured a connection with Spirit Hall’s most powerful figure, Qian Daoliu.

• Chen Hong told Qian Daoliu that the Realm of Heaven and Man Combined would turn Soul Rings into domain switches that let Spirit Masters make their words law within those domains.
• Qian Daoliu reasoned that Spirit Masters could potentially master domains themselves and praised Chen Hong’s strange but plausible ideas.
• Qian Daoliu warned Chen Hong not to reveal his achievements casually because they could bring him serious trouble.
• Chen Hong said he had shared his research because he trusted Qian Daoliu, and noted he could mislead other Titled Douluo if he chose.
• Chen Hong reflected that he had deliberately built ties with the strongest people to protect himself, and considered Qian Daoliu a valuable ally.

Chen Hong decided to visit Heaven Dou City after Qian Daoliu hinted that he might find an unexpected gain there. He told Ye Lingling they would go together next month.

• Qian Daoliu left after inviting Chen Hong to Spirit City, then suggested he visit Heaven Dou City instead.
• Chen Hong debated whether to go, worried his parents would make him meet a potential match, but decided to seek the unexpected gain Qian Daoliu had mentioned.
• Ye Lingling stayed at Chen Hong's home to recover the Soul Power she had expended using Begonia Flower Sea: Life.
• Chen Hong teased Ye Lingling about her Nine Heart Goddess title, and she playfully reassured him that every piece of her heart belonged to him.
• Chen Hong told Ye Lingling that they would travel to Heaven Dou City together next month.

The Technology Guild expanded Suotuo City’s industry and road network, drawing migrants from across Douluo Continent. As a convoy left the growing city, Chen Hong reflected on its potential to become the continent’s center and on the possibilities of space-faring technology.

• Chen Lin led the Technology Guild in establishing the Suotuo Shipyard by absorbing nearby river shipyards and supporting their workers with low-level Soul Engineers.
• The Technology Guild expanded its factories and issued Paper Soul Coins, while new roads and rising opportunities in Suotuo City encouraged people to migrate there from neighboring regions.
• Rulers across Douluo Continent began noticing migration groups, though the movement had not yet attracted the attention of the Heaven Dou Empire or the Star Luo Empire.
• A girl in a white floral dress watched Suotuo City recede from a convoy traveling north and admired the opportunities it offered ordinary people.
• Chen Hong said Suotuo City might become the continent’s center and considered how Spirit Masters and space-faring technology could make energy cheap.

Chen Hong explained how the Technology Guild’s control of production and currency could make Suotuo City a center of growth, then cultivated with Ye Lingling during the convoy’s journey. In another car, Qin Ming drove his new sports car while Yu Xiaogang said he wanted to refine one of his Martial Soul theories.

• Chen Hong told Ye Lingling that the Technology Guild had held back production until it could define and issue money, and that its control of currency and production could fuel a rapid expansion.
• Chen Hong began cultivating, and Ye Lingling joined him after giving up on following his economic explanation.
• The Technology Guild convoy carried Chen Lin, Ning Quan, the Shrek Team, the Imperial Fighting Team, and a Spirit Hall Soul Douluo in separate vehicles.
• Qin Ming drove his newly purchased Tiger Strike sports car while Yu Xiaogang warned him to watch the road.
• Yu Xiaogang told Qin Ming that he wanted to refine one of the Ten Great Martial Soul Theories individually.

Yu Xiaogang asked Qin Ming to help derive the soul ring attachment formula, while privately hoping to meet someone at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The Imperial Fighting Team celebrated Ye Lingling’s newly revealed support ability, as the Shrek Seven Devils confronted how completely she had turned their matches against them.

• Yu Xiaogang admitted that he needed Qin Ming’s help with the soul ring attachment formula after struggling to calculate it himself.
• Yu Xiaogang silently reflected on others’ respect and his wish to meet someone during the visit to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Tianheng warned the Imperial Fighting Team not to upset Ye Lingling, whose support could help them challenge Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar discussed the Shrek Seven Devils’ 0:7 losses to the Imperial Fighting Team and their inability to deal effective damage through Ye Lingling’s healing.

Tang San proposed using hidden weapons to defeat Ye Lingling and break through the Imperial Fighting Team’s healing strategy, but his companions rejected the idea. Ning Rongrong then reflected that Chen Hong had already given them his valuable Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies, leaving the Shrek Six Monsters to cultivate what he taught them.

• Tang San explained that Shrek’s best chance against the Imperial Fighting Team was to disable Ye Lingling early, and he revealed a Dragon Whisker Needle as a possible hidden weapon.
• Oscar, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing objected to Tang San attacking Ye Lingling with hidden weapons in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Ning Rongrong said Chen Hong had given them his most precious possession through Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies, but his disappointment had kept him from seeing them since the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Ning Rongrong recalled that Chen Hong had personally guided the Shrek Six Monsters into the discipline and said they needed to cultivate his teachings rather than resent Ye Lingling’s progress.
• Ning Rongrong wondered why a child from a collateral branch of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had become the force capable of destroying the sect.

Xue Qinghe and She Long watched the Technology Guild’s convoy enter Heaven Dou City and discussed the Guild’s growth, strengths, and vulnerabilities. Xue Qinghe revealed that she was Qian Renxue and suggested the Guild had already made a move involving Spirit Hall’s Pope’s Edict.

• The Technology Guild’s convoy arrived outside Heaven Dou City as soldiers and crowds watched it pass.
• Xue Qinghe asked She Long whether the Guild could withstand Xue Ye, and She Long praised its ability to create useful goods while operating within rules.
• Xue Qinghe observed that the Guild was a producer and warned that its weaknesses could leave it vulnerable to powerful rule-breakers such as Bibi Dong.
• She Long asked whether they should warn the Guild, but Qian Renxue said its informants had reported that the Pope’s Edict was no longer displayed at the Guild’s headquarters.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Xue Ye’s imperial power or Spirit Hall’s Pope was stronger.

Qian Renxue learned that Chen Hong and the Technology Guild delegation had arrived in Heaven Dou City, while Spirit Hall sought to cooperate with him over Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies. Chen Hong joined the Shrek and Imperial Fighting teams on a tour of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where its impressive Simulated Training Ground reminded him of Flender’s questionable version at Shrek Academy.

• Qian Renxue told Yu Long that Chen Lin and Chen Hong had come to Heaven Dou City for the Ennoblement Ceremony, and she considered whether to cooperate with Chen Hong or try to subdue him.
• Qian Renxue recalled Qian Daoliu’s secret letter urging her to build a cooperative relationship with Chen Hong and describing the power of Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies.
• After the Technology Guild convoy arrived, Chen Hong and several others separated from Chen Lin, and Ye Lingling led the Imperial Fighting Team and Shrek Team toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qin Ming guided the group through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Chen Hong observed its lavish buildings and aristocratic students.
• Chen Hong admired the academy’s Simulated Training Ground, especially its Startling Thunderwood Forest, and compared it with the supposedly simulated training ground Flender had made into Ma Hongjun’s Happy Hut.

Chen Hong toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the Imperial Fighting Team, collecting rare plants and materials while explaining how attention to the world around them could aid cultivation. As he shared his ideas, a terrifying aura suddenly rose from a distant teaching building.

• Yu Tianheng explained that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had donated Startling Thunderwood Forest to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and offered to send Chen Hong some trees.
• Chen Hong accepted Yu Tianheng’s offer and hoped to use the connection to learn more about the clan’s Dragon Transformation and Ring Explosion.
• Chen Hong collected rare plants, seeds, stones, and other materials around the academy while the Shrek group went elsewhere with Qin Ming.
• Chen Hong identified a Blood Sand Orchid and told the Imperial Fighting Team that observing the world and connecting its many aspects could help them improve.
• A terrifying aura suddenly rose from a distant teaching building while Chen Hong was explaining his ideas about cultivation.

After Dugu Bo took Tang San away over his toxin-absorbing Eight Spider Lances, Chen Hong reassured the Shrek group that Tang San was unlikely to be harmed. The chapter ended with both the Shrek group and Dugu Bo learning that Tang San's father was a Titled Douluo.

• Dugu Yan recognized the Titled Douluo's aura and ran toward her grandfather, Dugu Bo, while Chen Hong followed with the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Qin Ming explained that Dugu Bo had taken Tang San after seeing his Eight Spider Lances absorb toxins.
• Chen Hong reasoned that Dugu Bo needed Tang San's ability and would not risk damaging the fused External Soul Bone or killing him.
• Chen Hong reassured the Shrek group, and Yu Xiaogang explained that they were no longer worried because Tang San's father was a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo asked Tang San why he was not afraid, and Tang San calmly replied that his father was a Titled Douluo.