Recaps

Chen Hong went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to meet Qian Daoliu’s invited guest and discovered that his escort, She Long, possessed the power of a Titled Douluo. There, Chen Hong met Qian Renxue and was stunned by her beauty, summoning a sacred phantom with his Psychic Power.

• She Long led Chen Hong, Ning Quan, Zhao Wuji, and Flender toward the palace while Chen Hong sensed that She Long’s power matched that of a Titled Douluo.
• She Long warned Chen Hong that knowing too much could be dangerous, and Chen Hong replied that his knowledge might change the circumstances of Spirit Masters.
• She Long brought Chen Hong to the palace and directed Ning Quan, Zhao Wuji, and Flender to a separate courtyard, while Chen Hong went alone to meet the prince.
• She Long introduced Chen Hong to Qian Renxue, then withdrew and left them alone in the incense-filled reception room.
• Chen Hong stared at Qian Renxue, shaped the incense with his Psychic Power into a sacred phantom, and exclaimed that he had never seen such a handsome man.

Chen Hong recognized Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue by sensing her angelic aura and revealed that Qian Daoliu had summoned him to Heaven Dou City. Qian Renxue accepted his ties to Spirit Hall and the Technology Guild, leaving their meeting with her abandoning any plan to recruit him.

• Chen Hong identified Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue after recognizing the angelic aura she shared with Qian Daoliu.
• Chen Hong explained that his strong perception and prior meeting with Qian Daoliu let him see through Qian Renxue’s disguise and sense the Titled Douluo nearby.
• Qian Renxue dropped her disguise and recognized Chen Hong as the author of Three Realms of Soul Rings when he showed his two Purple Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue realized Chen Hong was already aligned with Spirit Hall and decided against trying to recruit him for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Chen Hong joked that Qian Renxue meant to win over the Technology Guild and make its Young Guild Master her dog, leaving her speechless.

Chen Hong explained to Qian Renxue the different paths Spirit Hall could take and delivered what he understood as Qian Daoliu’s message about returning home. Qian Renxue resolved to continue her unfinished cause in Heaven Dou, and Chen Hong encouraged her to trust herself.

• Qian Renxue considered how the Technology Guild resembled the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and why the sect supported it.
• Chen Hong told Qian Renxue that Spirit Hall wanted to advance, that she represented a path of internal collapse, and that Qian Daoliu represented overwhelming force.
• Chen Hong asked Qian Renxue when she would return home, prompting her to wonder whether her grandfather wanted her to abandon her work in Heaven Dou.
• Qian Renxue decided she could not return home because she still had an unfinished cause.
• Chen Hong told Qian Renxue, “Wherever the heart finds peace is home,” and encouraged her to keep going and believe in herself.

Chen Hong challenged Qian Renxue to reconsider whether her Heaven Dou Empire mission was truly her own choice, then demonstrated how the changing times had given him a powerful new mental attack. The chapter ended with his Mental Flame burning against Qian Renxue’s Mental Defense Line.

• Qian Renxue confronted Chen Hong about reading her thoughts, and he told her she could choose a different path instead of following her predetermined fate.
• Chen Hong questioned why Qian Renxue had abandoned her potential to rule an era for a covert mission in the Heaven Dou Empire, and she demanded that he justify dismissing her work.
• Qian Renxue argued that Spirit Hall’s conflict with Heaven Dou and Star Luo would cost many lives, while Chen Hong replied that the times had changed.
• Chen Hong unleashed opposing mental impacts on Qian Renxue, who summoned her seven soul rings and stopped her Titled Douluo guards from intervening.
• Chen Hong ignited his Mental Power with his Second Soul Skill and used Overclocked Divine Flame Amaterasu to burn Qian Renxue’s Mental Defense Line.

Chen Hong answered Qian Renxue’s arguments by demonstrating his strength and explaining how his Dual Casting worked. He left the choice to her, and Qian Renxue wondered whether their paths would lead to a cosmic battle before declaring their fight unfinished.

• Chen Hong let his Mental Flame fade after showing Qian Renxue he could threaten her despite his low rank.
• Qian Renxue questioned how Chen Hong had cast the same soul skill twice at once.
• Chen Hong explained that Dual Casting let him construct a temporary Copy Soul Ring and apply Overclock to himself and Qian Renxue.
• Chen Hong told Qian Renxue that the times had changed, then left her to decide how to respond.
• Qian Renxue recalled sensing the Power of Faith on Chen Hong and wondered whether they would fight beneath the galaxy.
• Qian Renxue called Chen Hong the uncrowned God and declared that their battle remained unfinished.

Chen Lin received the title of Count Suotuo and visited Ye Lingling’s mother with Chen Hong before leaving Heaven Dou City. He departed with the Technology Guild convoy, leaving Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others behind as the Shrek group stayed at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Xue Ye granted Chen Lin the title of Count Suotuo and a fief around Suotuo City, with King Barak’s seal also recognizing the decree.
• Chen Lin brought Chen Hong to Ye Medical Clinic, where they visited Madam Ye and met Ye Lingling.
• Madam Ye and Chen Lin agreed that Chen Hong and Ye Lingling should decide their relationship for themselves, without pressure from their families.
• Chen Lin invited Madam Ye to visit Suotuo City and exchange medical knowledge with Ning Lu.
• Chen Lin led the group out of Heaven Dou City, while Flender and Zhao Wuji left with the convoy and the Shrek group remained at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Tang San recognized Dugu Bo’s valley as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a treasure trove of rare and immortal herbs. He decided he could not conceal it from Chen Hong and told Dugu Bo what the place was.

• Dugu Bo brought Tang San through the poison mist to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and kept him under suspicion, injecting him with poison to restrain him.
• Tang San recognized the treasure basin and examined its plants, discovering several Immortal Grade herbs.
• Tang San considered summoning Tang Hao to kill Dugu Bo and claim the herbs, but worried Chen Hong would discover the treasures and the plan would endanger his friends and alliances.
• Tang San decided to be frank with Dugu Bo and told him that he had stumbled upon the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a treasure basin he could not handle.

Tang San explained to Dugu Bo why he could not keep the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret and proposed joining forces instead of killing him. He left Dugu Bo with the choice to cooperate, while Chen Hong’s influence and Tang Hao’s presence made a direct confrontation too risky for Tang San.

• Tang San warned Dugu Bo that Tang Hao was nearby and that Chen Hong could overcome the poison mist barrier.
• Dugu Bo learned that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was a rare treasure site and questioned why Tang San had revealed it.
• Tang San argued that hiding the well was futile because his father and Chen Hong could uncover the truth, and killing Dugu Bo would create dangerous enemies.
• Tang San explained that the Aromatic Silk Beauty could cure poison but would undermine Dugu Bo’s Poison Cultivation, so he chose not to use it to deceive him.
• Tang San decided that joining forces with Dugu Bo was the best way to benefit from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well without provoking a wider conflict.

Tang San negotiated with Dugu Bo to share the benefits of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and offered to help solve the cultivation problems of Jade Scale Snake Spirit Masters. Dugu Bo agreed to cooperate, leaving Tang San to find a way to secure Chen Hong’s help.

• Tang San argued that Dugu Bo could not safely kill him or keep the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret without cooperation.
• Tang San proposed using the herbs and trading lesser herbs and the well’s location to the Technology Guild for greater benefits.
• Tang San demanded the right to choose ten herbs in exchange for his expertise and invoked Chen Hong’s reputation to strengthen his position.
• Tang San offered to find a solution to the Jade Scale Snake martial soul’s cultivation problems within half a year.
• Dugu Bo agreed to Tang San’s proposal, hoping to benefit from the herbs, solve his family’s cultivation problem, and build ties with the Technology Guild.

Tang San deceived Dugu Bo into accepting a deal for ten herbs and directed him toward the Technology Guild to learn about the Three Realms of Soul Rings. As Tang San and Dugu Bo continued exploring the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang Hao searched Sunset Forest for Tang San, then left without entering its poisonous depths.

• Tang San used his demand for ten herbs to make Dugu Bo underestimate their value and accepted Dugu Bo's agreement.
• Tang San told Dugu Bo that the Technology Guild could offer him the Three Realms of Soul Rings and encouraged him to seek it from Chen Hong.
• Dugu Bo was impressed by Tang San's explanation and agreed to the arrangement before continuing to explore the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with him.
• Tang Hao searched Sunset Forest for Tang San but could no longer sense his aura through the poisonous mist.
• Tang Hao judged the poison too dangerous to enter, warned Dugu Bo not to act recklessly, and left.

Tang Hao reconsidered his revenge against Spirit Hall after Qian Daoliu spared him, then headed to his secret base to confide in Ah Yin's sprout. In Suotuo City, Chen Hong tried to make the Spirit-Mechanical Crystal manage the city's Weak Mental Network and discovered that Sage-type Auxiliary Soul Guidance Device Jewelry was linked to unusually stable mental fields.

• Tang Hao reflected that Qian Daoliu had overwhelmed him and deliberately let him go, undermining both his confidence in revenge and his hatred of Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao recognized that his and Tang San's identities had been exposed and that continuing to oppose Spirit Hall recklessly could put them in danger.
• Tang Hao decided to visit his secret base and pour out his confusion to the sprout growing from Ah Yin's Seed of Life.
• Chen Hong continued studying the Spirit-Mechanical Crystal as it sensed Mental Turbulence and helped form a weak, unstable mental network across Suotuo City.
• Chen Hong found that the crystal could not reroute mental links as quickly as he could, and he noticed that people with stable Weak Mental Force Fields all wore Sage-type Auxiliary Soul Guidance Device Jewelry.

In Suotuo City's Research Lab, Chen Hong considered how Sage-type devices could connect users to the Suotuo Mental Network and charge them for mental traffic. He then joined a Spirit-Mechanical Crystal with Qian Yu’s Ten-Thousand Year Skull Bone, where the crystal devoured Qian Yu’s remnant soul and began fusing with the bone.

• Chen Hong reflected on expanding Sage-type jewelry so it could amplify Mental Power and connect users to the Suotuo Mental Network.
• Chen Hong considered charging users for Mental Traffic instead of directly deducting their Mental Power.
• Chen Hong removed the Ten-Thousand Year Skull Bone · Castling and brought it together with the Spirit-Mechanical Crystal.
• The Spirit-Mechanical Crystal’s Program Consciousness pursued and devoured Qian Yu’s remnant soul inside the skull bone.
• Chen Hong watched the Spirit-Mechanical Crystal fuse with the skull bone and concluded that Soul Rings and soul bones were fundamentally the same.

In the Suotuo City Research Lab, Chen Hong discovered that the Spirit-Mechanical Consciousness had become a Soul Bone Spirit capable of taking humanoid form and controlling soul-bone abilities. He considered ways to reproduce Soul Bone Spirits, but decided to prioritize building a Weak Mental Network in Suotuo City.

• Chen Hong examined the transformed White Jade Skeleton skull and realized it could undergo Illusion Transformation.
• The Spirit-Mechanical Consciousness changed into a Big Head Tang Doll and explained how it replaced Qian Yu’s remnant soul within the soul bone.
• The Spirit-Mechanical Consciousness described itself as a new life form: a Soul Bone Spirit controlling a soul bone shell.
• Chen Hong reasoned that soul-bone transformation could create Soul Bone Babies and considered ways to make them more easily.
• Chen Hong set aside those experiments and chose to establish a Weak Mental Network in Suotuo City before completing a Mental Supercomputer.

Chen Hong developed and tested a Mental Network with Huang, gradually improving its devices and virtual world. After seven experiments, they successfully established the Suotuo Dream Net above Suotuo City.

• Chen Hong accepted Huang as the Spiritual Mech Baby’s name and began designing a device to amplify Mental Power.
• Chen Hong built the first Mental Charging Devices and used them with Huang to create a tiny virtual space displaying “Hello, World!”
• Chen Hong added Heavenly Crystal Stone lenses to the second device, letting users see the virtual interface and exchange messages.
• Chen Hong expanded the network through successive experiments, adding message prompts, new sections, and development tools, then named the finalized goggles the Battle Soul Instrument.
• Three months later, Chen Hong and Huang successfully wove the Suotuo Dream Net above Suotuo City.

Suotuo City expanded rapidly as the Technology Guild prepared to launch its Mental Network, drawing migrants, investors, and powerful factions. While residents anticipated the network’s public opening, Chen Hong developed video features and a reward system to increase the Faith Turbulence he could collect from users.

• The Technology Guild announced that the Suotuo Mental Network would open to the public next week and promoted new devices and factory jobs.
• Hai Ya arrived in Suotuo City and admired its growth, reflecting that investing in the Technology Guild had been the best investment of his life.
• The Technology Guild distributed Sage-Type Soul Guidance Devices to help keep the growing population and incoming Spirit Masters calm.
• Chen Hong told Ning Quan he was adding video and revenue features to the Mental Network to encourage users to spend more traffic.
• Chen Hong planned to anonymously post lewd videos to inspire users to make and watch more content, increasing the Faith Turbulence they sent him.

The Technology Guild activated the Suotuo Mental Network, letting Battle Soul Instrument users access its forums, knowledge base, and videos through Mental Data Traffic. Qian Daoliu visited Chen Hong to try the new technology, and Chen Hong said soul-bone Root Servers could eventually enable communication across regions.

• The Suotuo Mental Network activated across Suotuo City, and Battle Soul Instrument users saw its illusory interface.
• Spirit Masters and wealthy commoners bought all ten thousand Goggle Battle Soul Instruments in less than half an hour, while others complained about missing out.
• Huang’s free announcements explained that users spent recoverable Mental Power as Mental Data Traffic to receive information through the network.
• Qian Daoliu visited Chen Hong, tried a Goggle Battle Soul Instrument, and praised the network’s potential to change life across the continent.
• Chen Hong told Qian Daoliu that enough soul bones used as Root Servers could make cross-regional communication theoretically possible.

Chen Hong explained to Qian Daoliu how Soul Bone Spirits supported his theory that soul rings and soul bones were fundamentally the same. As Suotuo City's Mental Network expanded, Chen Hong realized voluntary payments were generating Faith Turbulence at a dramatically increased rate.

• Qian Daoliu questioned Chen Hong about the Root Server, and Chen Hong explained that it meant a Soul Bone Spirit.
• Qian Daoliu considered Chen Hong’s Three Souls Theory and concluded that the Soul Bone Spirit supported the idea that soul rings and soul bones were fundamentally the same.
• Chen Hong monitored the growing Faith Turbulence in Suotuo City’s Mental Network while relaxing with Kelly’s completed book.
• Chen Hong estimated that the ten thousand Goggle Battle Soul Instruments sold that day could generate Faith Turbulence comparable to ten thousand Fanatic Believers.
• Chen Hong recalled that forcibly extracting Mental Power had produced no Faith Turbulence, but voluntary payments for Mental Data Traffic had caused netizens to contribute it enthusiastically.

Chen Hong explained how faith could benefit gods and how he planned to use the Mental Network to attract believers and develop a knowledge-sharing platform. In his courtyard, Qian Daoliu inferred that Soul Spirits might be created, and Chen Hong confirmed the idea while noting its potential conflict with the Three Realms of Soul Rings.

• Chen Hong reasoned that gods could need faith and compared the Angel God's relationship with mortals to Poseidon's coercive treatment of Sea Soul Beasts.
• Chen Hong explained that he used appealing videos to attract internet users and earn money while aiming to turn the Mental Network into a platform for exchanging knowledge.
• Qian Daoliu asked Chen Hong whether Soul Ring Spirits, or Soul Spirits, could be created by applying the idea of Bone Spirits to Soul Rings.
• Chen Hong confirmed Qian Daoliu's inference and said Soul Spirits might conflict with the Three Realms of Soul Rings.
• Qian Daoliu suggested Chen Hong's Bone Spirit could relate to the Soul Ring Form Realm by changing a Soul Ring's manifested form.

Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu discussed Soul Spirits, soul bones, and the limits of Mental Network computing before Qian Daoliu gave Chen Hong a Space Stone and Spirit Hall’s restricted Martial Soul archives. Qian Daoliu’s interest in Chen Hong’s unusual Psychic Power grew as he questioned whether it was truly a Martial Soul.

• Qian Daoliu deduced that Bone Spirits and Soul Spirits were advanced soul lifeforms, and Chen Hong explained why Soul Spirits could hinder powerful Spirit Masters while still enriching the Soul Master System.
• Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu continued discussing Soul Spirits and soul bones as the Suotuo Mental Network’s initial user demand began to ease.
• Huang appeared beside Chen Hong after working as the Mental Network’s Root Server, and Chen Hong explained that he planned to boost Huang’s computing capacity with Mental Primordial Liquid.
• Qian Daoliu gave Chen Hong a large Space Stone and Spirit Hall’s restricted archives to support his Martial Soul research.
• Qian Daoliu recalled Chen Hong’s Psychic Power and wondered whether it could really be a Martial Soul.

Qian Daoliu discussed the classification of Body Martial Souls with Chen Hong and revealed that Bo Saixi possessed a Sea God martial soul. Chen Hong realized Qian Daoliu’s understanding of the Sea God might explain something about Chen Hong’s own martial soul, and the chapter ended as he prepared to point it out.

• Qian Daoliu explained that Spirit Masters whose martial souls manifested as body parts could lose their martial souls if those parts were severed, and proposed classifying them as Body Martial Souls.
• Qian Daoliu compared Chen Hong’s psychic abilities to an Evil Soul Master’s eye martial soul but concluded that Chen Hong’s intangible power did not fit the known classifications.
• Qian Daoliu demonstrated the Six-Winged Angel and revealed that another God-tier Martial Soul was the Sea God, possessed by the Sea God High Priest Bo Saixi.
• Chen Hong and Kelly were shocked by Qian Daoliu’s account, and Chen Hong asked whether gods could alter other people’s martial souls.
• Chen Hong took a deep breath and asked Qian Daoliu whether he had just mentioned Body Martial Souls.

Chen Hong explained to Qian Daoliu why Bo Saixi’s Sea God Martial Soul differed from the Qian Family’s Six-Winged Angel and revealed that the Sea God had altered her Martial Soul to make her a vessel for His descent. Qian Daoliu recognized the implications, while Chen Hong noted that he could currently alter only his own soul rings.

• Chen Hong pointed out that the Sea God had left no bloodline, making Bo Saixi’s Sea God Martial Soul fundamentally different from Qian Daoliu’s inherited Six-Winged Angel.
• Chen Hong asked what Bo Saixi would become when she used Martial Soul Avatar, leading Qian Daoliu to realize that she would transform into the Sea God Himself.
• Qian Daoliu stopped Chen Hong from continuing after he mentioned a myth about a lifelike statue allowing a deity to descend.
• Qian Daoliu concluded that the Sea God had forcibly altered Bo Saixi’s Martial Soul and set her body as a coordinate for Sea God Descent.
• Qian Daoliu reasoned that if the Sea God perished, Bo Saixi could inherit His divine position directly, and Chen Hong remarked on the strange things the world contained.

Chen Hong refined Faith Turbulence through the Suotuo Mental Network while reading Kelly’s account of the maritime kingdoms, and he calculated how the network could transform Mental Power and Soul Engineer production. By nightfall, the network’s users had mostly gone to sleep, but Chen Hong saw the potential for its output to grow dramatically as more people joined.

• After Chen Hong remarked that the Sea God High Priest had taken on the Sea God’s appearance, Qian Daoliu left Suotuo City, visibly upset.
• Chen Hong read Kelly’s Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms while Kelly watched him from behind an Artificial Reef and wondered whether he would keep his promise to return her to the sea.
• Chen Hong used the Three-No Big Head Doll Huang to refine Mental Data from the Suotuo Mental Network into Mental Primordial Liquid while monitoring Kelly and sensing Qian Daoliu’s presence.
• As night fell, Spirit Masters who had acquired Battle Soul Instruments explored the Suotuo Mental Network until their Mental Power ran out and they fell asleep.
• Chen Hong observed that network activity had dropped overnight and estimated that one million users could produce a drop of Mental Primordial Liquid each day, giving hundreds of people the potential to become Fifth Tier Soul Engineers each year.

Chen Hong realized that his efficient cultivation of Mental Primordial Liquid came from cultivating subscribers and decided to reward his readers. He posted nine virtual photos of Sophie and Soya under a pseudonym, then discovered the post had gone viral and exposed his identity to the women.

• Chen Hong compared his faith-gathering method to a subscription service and decided to give his readers occasional benefits.
• Chen Hong sent two drops of Mental Primordial Liquid to Huang, created the pseudonym Big Fat Chuchu Immortal, and posted nine virtual photos to the Suotuo Mental Network forum.
• Chen Hong sensed the forum traffic surge, and Huang asked whether he feared that the post would expose him.
• Chen Hong checked the post and saw that users were praising the photos while Zhao Wuji accidentally used his real name and then changed it.
• Chen Hong realized the photos depicted Sophie and Soya, and the Master of the Suspended Pot threatened to have her son dox Big Fat Chuchu Immortal.

Hai Ya and the Sea Soul Mercenary Group arrived in a rapidly industrializing Suotuo City, where the new Suotuo Mental Network had drawn the continent’s attention. Hai Ya met Technology Guild president Chen Lin and asked whether Suotuo Shipyard had completed its Soul Guidance Steel Armored Ship.

• Hai Ya and Sai Hun surveyed Suotuo City’s prosperous streets and reflected on how much it had changed.
• The Star Luo Empire tightened its border and questioned Count Suotuo Chen Lin over refugees migrating to the city, but Suotuo’s new Mental Network brought attention from across the continent and eased the pressure.
• Hai Ya and Sai Hun concluded that their group might have found a promising opportunity in Suotuo City.
• Hai Ya met Chen Lin at the Technology Guild headquarters and asked about the completed Soul Guidance Steel Armored Ship.
• The chapter explained that Suotuo Shipyard’s Soul Engineers had combined shipbuilding methods with Soul Guidance technology to create a steel vessel powered by Soul Power.

At Suotuo Shipyard, Barry showed Chen Lin and the Sea Soul Mercenary Group a steel armored ship built with Lightweight Steel and Lightness Engravings. Chen Lin explained how its Soul Engine and steam turbine formed a hybrid propulsion system, and the ship was left unfinished in the dry dock.

• Chen Lin led the Sea Soul Mercenary Group through Suotuo Shipyard and met its director, Barry, the prince of the Balak Kingdom.
• Barry explained that the Iron Smelting Department had developed Lightweight Steel, which was stronger and half the weight of ordinary Hundred Refined Steel.
• Barry described Lightness Engravings, which increased the ship’s theoretical cruising speed by fifty percent but required continuous Soul Power to prevent it from sinking.
• Chen Lin explained that the ship could be propelled by Soul Power fed into its Soul Engines or by coal-fired steam driving a turbine.
• Barry presented the steel armored ship, which was still being fitted with Interlocking Armor and had not yet been completed.