Chapter Summaries

Chen Hong sailed from Suotuo City toward the Sea Soul Islands aboard the Sea Serpent Ship, accompanied by Qian Daoliu and Suotuo Shipyard’s departing technical staff. He planned to use the voyage to hunt his Fourth Soul Ring while continuing his research into Soul Bones and the creation of a Humanoid Soul Bone.

• Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu watched the Sea Serpent Ship leave Suotuo City as the shipyard’s technical staff, including Barry, sailed with them.
• Chen Hong explained that the voyage provided cover for the mass departure of Suotuo Shipyard’s core technical staff, while the Sea Serpent Ship demonstrated new sound-absorbing technology.
• Qian Daoliu sensed the ship’s coordinated Soul Power systems and praised it as a giant Soul Tool.
• Chen Hong reflected on the resources that had helped him reach Level Forty at fifteen and hoped to obtain a Sacrifice Soul Ring for his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Chen Hong chose to study Soul Bones rather than absorb them, aiming to understand their composite Divine Runes and eventually create Artificial Soul Bones.

Chen Hong explained how his Psychic Power and computational ability could eventually dismantle Soul Power defenses and erase targets, while he and Qian Daoliu traveled aboard the Sea Serpent Ship. He revealed plans to strengthen the Sea Soul Fleet with a powerful Soul Guidance Ship Cannon, leaving Qian Daoliu eager to see it in action.

• Chen Hong described how his Psychic Power could develop into a microscopic force capable of disabling Soul Power and deconstructing a target.
• Chen Hong told Qian Daoliu that he wanted to make both the strong and the weak stronger.
• Chen Hong recounted how a Spirit King pirate had struck a Sea Soul Ship and left a mark on its armor, illustrating the fleet's strength against lower-ranked Spirit Masters.
• Chen Hong said that Soul Guidance Ship Cannons could make the Sea Soul Fleet a threat even to Super Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu asked about the cloth-covered cannon, and Chen Hong revealed it was a Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon that could fatally surprise a Super Douluo.

As the Sea Serpent Ship sailed along the Barak River, Chen Hong explained to Qian Daoliu why a Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon could threaten even a Titled Douluo. He revealed that he had begun weaponizing Soul Tools to protect fleets from powerful sea soul beasts, while privately preparing for the possibility of future catastrophe.

• Chen Hong explained that a Soul Guidance Ship Cannon required the ship’s engine and the combined power of its Spirit Masters, unlike a conventional cannon, and could unleash energy beyond a Titled Douluo’s ability to withstand.
• Chen Hong argued that machinery could gather and release more energy than a living body, while a destroyed mass-produced weapon could be replaced more easily than a powerful Spirit Master.
• Qian Daoliu realized that the Technology Guild had likely possessed the means to weaponize Soul Tools from its early days, and asked why Chen Hong was doing so now.
• Chen Hong said that fleets operating at sea needed weapons capable of piercing the armor of 100,000 Year Sea Soul Beasts.
• Chen Hong privately considered that the Soul Guidance Ship Cannon was also an initial step toward preparing for a worst-case future and developing a Nuclearized Soul Guidance Device.

Chen Hong prepared the Sea Serpent Ship to test his Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon while considering future ocean-based Soul Guidance technology. As the ship entered the West Sea, Qian Daoliu learned that Chen Hong could withstand soul rings up to fifty thousand years old and agreed to watch over him as he sought his Fourth Soul Ring.

• Chen Hong explained his plans for a Nuclearized Soul Warhead, and Qian Daoliu listened without pressing him further.
• Chen Hong considered developing ocean-adapted Soul Guidance technology, including a Black Nether Class Mothership.
• Two days later, the Sea Serpent Ship entered the West Sea, and Chen Hong installed the Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon on its bow.
• Barry and the crew worried that the cannon might explode, but Chen Hong completed its installation with the Technology Guild's Soul Engineers.
• Qian Daoliu asked what soul ring Chen Hong could withstand, and Chen Hong said his limit was fifty thousand years; Qian Daoliu agreed to keep watch as they searched for a target.

After the Sea Serpent Ship found a group of Evil Spirit Orcas, Chen Hong prepared to test the weaponized Soul Tools against them. He linked the crew’s Battle Soul Instruments through Huang, extending his perception ten kilometers out, then corrected Qian Daoliu’s estimate of the orcas’ position.

• Qian Daoliu sensed a whale-type Sea Soul Beast and recognized its aura as resembling an Evil Spirit Orca.
• Chen Hong agreed to engage the group, and the Sea Serpent Ship changed course as its crew took their posts.
• Chen Hong used the Divine Mark Crystal to summon Huang and link the crew’s Battle Soul Instruments into a Weak Mental Domain.
• Huang helped Chen Hong merge the domain with his own Mental Domain, activating Local Area Network Zero and extending his Spiritual Perception ten kilometers.
• Chen Hong told Qian Daoliu that the Evil Spirit Orca was not as far away as he thought and that his position was off.

Chen Hong used a Spiritual Signal Buoy and Huang’s targeting system to extend detection and lock the Sea Serpent Ship’s Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon onto a ten-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca. The cannon struck the surfaced beast, leaving its fate unclear.

• Chen Hong detected a ten-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca four kilometers away and explained how the Spiritual Signal Buoy extended Mental Power’s range to Qian Daoliu.
• Chen Hong powered up the Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon with energy from the ship’s Spirit Masters, while Barry noticed the Sea Serpent Ship vibrating under the strain.
• Huang generated a three-dimensional coordinate map and locked the cannon onto the Evil Spirit Orca.
• The Evil Spirit Orca surfaced, unaware of the distant cannon’s attack until its Danger Perception sensed the incoming energy too late.
• The Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon struck the water beside the Evil Spirit Orca and unleashed a violent explosion.

Chen Hong demonstrated the Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon by severely wounding a powerful Ten-Thousand Year Evil Spirit Orca, leaving Qian Daoliu impressed and concerned about the weapon’s power. After they approached the dying beast, Chen Hong used his Sage Soul Art, and the orca calmly observed its own impending death.

• Chen Hong showed Qian Daoliu the Ten-Thousand Year Evil Spirit Orca, gravely wounded by the Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon’s first test shot.
• Qian Daoliu recognized the cannon could threaten even a Peerless Douluo and agreed that Soul Tool weapons should be developed on the Sea Soul Islands rather than introduced to Douluo Continent yet.
• Chen Hong noted that the cannon had overheated and needed repairs, while Qian Daoliu said even a one-use version would be terrifying.
• Qian Daoliu flew with Chen Hong to the dying orca and suppressed it with his Soul Power.
• Chen Hong used his First Soul Ring, Sage Soul Art, to awaken the orca’s consciousness, and it calmly watched its own death as an apparent bystander.

Chen Hong learned that the defeated Evil Spirit Orca was an intelligent Soul Beast named Bai Xie, prompting Qian Daoliu to question his assumptions about Soul Beasts. Chen Hong introduced himself to Bai Xie and proposed that it voluntarily sacrifice itself so he could try to preserve its soul.

• As the Evil Spirit Orca awaited its death, Chen Hong told it that it had lost and would become his soul ring.
• The Evil Spirit Orca revealed that its name was Bai Xie and said it would accept being devoured if Chen Hong could withstand its Soul Impact.
• Chen Hong told Qian Daoliu that the Evil Spirit Orca Tribe gave itself names, and Qian Daoliu reflected on how this changed his view of Soul Beasts.
• Chen Hong explained that empathy was part of humanity and shared his thoughts about the Angel God with Qian Daoliu.
• Chen Hong introduced himself to Bai Xie, said he wanted to absorb its soul ring, and suggested that it voluntarily sacrifice itself while he tried to preserve it.

Chen Hong proposed using his Contract Soul Art to attach a Soul Ring without killing the Evil Spirit Orca, Bai Xie, and explained the theory to Qian Daoliu. The Orca had not yet agreed to the experiment.

• Chen Hong offered Bai Xie a chance to survive as a Soul Ring by participating in an experiment.
• Chen Hong summoned his Martial Soul Dial and said he could absorb Bai Xie by force, but preferred to try his method with its cooperation.
• Qian Daoliu overheard and questioned whether a Soul Beast could provide a Soul Ring without dying.
• Chen Hong explained that Bai Xie would need to sacrifice itself and briefly pass through his Realm of Intent Soul Ring before Contract returned its soul to its body.
• Qian Daoliu realized Chen Hong's Contract Soul Art could change how Spirit Masters hunted Soul Beasts.

Chen Hong offered the injured Evil Spirit Orca Bai Xie a chance to undergo his soul-ring experiment, promising to pursue cooperation with its tribe if it survived. After Bai Xie revealed it knew where the Demon Soul Great White Sharks were, it agreed to the experiment, and Chen Hong’s Three-Layered Light Pattern began to rotate.

• Chen Hong reassured Qian Daoliu that he understood his confidence in the Painless Ring Flow soul skill, then asked Bai Xie whether it objected to the experiment.
• Chen Hong treated Bai Xie’s severe injuries with Life Dewdrop and explained that it could either try the experiment or have its consciousness stripped away before becoming his soul ring.
• Chen Hong offered to seek cooperation with the Evil Spirit Orca Tribe if Bai Xie survived, while Qian Daoliu revealed that the Demon Soul Great White Sharks served as the sea deity’s Ocean Kin.
• Bai Xie said it knew where the Demon Soul Great White Sharks were, prompting Qian Daoliu to realize it knew Sea God Island’s location.
• Bai Xie agreed to Chen Hong’s experiment because it valued its clear mind and believed its tribe might benefit, and the Three-Layered Light Pattern behind Chen Hong’s eyes began rotating.

Chen Hong used his soul arts to safely absorb the Evil Spirit Orca’s soul ring, but the Psychic Shadow swallowed the ring and Chen Hong with it. Inside the darkness, he glimpsed a colossal beast and a possible forgotten memory before returning to consciousness.

• Chen Hong unleashed Soul Douluo-level Mental Power of Titled Douluo quality as Qian Daoliu guarded the area.
• Barry and the Technology Guild employees watched Chen Hong’s sacrifice from the Sea Serpent Ship and celebrated his rapid cultivation and influence.
• Chen Hong’s Sage, Overclock, and Contract Soul Arts helped the Evil Spirit Orca’s sacrifice condense into a black soul ring.
• Mother Empress Tis appeared in Chen Hong’s vision, and he saw a savage colossal beast and reached for something as his consciousness faded.
• The Psychic Shadow swallowed the Evil Spirit Orca soul ring, and Chen Hong was pulled into its darkness while trying to retrieve it.

Chen Hong realized that the Dimensional Star Chart might let him return to his former world, strengthening his resolve to become a god. He then used his Contract to restore the Evil Spirit Orca's soul and mental will, and Bai Xie woke up confused.

• Chen Hong considered whether the Psychic Shadow could harm him and realized the Dimensional Star Chart might contain coordinates that could lead him back to his former world.
• Chen Hong resolved to become a god so he could return to the Lanja Human Federation civilization and see what had become of it.
• Chen Hong placed the black soul ring on the Evil Spirit Orca and used his Contract to draw out and restore its remnant soul and mental will.
• Bai Xie woke from its coma and wondered whether a large ship was dragging it by the tail.

Chen Hong treated the wounded Evil Spirit Orca Bai Xie with a healing Soul Tool module that converted Soul Power into continuous healing. Bai Xie praised the device, and Chen Hong argued that Soul Beasts could use their surplus Soul Power to improve their chances in battle.

• Bai Xie awoke as a female Complete Orca while Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu rested on its back.
• Chen Hong explained how to use the Healing Module and placed it in Bai Xie's mouth.
• Bai Xie poured Soul Power into the module and felt its healing effects ease its injuries.
• Bai Xie said the module could help the Orca Tribe dominate the ocean, while Chen Hong teased Qian Daoliu for doubting it.
• Chen Hong reasoned that Soul Beasts should spend their surplus Soul Power on healing rather than save it to become Spirit Masters' Soul Rings or Soul Bones.

Chen Hong tested a harmless method of acquiring a Soul Ring and gained the Evil Spirit Orca’s core talent, which let him walk through the air. He returned to the Sea Serpent Ship with Qian Daoliu, embarrassed after the ship outpaced him, while Qian Daoliu considered the promise of Chen Hong’s Soul Beast Subjugation Plan.

• Chen Hong explained that his plans for building powerful mechanical constructs depended on solving the problem of creating a Super-Mass Energy Module.
• Chen Hong removed the Conceal Breath Engraving Module from the injured Evil Spirit Orca, and the Sea Serpent Ship later attracted several Ten-Thousand Year Sea Soul Beasts by towing it with its blood scent exposed.
• Chen Hong showed Qian Daoliu his Fourth Soul Ring ability, using transparent crystals beneath his feet to walk through the air.
• The Sea Serpent Ship pulled away from Chen Hong, and Qian Daoliu flew back to the deck with him as the crew tried not to laugh.
• Chen Hong complained that all four of his Soul Rings had embarrassed him, while Qian Daoliu asked about his Fourth Soul Skill and considered the plan’s potential for Spirit Hall.

Chen Hong explained how his Fourth Soul Ring had evolved into the Reality-Illusion Soul Art, which crystallized both Mental Power and Soul Power into weapons with different effects. He left the discussion lamenting that his Soul Power had risen only to Level Forty-One after absorbing little of Bai Xie's power.

• Chen Hong demonstrated that his Fourth Soul Skill could crystallize Mental Power, while warning that using it carelessly could harm him.
• Chen Hong formed a Soul Power sword that rang against the railing and a Psychic sword that affected his own hand but left the railing untouched.
• Chen Hong explained that the evolved Reality-Illusion Soul Art could solidify both Mental Power and Soul Power, and Qian Daoliu praised its power.
• Chen Hong told Qian Daoliu that the Soul Art would aid his research into Soul Power and Mental Power.
• Chen Hong reflected that absorbing only a small fraction of Bai Xie's power had raised him by just one level, to Level Forty-One.

Chen Hong returned to the Sea Soul Islands with Qian Daoliu and the Technology Guild’s Soul Engineers, towing several captured Sea Soul Beasts behind the Sea Serpent Ship. The islanders welcomed them, while Ning Fengxun recognized that the Technology Guild was preparing to establish a second base.

• Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu detected a powerful Sea Soul Beast, and Qian Daoliu flew off to capture it.
• Qian Daoliu brought back a Breaking Wave Unicorn Whale, and a Blazing Arrow Sea Leopard later joined it and the bound Evil Spirit Orca.
• Chen Hong persuaded the three Sea Soul Beasts to follow the ship, and the Sea Serpent Ship reached the Sea Soul Islands the next morning.
• Islanders cheered at the sight of the battleship and its chained Sea Soul Beasts, while Hai Ya stopped them from rushing into the water.
• Chen Hong greeted Hai Ya and Ning Fengxun, who recognized the Technology Guild’s full Soul Engineer lineup and inferred it would establish a second base.

Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu explored the Sea Soul Islands’ mineral resources and discussed reports of continents beyond Douluo Continent. Chen Hong revealed he had learned about them from Sea Soul Beasts, leaving Qian Daoliu tempted to travel with him and see a New Continent.

• Chen Hong handed the Sea Dragon and its Soul Engineers to Hai Ya and Ning Fengxun, then arranged care for the three Sea Soul Beasts and planned to help improve the islands’ infrastructure.
• A week later, Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu emerged from a mine and discussed the islands’ abundant minerals and the Technology Guild’s Soul Power alloys.
• Chen Hong’s eyes briefly glowed with purple patterns as he asked Qian Daoliu whether he had ever circled the world.
• Chen Hong said Sea Soul Beasts had told him that other continents existed beyond Douluo Continent, and Qian Daoliu recalled hearing similar rumors around Sea God Island.
• Qian Daoliu realized Chen Hong had learned this from the mermaid he once kept and asked whether Chen Hong planned to visit a New Continent.

Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu traveled with the injured Bai Xie and discussed forming an alliance between Spirit Hall and the Evil Spirit Orca Tribe. Chen Hong planned to develop Soul Ring Imprinting into a widely available technology and pursue a genuinely symbiotic relationship between Spirit Masters and soul beasts.

• Chen Hong told Qian Daoliu they should postpone exploring the New Continent until the Soul Guidance Battleships could face 100,000 Year Sea Soul Beasts and they had allied with the Evil Spirit Orca Tribe.
• Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu rode on Bai Xie's head across the sea while Bai Xie agreed to bring its clan leader to discuss friendship with Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu recalled that the Evil Spirit Orcas had often attacked the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, while Chen Hong acknowledged he did not know whether Bai Xie's accusations were true.
• Chen Hong explained that his Soul Ring Imprinting experiment had let him create a Soul Ring without killing or consuming the soul beast.
• Chen Hong resolved to simplify and share Soul Ring Imprinting technology and to develop Soul Beast Cultivation Studies into a broader theory of symbiosis between Spirit Masters and soul beasts.

Chen Hong’s ideas about soul beast cultivation promised to strengthen both Spirit Masters and soul beasts, while Bai Xie recovered and left the Sea Soul Island port. Bai Xie pledged to bring its clan to meet the Spirit Masters, surprising the Sea Soul Masters and leaving Chen Hong confident that Evil Spirit Orcas could be tamed.

• Chen Hong considered how cultivation grounds for soul beasts could help Spirit Masters obtain better Soul Rings and improve the Soul Master System.
• After a month of treatment from the Healing Module and healing-type Sea Soul Masters, Bai Xie recovered from its injuries.
• At the Sea Soul Island port, Bai Xie thanked Chen Hong, Qian Daoliu, and the Sea Soul Masters, then promised to bring its clan to find them before diving into the sea.
• The Sea Soul Masters were astonished when Bai Xie called them Spirit Master brothers and worried it might be gathering its clan to attack them.
• Chen Hong reassured Hai Ya that Evil Spirit Orcas could be tamed, then recalled the tribe’s rivalry with Demon Soul Great White Sharks and its resentment of their access to Sea God Island’s healers.

Chen Hong secured the Evil Spirit Orcas’ interest in cooperation by offering Soul Ring Imprinting and Soul Guidance Modules, then arranged Sea Soul Island’s industrial and military development with Hai Ya. He planned to stay for up to half a year, while his Reality-Illusion Soul Art brought his cultivation close to a qualitative leap.

• Chen Hong watched Bai Xie retreat with two Soul Guidance Modules and noted that Soul Ring Imprinting had made the Evil Spirit Orca king consider negotiations.
• Chen Hong explained to Hai Ya how Soul Ring Imprinting could end the predator-prey relationship between Spirit Masters and soul beasts, and Hai Ya said its spread could transform their relations.
• Chen Hong gave Hai Ya a Spatial Soul Guidance Device containing ten Healing Modules and ten Sage Modules as reserves.
• Chen Hong told Hai Ya he would stay for up to half a year to establish Sea Soul Island’s shipyard, metallurgical plant, research departments, and ship cannon upgrades.
• Chen Hong detailed plans to test a new Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon on the Sea Dragon and to install miniaturized cannons on the Topaz Ship and Purple Radiance Ship.
• Chen Hong’s Reality-Illusion Soul Art unleashed the destructive potential of his Psychic Power, and his cultivation approached a qualitative transformation on the Path of Life.