Chapter Summaries

Chen Hong absorbed the Snow Empress’s 690,000-year soul ring, reaching Soul Power rank 70 and Mental Power rank 90, but discovered he could not activate the sixth soul skill. He suspected its Divine Rune was linked to the concept of Eternity and resolved to investigate it further.

• The Snow Empress’s sacrifice raised Chen Hong’s Soul Power to rank 70 and his Mental Power to rank 90.
• The Snow Empress explained that Chen Hong’s Martial Soul could develop new uses for soul beasts’ Natal Divine Marks, potentially surpassing their original owners.
• Chen Hong summoned his soul rings but found that his sixth ring did not respond when he tried to activate it.
• Chen Hong theorized that the sixth ring’s Divine Rune concerned Eternity, while the narration introduced Du Busi’s discussion of passive soul rings.

Chen Hong and Bibi Dong traveled together across the sea, where he explained his sixth soul ring and learned that she was struggling to fuse her Twin Martial Souls. The chapter ended with Chen Hong claiming he had an idea to help her.

• Chen Hong and Bibi Dong flew toward an island after Qian Daoliu sent Bibi Dong to accompany him while he cultivated in seclusion.
• Bibi Dong pressed Chen Hong about his sixth soul ring, and he revealed that Divine Self was a passive defensive skill related to his fifth ring, No-Self.
• Chen Hong teased Bibi Dong about challenging Qian Daoliu to a spar, and she denied wanting to prove herself stronger than him.
• As they neared the Steel Warships, Chen Hong suggested Bibi Dong might have hit a cultivation bottleneck and asked her to explain her problem.
• Bibi Dong told Chen Hong that she was having difficulty fusing her Twin Martial Souls, and Chen Hong said he had an idea.

Chen Hong explained his theory of Martial Soul Fusion to Bibi Dong and offered to test it with her. Bibi Dong reacted with surprise as he described how his mental Martial Soul could adjust its frequency to resonate with others.

• Bibi Dong demonstrated how she could use both the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor powers at once but could not fuse them further.
• Chen Hong explained that Martial Soul Fusion relied on a temporary resonance between Martial Soul wills and said he had not been able to study Tang San.
• Bibi Dong learned that Tang San had gone to the City of Slaughter and wondered why Hu Liena had not told her.
• Chen Hong suggested that he and Bibi Dong try Martial Soul Fusion, prompting Bibi Dong to freeze in surprise.
• Chen Hong explained that his spiritual Martial Soul could adjust its frequency to meet the resonance conditions, unlike most Martial Souls.

Chen Hong explained his Martial Soul Fusion research and Innate Minotaur Sacred Body to Bibi Dong, who agreed to cooperate after he praised her and dismissed Tang San. As the Sea Soul Fleet approached, the chapter ended with a future account portraying Chen Hong as Douluo Star’s first knight and the founder of Super Beast Armament.

• Bibi Dong accused Chen Hong’s existence of desecrating Martial Soul Fusion, and Chen Hong defended his research while concealing the nature of his sacred body.
• Bibi Dong questioned Chen Hong’s confidence as the Sea Soul Fleet approached, and Gui Gui greeted him through the mental network.
• Chen Hong told Bibi Dong that only she could achieve Twin Martial Soul Self-Fusion and mocked Tang San’s talent and rigid thinking.
• Bibi Dong recalled Yu Xiaogang’s demand for her Twin Martial Soul knowledge and accepted Chen Hong’s offensive request to discuss the experiment aboard the fleet.
• A future preface described Chen Hong’s resistance, his defeat of a Supreme Deity, and the path he left behind as Super Beast Armament.

Chen Hong, Bibi Dong, and the Ocean-Sweeping Orca King discussed their journey to the Demonic Whale Sea Area and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's growing interest in the Sea Soul Alliance. The Orca King explained how the alliance had expanded across more than half the seas, then Chen Hong asked whether she had ever met the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Hai Ya greeted Chen Hong and Bibi Dong aboard the Black Nether Flagship, where they met the Ocean-Sweeping Orca King in human form.
• The Orca King praised Bibi Dong and explained that the fleet would take Qian Daoliu's place because his divine aura might anger the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Chen Hong said he had discussed replacing Qian Daoliu with him and admired the flagship the Sea Soul Military Region had built.
• The Orca King said the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had stopped preying on Sea Soul Beasts carrying Sage's Orbs, helping the Sea Soul Alliance expand across more than half of Douluo Star's seas.
• The Orca King revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had noticed the alliance long ago and later contacted her, and Chen Hong asked whether she had ever met him.

Chen Hong learned why the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had summoned the Sea Soul Alliance and agreed to meet him, believing their interests aligned as the whale sought to become a god. As the fleet sailed toward the Demonic Whale Sea Area, Bibi Dong confronted Chen Hong about what he had kept from her, and the Orca King explained why Chen Hong had brought her along.

• The Ocean-Sweeping Orca King told Chen Hong how the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had called for the Sea Soul Alliance’s true decision-maker to meet him.
• Chen Hong reasoned that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King wanted to take the final step and become a god, and said he was willing to help because their interests would align.
• The Black Nether-class Flagship and three Purple Radiance Escort Ships left the fleet and headed toward the Demonic Whale Sea Area.
• Chen Hong warned Hai Ya that the voyage might bring terrifying sights, while assuring him that no one needed to die.
• Bibi Dong demanded to know what Chen Hong had hidden from her, and the Orca King suggested he was bringing her into these affairs and treating her as one of his own.

Chen Hong brought Bibi Dong aboard the Black Nether Flagship as he prepared to visit the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and expand the Technology Guild’s reach to the Sun and Moon Continent. The Ocean-Sweeping Orca King mocked Bibi Dong’s assumptions about Spirit Hall and her treatment of Chen Hong, while Bibi Dong swallowed her anger and drank her tea.

• Chen Hong reasoned that Soul Beasts should not use their power to suppress human unrest, and planned to visit the Sun and Moon Continent to explore its human civilization and expand the Technology Guild’s market.
• Chen Hong explained to Bibi Dong that she was now a core member of the Technology Guild, but she insisted that the Guild should instead join Spirit Hall.
• The Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman told Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s theocratic nature made Soul Beasts joining it impossible, then teased her for treating Chen Hong as a subordinate.
• Chen Hong suspected that former Suotuo City employees had spread rumors about Red Realm Sea Soul Beasts feeling sorry for him.
• The Ocean-Sweeping Orca King’s mockery angered Bibi Dong, but she glanced at Chen Hong, snorted, and drank the tea without replying.

Chen Hong, Bibi Dong, and the Orca King traveled aboard the Black Nether Flagship to meet the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while Chen Hong explained the ship’s power and the significance of the meeting. The voyage continued toward the Demonic Whale Sea Area, with Bibi Dong included as humanity’s great genius.

• Little Black greeted Chen Hong and activated the fleet’s Cruising System, allowing the four ships to sail smoothly through the rough sea.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged the ship’s stabilization technology, and the Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman explained the courtesies of meeting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as equals.
• Chen Hong told Bibi Dong that the voyage would take a week and explained that traveling aboard the flagship displayed human civilization’s strength and confidence.
• Chen Hong described the Black Nether Flagship’s destructive capabilities and how the Sea Soul Islands’ resources had helped the Technology Guild build it ahead of schedule.
• Bibi Dong asked what she represented at the historic meeting, and Chen Hong said she represented humanity’s great genius while he represented humanity’s fool.

Chen Hong attempted Martial Soul Resonance with Bibi Dong by joining their hands and using his Martial Soul Marks. The resonance transported them to an unfamiliar place, and Chen Hong wondered whether they were still in the country.

• Chen Hong changed the subject and proposed trying Martial Soul Fusion with Bibi Dong while the fleet traveled.
• Chen Hong touched the back of Bibi Dong’s hand, sensed the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor’s Soul Frequency, and warned her that her thoughts could enter his mind.
• Chen Hong revealed two Martial Soul Projection Interfaces and explained that Soul Resonance could theoretically produce Martial Soul Fusion.
• Bibi Dong placed both hands in Chen Hong’s palms, and two Flowers of Martial Soul bloomed behind them.
• Chen Hong and Bibi Dong were transported somewhere unfamiliar, prompting Chen Hong to question whether they were still in the country.

Chen Hong’s Martial Soul Resonance with Bibi Dong drew his consciousness into her dark Soul Consciousness, where Qian Xunji appeared as the chamber’s owner. Chen Hong realized Qian Xunji was threatening a hidden Bibi Dong and greeted him with a warning as the Pope shut the door.

• Chen Hong entered Bibi Dong’s Soul Consciousness through their Martial Soul Resonance and found himself trapped in a pitch-black Little Black Room.
• Chen Hong called for Bibi Dong, then prepared to break free when nobody answered.
• A door opened, and Qian Xunji entered the secret chamber, whose ruined furnishings revealed it was a woman’s bedroom.
• Chen Hong spotted two giant spiders and a trembling figure hiding behind them, then understood what Qian Xunji had done.
• Qian Xunji slammed the iron door shut, and Chen Hong welcomed him to hell.

Chen Hong confronted Qian Xunji in the Spirit Hall secret chamber, using his Black Lotus Soul Eye and spider abilities to withstand the Pope’s attacks. Qian Xunji’s Angel’s Judgment severely wounded Chen Hong, who remained standing and called to Bibi Dong for help.

• Chen Hong greeted Qian Xunji and caught the Pope’s Light Blade with two fingers, prompting Qian Xunji to accuse him of being an Evil Soul Master.
• Qian Xunji transformed through Angel Possession and attacked Chen Hong, who evaded his blows while black patterns spread across his body.
• Qian Xunji struck Chen Hong with Angel’s Judgment, shattering his Black Spider Legs and inflicting a deep wound across his torso.
• Chen Hong rose with his remaining spider legs as two giant spiders guarded Bibi Dong behind him.
• Chen Hong complained that he lacked the ninth Soul Ring skill he wanted and asked Bibi Dong for help.

Chen Hong used Bibi Dong’s Seventh Soul Ring to transform into the Death Spider Emperor and survive Qian Xunji’s attacks through a second-stage Martial Soul Avatar. With the Saintess’s approval, he then killed the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor and turned toward Qian Xunji with the Darkness Spider Emperor behind him.

• Qian Xunji attacked Chen Hong with his Light Sword, but Chen Hong summoned the Death Spider Emperor to block the fatal strike.
• Chen Hong explained that he had deciphered Bibi Dong’s Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and used its Divine Runes to enter a second-stage Martial Soul Avatar.
• The Death Spider Emperor rapidly healed its wounds and overpowered Qian Xunji, then reverted to an uninjured Chen Hong.
• Chen Hong asked the Saintess to release the restrictions on the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, and she silently approved.
• Chen Hong’s abyssal maw pierced and killed the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, and he faced the stunned Qian Xunji with the Darkness Spider Emperor behind him.

Chen Hong transformed his Martial Souls into the God-tier Death Devouring Spider God and trapped the Qian Xunji figure in Bibi Dong’s Soul Illusion. He defeated the illusion’s Angel True Form and explained that Bibi Dong’s Martial Soul evolution had stalled before fusion because her destiny was to destroy the Six-Winged Angel.

• Qian Xunji attacked Chen Hong, but a black shadow blasted him away as Chen Hong’s Death Devouring Spider God Martial Soul Armor emerged.
• Chen Hong explained that the Death Spider Emperor had devoured the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, creating a God-tier Martial Soul, and identified the chamber as Bibi Dong’s Soul Illusion.
• Chen Hong used the Spider God Six Eyes and God Hunting Domain to lock onto Qian Xunji, sever his angelic wing, and corrode it with spatial threads.
• Qian Xunji tried to flee the secret chamber, but Chen Hong’s spatial spiderweb sealed the exits and trapped him inside the illusion.
• Chen Hong attacked Qian Xunji’s Angel True Form with spatially empowered strikes and explained that the Death Devouring Spider God countered the Six-Winged Angel.
• Chen Hong said Bibi Dong’s Martial Soul grade had stopped just before fusion because her fate was to destroy the Six-Winged Angel.

Inside Bibi Dong’s Soul Illusion, Chen Hong explained how her hatred of herself had trapped her in a cycle between two identities and urged her to accept both sides through Martial Soul Origin Devouring Evolution. After the Death Devouring Spider Emperor killed the Saintess, Chen Hong withdrew from their Martial Soul Fusion and called the blood-soaked hell the Other Shore.

• Chen Hong connected Twin Martial Souls, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong’s inner demon to his research into Martial Soul evolution and will.
• Chen Hong told Bibi Dong that she had created a pure Soul Devouring Spider Emperor persona while despising the Death Spider Emperor, which reflected her true self.
• Chen Hong explained that Bibi Dong’s self-hatred had prevented her from completing Martial Soul Fusion and urged her to kill her other self through Martial Soul Origin Devouring Evolution.
• The Death Devouring Spider Emperor killed the Saintess, and Chen Hong withdrew from Martial Soul Fusion with her.
• Chen Hong opened his eyes beside the Saintess’s severed head and told the Death Devouring Spider Emperor that the hell around them resembled the Other Shore.

Chen Hong and Bibi Dong emerged from Soul Resonance after Bibi Dong killed the two inner Martial Soul Wills that had tormented her. Chen Hong warned her that Martial Souls could develop independent wills, and Bibi Dong wondered whether Yu Xiaogang had influenced his view.

• Chen Hong asked Bibi Dong how it felt to kill her past, and she accused him of being skilled at deceiving trusting souls.
• Chen Hong explained that he had hesitated to kill Bibi Dong’s inner self and had dissolved their Martial Soul Fusion so she could make the final move.
• The Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman mediated between them and learned that Chen Hong and Bibi Dong had entered her Soul Illusion and slain her inner demon.
• The Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman teased Chen Hong about being called a soft-hearted executioner and having a so-called Edict of Self-Blame in Suotuo City-State.
• Chen Hong warned Bibi Dong to be careful because Martial Souls should not possess independent wills, then cited Luo Sanpao as evidence that they could.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Martial Souls could truly develop independent wills, and Chen Hong suggested that Yu Xiaogang might have influenced her thinking.

Chen Hong prepared Bibi Dong for a permanent fusion of her Twin Martial Souls, then studied Ning Quan’s self-condensed Seventh Soul Ring as he considered a new path for Tool Spirit Soul Masters. The chapter ended with humorous academic excerpts claiming that Shrek’s higher-ups descended from Green-Haired Turtles.

• Chen Hong explained that Bibi Dong’s Martial Soul Fusion would permanently replace her two Spider Emperor Martial Souls and warned her that her Soul Rings and skills could change.
• Chen Hong connected the Death Spider Emperor’s Martial Soul Mark to the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor’s origin, enabling Bibi Dong’s future fusion to produce a complete result.
• Bibi Dong meditated to recover, while the Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman and Chen Hong also began cultivating.
• Chen Hong investigated Ning Quan’s self-condensed Seventh Soul Ring, Tian Quan: Sever Myself, and reasoned that Tool Spirit Soul Masters lacked a standard Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Hong planned to attempt the newly opened path for Tool Spirit Soul Masters, while the chapter’s closing excerpts mocked Shrek’s leaders as descendants of Green-Haired Turtles.

Chen Hong explored his vast Soul Star Sea, failed to find his Soul Origin, and began meditating to seek it through his Sea of Consciousness Planet. Beyond the Soul Star Sea, a mysterious presence observed him and warned that pursuing the divine path before completing his concept would lead to ruin.

• Chen Hong reflected on how bloodline, spirit, and soul shaped Martial Souls and concluded that the Martial Soul Avatar was rooted in bloodline power.
• Chen Hong searched his immense Soul Star Sea for his True Form of Soul but feared losing his way if he strayed too far from his Sea of Consciousness Planet.
• Chen Hong called out to the Dimensional Star Chart, received no answer, and returned to his Sea of Consciousness Planet.
• Chen Hong meditated and used the golden light of his Sea of Consciousness Planet to begin comprehending his Soul Origin.
• A mysterious presence appeared beyond the Soul Star Sea, warned Chen Hong against reaching for the Stairway to Godhood too soon, and said they would meet soon.

Chen Hong observed Bibi Dong begin her final Martial Soul Fusion and explained how she was forcing her Twin Martial Souls to merge. Watching the process gave him an idea for endlessly evolving Martial Souls through repeated fusion, leaving the Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman alarmed by his theory.

• Five days later, Bibi Dong woke Chen Hong and the Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman, and they went to the flagship’s deck near the Demonic Whale Sea Area.
• Chen Hong scanned the surrounding ocean with his Spiritual Perception Domain and detected a hidden void bubble following the fleet.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Death Spider Emperor, then summoned the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor while still possessed, causing the two Martial Souls to struggle against each other.
• Chen Hong explained that Bibi Dong was opening a gap between the Martial Soul Marks so the two souls could fuse into an independent entity.
• Chen Hong proposed that repeatedly fusing a Spirit Master with different partners could continually transform that Spirit Master’s Martial Soul, alarming the Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman.

Chen Hong explained his speculative ideas about Martial Soul Fusion while Bibi Dong completed a permanent fusion of her Twin Martial Souls. Her new Death Devouring Spider God Martial Soul raised her Soul Power to Rank 99.7, leaving her at the threshold of condensing a Soul Core.

• Chen Hong reassured the Purple-Robed Beautiful Woman that his plan to collect Martial Souls and share their power was only a research idea for the Technology Guild’s Semi-finished Technology Database.
• Bibi Dong completed her permanent Martial Soul Fusion, with the Death Spider Emperor devouring the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor to create the Death Devouring Spider God.
• A nine-layer Martial Soul Dial appeared behind Bibi Dong, displaying three black and six red Soul Rings, while black-purple armor formed over her body.
• Bibi Dong’s Soul Power rose to Rank 99.7, placing her at the final step before Soul Core condensation.
• Chen Hong judged that Twin Martial Souls’ ultimate purpose was Martial Soul Fusion, which could combine their power into a superior Martial Soul.

Bibi Dong examined the power and unchanged soul skills she gained from her transformed Martial Soul, while Chen Hong explained how her Soul Rings might still evolve. She challenged him to fuse their Martial Souls again, but the result once more made her an accessory to his Spider God form; meanwhile, a curious beast surfaced beside the fleet.

• Bibi Dong reflected on how Chen Hong's research methods had helped free her from restrictive theories and examined her new Death Devouring Spider God power.
• Bibi Dong told Chen Hong that her soul skills had not changed and that her Ninth Soul Ring contained four skills, and he suggested she cultivate her Soul Rings again to test whether their Divine Runes had doubled.
• Bibi Dong challenged Chen Hong to perform Martial Soul Fusion again, and they fused their Martial Souls before the watching Spirit Masters.
• Chen Hong emerged in Spider God Armor while Bibi Dong became part of his power, then returned to her own form and left in frustration.
• Chen Hong and the Orca King went to the ship's bow, where a beast that had followed beneath the sea surfaced.