Recaps

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.

Chen Hong confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and revealed that he had come prepared to negotiate over Lan Fuzi. The Demon Whale King asked about Chen Hong’s other proposed approach, and Chen Hong demonstrated a power that could trap even gods within his gaze.

• Chen Hong bowed to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and considered why the God Realm would prevent the whale from completing his path to godhood.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King appeared atop Lan Fuzi and asked Chen Hong how he had found him.
• Chen Hong revealed his Soul Rings, then used Martial Soul Resonance to fuse with Bibi Dong and gain the Spider God Armor.
• The Demon Whale King recognized Chen Hong’s divine soul and asked what he hoped to prove.
• Chen Hong declared that his group could threaten Lan Fuzi, then revealed a black lotus in his eyes and said that only a god could theoretically escape his gaze within twenty kilometers.

Chen Hong confronted the Demon Whale King and explained why he had built the Sea Soul Alliance despite knowing it could bring him into conflict with the gods. He left the Demon Whale King to judge whether he truly understood the king’s desires and was willing to risk his life to protect his allies.

• The Demon Whale King took offense when Chen Hong pointed out that he possessed godlike strength but was not a god.
• Chen Hong told the Demon Whale King that he was certain he knew what the king desired, while recognizing that he had no way to defeat him in a direct fight.
• Chen Hong explained that his Sage-Type Soul Guidance Devices had helped the Orca King unite sea soul beasts into the Sea Soul Alliance.
• Chen Hong admitted that he was selfish but said he would fight even the gods to protect those who had joined his camp.
• Chen Hong recalled that he had entered the ocean despite Sea God Poseidon’s threat because he wanted soul beast resources and hoped to help those around him become gods.

Chen Hong accepted the Demon Whale King’s invitation and discussed the Technology Guild and cultivation systems with him in the deep sea. The Demon Whale King revealed that the God Realm was using the Soul Master System to weaken Soul Beasts without incurring karma, leaving Chen Hong to confront the truth behind his assumptions.

• The Demon Whale King invited Chen Hong to speak with him, and Chen Hong dismissed his armor before approaching Lan Fuzi.
• Chen Hong rode Lan Fuzi into the sea, using Divine Runes and Psychic Power to withstand the water.
• The Demon Whale King revealed that he had investigated the Sea Soul Islands and the Technology Guild.
• Chen Hong explained how the Soul Master System and Soul Ring Divine Marks offered humans new paths for cultivation.
• The Demon Whale King said the Soul Beast and Soul Master systems had originally been one, and that the God Realm used the latter to eliminate Soul Beasts’ influence while avoiding karma.

Chen Hong confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King about his plan to use the Sea Abyss and divine authority to challenge the God Realm. The Demon Whale King warned that two Divine Position Successors had arrived and might be targeting Chen Hong, who resolved to handle the threat himself.

• The Demon Whale King brought Chen Hong and Lan Fuzi to the Sea Abyss, where Chen Hong recognized an unstable Spatial Tunnel below.
• Chen Hong deduced that the Demon Whale King wanted to use the Sea Soul Alliance to unite the ocean’s creatures and open the Sea Abyss Passage.
• The Demon Whale King confirmed that he came from another plane and wanted Chen Hong as his subordinate in a new world.
• The Demon Whale King revealed that a Divine Position Inheritance Examination had descended and that two people were participating.
• Chen Hong suspected the two Divine Position Successors might be sent to kill him, but said he would handle the matter himself and hand the Sea Soul Alliance to the Demon Whale King.

Chen Hong confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King at the Sea Abyss and learned that the king planned to use its spatial passage to challenge the God Realm. The Demon Whale King revealed that two Divine Position Inheritance Examinations had descended, and Chen Hong resolved to handle the possible threat himself.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King brought Chen Hong and Lan Fuzi to the Sea Abyss, where a powerful suction pulled at them.
• Chen Hong explained that he had deduced the king’s plan to use the Sea Soul Alliance to unite the ocean and gain divine authority.
• Chen Hong identified the Sea Abyss as an unstable spatial passage, and the Demon Whale King admitted he came from another plane and distrusted the gods.
• The Demon Whale King said a Divine Position Inheritance Examination had descended and that two people were undergoing divine examinations.
• Chen Hong agreed to hand the Sea Soul Alliance over to the Demon Whale King but said he would deal with the other matters himself.

Chen Hong weighed the Demon Whale King’s offer while recognizing that both the God Realm and the Demon Whale King threatened his plans. Before departing with Lan Fuzi, the Demon Whale King revealed his true form and gave Chen Hong Yin Yang Whale Pearls to help advance his cultivation.

• Chen Hong decided to stay cautious and buy time while the God Realm and the Demon Whale King pursued their own plans.
• The Demon Whale King explained that the God Realm would target Chen Hong and offered the Abyssal Sea Channel as a possible fallback.
• The Demon Whale King revealed that God Kings were limited in how much power they could use in the Douluo Realm.
• The Demon Whale King spat out two Yin Yang Whale Pearls, swallowed them in his true form, and left Chen Hong to comprehend their power.
• Lan Fuzi asked whether Chen Hong could condense Whale Pearls, and the Demon Whale King said Chen Hong would eventually do so as they headed for the Sun Moon Empire.

The Demon Whale King revealed his assimilated Demon Whale True Form to Chen Hong, hoping to help him understand how to form a Martial Soul Avatar. Chen Hong survived the overwhelming vision but was left mentally exhausted, floating at sea as he slowly recovered.

• The Demon Whale King explained that he had been assimilated into a Soul Beast and described how other outsiders, including bloodline-specific insects and the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord, had undergone similar transformations.
• The Demon Whale King revealed that his power had created the Deep Sea Demonic Whale clan and its descendants, including Demon Empress and Lan Fuzi.
• The Demon Whale King showed Chen Hong his Demon Whale True Form so Chen Hong could study it and perhaps learn to condense his own Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Hong's Black Lotus Soul Eye exposed the flaws and Rule Shackles in the Demon Whale True Form, overwhelming his mind and draining his Mental Power.
• Chen Hong surfaced a thousand kilometers from the Black Whale Fleet and drifted beneath the stars for three days while recovering.

Chen Hong discovered that the Black Lotus Soul Eye was draining his mind and soul to analyze the Demon Whale King’s flawed rule model, which revealed clues about the world’s assimilation of him and Martial Soul Origin. As Chen Hong devoted himself to refining the model, the Black Whale Fleet gave up waiting and headed back, expecting the Technology Guild to retaliate.

• Chen Hong drifted across the Demonic Whale Sea Area while his consciousness watched the Demon Whale Rule Model consume his Mental Power and Soul Power inside his Sea of Consciousness Planet.
• Chen Hong realized the Black Lotus Soul Eye could deconstruct the Demon Whale King’s flawed true form because the Demon Whale King was not originally a creature of this world.
• Chen Hong concluded that the Demon Whale Rule Model revealed how the world assimilated the Demon Whale King and defined Martial Soul Origin.
• Chen Hong apologized to his Psychic Martial Soul and meditated to help refine the Demon Whale Rule Model.
• After seven days of waiting, Hai Ya ordered the Black Whale Fleet to return at full speed, while the Orca King anticipated the Technology Guild’s response.

Chen Lin and Qian Daoliu responded to Chen Hong’s disappearance by gathering forces against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. The Suotuo Central Hub “Huang” took control of the Sea Soul Network and began organizing resources, while Chen Lin prepared to explain the Technology Guild’s collective power.

• Chen Lin questioned Hai Ya about Chen Hong’s disappearance and reassured him that Chen Hong would be fine.
• Chen Lin said that a threat no individual could fight required a collective, as Qian Daoliu arrived on Sea Soul Island.
• Qian Daoliu told Chen Lin that his rage over Chen Hong’s disappearance had unexpectedly helped him form a Soul Core.
• Chen Lin said the world had overlooked the power gathered by the Technology Guild.
• Huang joined the Sea Soul Network, took first-central-hub authority, assigned personnel to the “Ice and Fire” and “Combat” projects, and lifted Suotuo Database restrictions.
• Chen Lin began explaining the Technology Guild’s power to Qian Daoliu.

Chen Lin explained that Ye Lingling and Dugu Bo’s Seed of Collapse technology could let mortals kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and prepared to join the coming assault if it refused to cooperate. He and Qian Daoliu believed Chen Hong was still alive because Huang’s sealed mark remained intact, while Chen Lin gathered God-tier materials and a fisherman mistook Yue’er’s catch for a fish until he saw it was a person.

• Chen Lin showed Qian Daoliu the Seed of Collapse technology and said Ye Lingling and Dugu Bo would soon arrive to demonstrate it.
• Chen Lin explained that Dugu Bo’s venom and Ye Lingling’s physical toxin could multiply inside a target and destroy its body, making even a powerful Mortal Beast vulnerable.
• Chen Lin said he would prepare for a group assault if the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King refused to cooperate, then explained that Huang’s sealed mark suggested Chen Hong was alive.
• Chen Lin used his authority to obtain precious God-tier materials and left to make preparations.
• Yue’er proudly told her father she had caught a huge fish, but he realized the catch was a person and told her not to hit it.

Chen Hong drifted to the East Sea off the Sun and Moon Continent, where Xu Hai and Yue Xi mistook his memory loss for the result of a sea-beast fight. As Chen Hong continued cultivating and considered the danger of the Demon Whale King, the chapter left uncertain how the Technology Guild would respond to his disappearance.

• Chen Hong woke in Xu Hai and Yue Xi's boat and apologized for breaking Yue Xi's fishing stick.
• Chen Hong claimed to be a Rank 70 Soul Sage, and Xu Hai and Yue Xi respectfully introduced themselves.
• Xu Hai explained that the boat was in the East Sea and described the Sun and Moon Continent's Sun and Moon Martial Souls and imperial bloodlines.
• Chen Hong realized ocean currents had carried him from the Demonic Whale Sea Area to the Sun and Moon Continent.
• Chen Hong decided not to interrupt his ongoing deconstruction of the Demon Whale model and trusted that the Technology Guild would learn he had left voluntarily.
• Chen Hong recalled Ye Lingling's seed, which might be suited to confronting the Demon Whale King.

Chen Hong arrived at Purple Dragon Village with Yue Xi and discovered that its villagers prepared rotting Blood Food to appease a dangerous tribute that came every three years. As evening fell, he reappeared beside Yue Xi and asked whether she was going home to see what was raising her.

• Chen Hong came ashore on the Sun and Moon Continent with Yue Xi and Xu Hai, then followed them to Purple Dragon Village.
• Yue Xi and Xu Hai handed out fish to the village children while Chen Hong noticed the growing stench of blood and asked Yue Xi about the ritual.
• Yue Xi told Chen Hong that villagers died when there was not enough Blood Food, and Village Chief Xu warned everyone to stay indoors until the tribute ate the rotting offerings.
• Yue Xi received a letter from Ming City informing her that she had made the shortlist to become a Prince's Companion Reader.
• Chen Hong climbed onto the mountain of flesh, disappeared, and later appeared by the shore as Yue Xi prepared to return home, asking what was raising her.

Chen Hong and Yue Xi waited on a rooftop to witness the terror haunting Purple Dragon Village, while Yue Xi’s father remained inside. When the chilling presence stirred, Yue Xi heard its eerie influence and saw an illusion, but Chen Hong remained unaffected and watched the dark forest.

• Yue Xi joined Chen Hong on a rooftop despite Village Chief Xu’s order that she go home, while Xu Hai nervously waited inside.
• Chen Hong explained that the lack of soul-beast activity near the forest suggested a powerful creature had claimed the territory.
• Chen Hong told Yue Xi that Blood Food served as a medium for making fear appear tangible, prompting her to recall the wooden stick she had used against him.
• A cold wind and eerie sound struck Yue Xi, causing her to experience an illusion and wake drenched in cold sweat.
• Chen Hong asked Yue Xi what she had heard and revealed that he could not sense the mental influence, then calmly watched the dark forest.

Chen Hong watched a Big Eyeball Soul Beast emerge from the Holy Spirit Forest and explain the village’s night rules to Yue Xi. After it killed a family for breaking those rules, he urged Yue Xi to establish new rules in Ming City without judging those who followed the old ones.

• Yue Xi told Chen Hong about the terrifying whispers she had heard, and he turned his attention toward the Holy Spirit Forest.
• A Big Eyeball Soul Beast emerged from the forest, and Chen Hong shielded Yue Xi from its gaze with his Divine Mark Robe.
• The Soul Beast crossed Purple Dragon Village, but a boy cried out and drew its attention to his family’s house.
• Chen Hong explained that the village had an agreement with the Mental Soul Beasts and that speaking about them broke a rule; the Soul Beast put the boy and his parents into Eternal slumber.
• Chen Hong advised Yue Xi to establish new rules in Ming City while respecting the rules that had governed the past.

Chen Hong discovered that the Evil Eye Soul Beast carried leftover flesh into Holy Spirit Forest for other Soul Beasts, then left Yue Xi and traveled to Ming City and other parts of the Sun and Moon Continent. While waiting for his Seventh Soul Ring to form, he investigated local legends and arrived at a mist-covered valley tied to the fallen God of Love.

• Chen Hong explained to Yue Xi that the Evil Eye Soul Beast fed on fear and carried leftover flesh into the forest for other Soul Beasts.
• Chen Hong gave Yue Xi his Divine Mark Robe for protection, then disappeared beneath the moonlight as she thanked him.
• Chen Hong followed the Evil Eye Soul Beast and saw it scatter flesh for other Soul Beasts before meeting an Evil Eye Tyrant.
• Chen Hong traveled to Ming City, examined its Soul Tools and eye-like national emblem, and wondered about the history of Soul Mark Civilization.
• Chen Hong toured important cities and learned legends about fallen gods before climbing toward the Valley of Asking Love and reflecting on the number of gods who had fallen on Douluo Star.