Chapter Summaries

Wang Chen challenged Wang Teng and used his Soul Tools, Soul Skills, and secretly enhanced strength to defeat the higher-ranked Soul Elder. The arena fell silent as Wang Teng lost to a Soul Grandmaster.

• Wang Chen accepted Wang Teng's challenge, and Wang Yuan cleared the Martial Arts Arena for their duel.
• Wang Chen secretly used the Ring Tempering Secret Art while activating his two Soul Skills, then charged at Wang Teng with his Soul Tool thruster.
• Wang Teng fired dark-red energy from his cannon, but Wang Chen dodged the attacks and closed the distance.
• Wang Teng unleashed his third Soul Skill against Wang Chen's spear, but Wang Chen matched his strength and countered with a strike to his abdomen.
• Wang Chen smashed Wang Teng in the face with his spear, knocking him unconscious and leaving the arena stunned.

Wang Chen defeated Wang Teng and challenged the Wang Family's younger generation to establish himself as their strongest member. Wang Mengting accepted, but Wang Chen struck her before she could land an attack.

• Wang Chen knocked Wang Teng unconscious, shocking the Wang Family and impressing Elder Wang Yuan.
• Wang Chen reflected that his technique, combat experience, and perception had overcome Wang Teng despite their nearly equal raw strength.
• After Wang Teng was carried away for treatment, Wang Chen challenged the younger Wang Family members, but none responded at first.
• Wang Mengting stepped forward, hoping Wang Chen was exhausted, and Elder Wang Yuan offered Wang Chen a chance to rest.
• Wang Chen declined to rest, rushed past Wang Mengting's missed attacks, and slammed his spear shaft into her abdomen.

Wang Chen won the Wang Family Competition and received a secret family reward: a Soul Bone. As he opened the box at home, the Black Book inside his soul stirred.

• Wang Chen defeated Wang Mengting, and the Wang Family members conceded the competition to him.
• Wang Yuan declared Wang Chen the winner and led him to the Treasure Vault to claim his reward.
• The Wang Family's Soul Sage gave Wang Chen a sealed reward and warned him to keep it secret.
• Wang Chen opened the box at home and discovered a Soul Bone, causing the Black Book in his soul to stir.

Wang Chen discovered that the Black Book had recovered enough to unlock a Crystal Mark that could deduce and refine recorded skills, and he used it to create a far more effective cultivation technique. The Wang Family rewarded him for his competition victory, while Wang Chen began exploring the Black Book’s expanded abilities and wondered what had triggered its recovery.

• Wang Chen found the Black Book's Crystal Mark and used it to refine his Meditation Method into the more powerful Meridian Opening Skill, but the process exhausted his Spiritual Power.
• Wang Yuan reported Wang Chen's victory over Wang Teng to Wang Yan, who granted Wang Chen the Young Master Token, raised his monthly allowance to 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, and assigned him the family's highest-tier support and a squad of guards.
• After waking, Wang Chen cultivated with the Meridian Opening Skill and found it at least twice as efficient as his old technique, though he could not afford to refine it again with his depleted Spiritual Power.
• Wang Chen tested the Crystal Mark on other abilities overnight and found that combat techniques had significant room for improvement while Soul Ring skills had little potential.
• At sunrise, Wang Chen remembered the thousand-year soul bone he had set aside and wondered why the Black Book had suddenly recovered.

After winning the Family Competition, Wang Chen resolved to become the Wang Family patriarch so he could raise his standing, restore the Black Book, and control his own destiny. The family rewarded him with exceptional resources and protection, and he prepared to bid on the Gold of Life at the upcoming auction.

• Wang Chen concluded that increasing his status could accelerate the Black Book's recovery and set his first goal as becoming the Wang Family patriarch.
• Wang Chen planned to build strength and wait for Wang Yan's involvement in the princes' struggle to bring the Wang Family into trouble, giving him a chance to take the patriarch's position.
• Wang Chen learned that the Sun and Moon Auction House would sell the Soul Devouring Carving Knife made from Life Gold, and resolved to obtain it.
• Wang Yuan brought Wang Chen costly cultivation meals, presented him with the Young Master Token, raised his monthly allowance to 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, and assigned him guards.
• Wang Chen withdrew his allowance, borrowed additional money from Meng Hongchen through the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, and spent the next seven days cultivating while awaiting the auction.

After seven days of rapid cultivation and refining his Ring Tempering techniques, Wang Chen went to the Sun and Moon Auction House to buy the Soul Devouring Carving Knife. He secretly sent his guards away and won the knife for its 100,000 Gold Soul Coin starting price.

• Wang Chen’s cultivation advanced toward Rank 30, and the Black Book’s Crystal Mark improved his Ring Tempering technique, reducing its side effects and enabling Ring Burst.
• Wang Chen borrowed 100,000 Gold Soul Coins from Meng Hongchen, who gave him a gold card containing one million, bringing his funds to 1.1 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Chen arrived at the Sun and Moon Auction House in disguise and paid for an anonymous private room.
• Wang Chen sent his two guards to run errands so they would not learn about his planned purchase of the infamous Soul Devouring Carving Knife.
• When the Soul Devouring Carving Knife received no bids, Wang Chen offered 100,000 Gold Soul Coins and bought it.

Wang Chen bought the Soul Devouring Carving Knife and tried to devise a way to purify its curse, but his Black Book experiment failed. He decided to seek Ye Guyi, whose Angel Martial Soul could cleanse the blade, and planned to use his family’s connections to find her.

• Wang Chen won the Soul Devouring Carving Knife for 100,000 Gold Soul Coins and completed the purchase at the Sun and Moon Auction House.
• Wang Chen returned to the Wang Family and examined the blade without infusing it with Soul Power or Spiritual Power.
• Wang Chen spent the night trying to invent a purification skill for the Black Book, but it did not recognize his creation.
• Wang Chen abandoned his plan to purify the curse himself and recalled that Ye Guyi had an Angel Martial Soul.
• Wang Chen decided to contact the Ordinary Alliance through the Wang Family’s connections to learn Ye Guyi’s whereabouts.

Wang Chen found Ye Guyi and arranged to meet her by stepping in when Sun Yu harassed her. Ye Guyi left with Wang Chen’s help, while Wang Chen hoped their encounter would lead to a friendship.

• Steward Zhang gave Wang Chen information locating Ye Guyi in Mingdu and received fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for his work.
• Wang Chen learned that Ye Guyi was connected to Zhao Yurou and decided to observe her before asking for help removing the curse from his Soul Devouring Carving Knife.
• Wang Chen watched Ye Guyi’s routine and saw Sun Yu repeatedly pester her with a confession and roses.
• Wang Chen confronted Sun Yu, and Ye Guyi backed him up by saying Sun Yu was unworthy of her.
• Wang Chen warned Sun Yu not to keep harassing Ye Guyi, then let her leave; Sun Yu’s guards refused to stop her.

Ye Guyi returned to the Ordinary Alliance Stronghold and learned from Zhao Yurou to keep her Angel Martial Soul hidden until she was strong enough to face Evil Soul Masters. Meanwhile, Sun Yu went to the Hongchen Family to interfere with Wang Chen, and Jing Hongchen heard that Wang Chen was courting another woman.

• Sun Yu drove away his guards after they refused to risk opposing Wang Chen, then decided to tell the Hongchen Family that Wang Chen was spending time with another woman.
• Ye Guyi reached the Ordinary Alliance Stronghold and found Zhao Yurou injured after a fight against the Xishui Alliance.
• Ye Guyi told Zhao Yurou how Wang Chen had stopped Sun Yu from harassing her, then reported that her Soul Power had reached level thirty-two.
• Zhao Yurou warned Ye Guyi to conceal her Angel Martial Soul and wait until she reached the Soul Sage realm before hunting Evil Soul Masters.
• After Ye Guyi left, Zhao Yurou worried that powerful figures might be tolerating or cooperating with the Evil Soul Masters in the Xishui Alliance.
• At the Hongchen Family, Jing Hongchen heard his butler report that Wang Chen was courting another woman.

Jing Hongchen arranged for Meng Hongchen to hear a false rumor that Wang Chen liked another girl, hoping to turn her against him. Instead, Meng Hongchen grew jealous and demanded to meet Wang Chen and investigate Ye Guyi, leaving Jing Hongchen to promise an inquiry.

• Jing Hongchen read the steward’s detailed report and ordered him to plant a rumor that Wang Chen was flirting with Ye Guyi.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen went shopping, where staged gossip claimed Wang Chen had fought Sun Yu over Ye Guyi.
• Meng Hongchen became furious and left the shopping street with Xiao Hongchen to seek help from Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen learned that Meng Hongchen believed the rumor and cried because he had kept her from seeing Wang Chen.
• Jing Hongchen soothed Meng Hongchen by saying the gossip might be false, and she asked him to find Ye Guyi so she could question her.

Jing Hongchen agreed to give Meng Hongchen information on Ye Guyi, while deciding to stop interfering in his granddaughter’s love life. Wang Chen broke through to level thirty, befriended Ye Guyi, and sparred with her as Meng Hongchen secretly watched them.

• Jing Hongchen told his steward to give Meng Hongchen information on Ye Guyi in three days and resolved to let his granddaughter handle her own romance.
• Meng Hongchen decided to secretly observe Ye Guyi and Wang Chen, determined to win Wang Chen back if they were together.
• Sun Jing beat Sun Yu for provoking Wang Chen and involving the Hongchen Family, then confined him at home and ordered him to cultivate.
• Wang Chen broke through to level thirty and decided to strengthen his body with the Gold of Life before absorbing his third Soul Ring.
• After seven days of effort, Wang Chen became friends with Ye Guyi and sparred with her using Soul Tools, while Meng Hongchen secretly watched them.

After Meng Hongchen saw Wang Chen sparring and chatting with Ye Guyi, jealousy drove her to interrupt them. Wang Chen reassured Meng Hongchen that she was the person he loved most, and she left after kissing his cheek.

• Wang Chen and Ye Guyi finished their sparring match in a draw and sat down to discuss their combat techniques.
• Meng Hongchen rushed into Ye Guyi’s home, questioned her relationship with Wang Chen, and learned that Wang Chen introduced her as his childhood sweetheart and the person he loved most.
• Ye Guyi accepted Wang Chen’s apology and offer to share his combat techniques, then encouraged him to accompany Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen confronted Wang Chen privately about Ye Guyi, and he soothed her jealousy by embracing her and promising she was the most important person to him.
• Meng Hongchen told Wang Chen that her grandfather now allowed them to meet privately, kissed his cheek, and ran off; Wang Chen resolved to seek her hand once he became powerful enough.

Wang Chen gave Ye Guyi a combat manual and maneuvered her into borrowing the Soul Devouring Carving Knife so she could purify its evil curse. She purified it and returned the transformed knife to him, leaving Wang Chen with the purified carving knife he needed to obtain the Gold of Life.

• Number Three watched Meng Hongchen leave Wang Chen and followed after her, while Wang Chen headed home to prepare combat techniques for Ye Guyi.
• Wang Chen visited Ye Guyi and gave her his combat manual, earning her promise to help him if he ever faced trouble.
• Wang Chen showed Ye Guyi the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, and she eagerly asked to borrow it so she could purify its evil intent and curses.
• Ye Guyi purified the knife with her sacred power, destroyed the lingering evil presence, and gained sacred energy that promised to strengthen her cultivation.
• Ye Guyi returned the transformed carving knife to Wang Chen, then went into seclusion as he carried it home.

Wang Chen absorbed a controlled amount of the Gold of Life, transforming his body and spiritual power and raising his aptitude. The next day, he traveled with two Soul Sage elders to the Jingyang Mountain Range, where he prepared to attempt to absorb a powerful golden giant tiger’s Soul Ring.

• Wang Chen used the Gold of Life to strengthen his body, expel impurities, and expand and purify his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Black Book warned Wang Chen before he absorbed too much Life Force, so he stored the Gold of Life and examined his improved physique and spiritual power.
• Wang Chen told his parents that he had reached level thirty, and the family sent Wang Yuan and Wang Xiaoming to escort him to the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Wang Chen told Wang Yuan that he wanted an offensive Soul Beast for his third Soul Ring, and they found a golden giant tiger with a cultivation exceeding five thousand years.
• Wang Chen insisted that his improved physique and family resources would let him attempt to absorb the golden giant tiger’s Soul Ring.

Wang Chen successfully absorbed a five-thousand-year Soul Ring, gained the Condense Soul Skill, and spent the next three years cultivating and preparing for future events. The chapter ended with Emperor Xu Jing naming Xu Tianran Crown Prince of the Sun and Moon Empire.

• Wang Chen convinced Wang Yuan and Wang Xiaoming that he could absorb the Golden Giant Tiger's five-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Wang Xiaoming subdued the beast.
• Wang Chen killed the Golden Giant Tiger and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching Rank 32 and gaining the Condense Soul Skill.
• Wang Chen returned to Mingdu, crafted and upgraded Soul Tools, and used Ring Tempering to raise his strength to the Soul Ancestor level.
• Wang Chen spent three years cultivating, crafting Soul Tools, planning ahead, and making time for Meng Hongchen.
• At the grand court assembly, Emperor Xu Jing declared Xu Tianran the Crown Prince of the Sun and Moon Empire.

Xu Tianran became Crown Prince of the Sun and Moon Empire after Emperor Xu Jing declared his choice, leaving his rival princes to conceal their resentment and adapt to the result. After the court assembly, Xu Tianran celebrated with his supporters and promised them power and wealth when he became emperor.

• Emperor Xu Jing named Xu Tianran Crown Prince, and the officials supporting him celebrated while Wang Yan watched with cold indifference.
• Xu Tianyu congratulated Xu Tianran while privately vowing to endure and wait for another chance, and Xu Tianshi also offered congratulations despite hating him.
• Xu Tianran accepted his father's counsel and the court's homage, then attended the rest of the assembly.
• Back at his residence, Xu Tianran laughed over his victory and imagined strengthening the empire, conquering the Douluo Three Kingdoms, and renaming the continent.
• Xu Tianran met with his ministers, promised them power and wealth after his ascension, and received their pledge of loyalty.

After Xu Tianran became Crown Prince, Xu Tianyu and his allies decided to assassinate him before his power grew further. At the Ordinary Alliance branch, Wang Chen learned of the succession and anticipated the assassination, revealing how greatly his strength and influence had grown.

• Song Zhan warned Xu Tianyu that Xu Tianran’s growing power would soon make opposing him far more difficult.
• Wang Yan and Song Zhan urged Xu Tianyu to act quickly, and Song Zhan proposed assassinating the Crown Prince.
• Song Peng objected that a failed assassination would doom the family, but Song Zhan argued they could conceal their involvement and use scapegoats.
• Xu Tianyu decided to kill Xu Tianran, and Wang Yan, Song Zhan, and Song Peng pledged to support him.
• At the Ordinary Alliance branch, Wang Chen read that Xu Tianran had become Crown Prince and predicted an assassination was near.
• Wang Chen revealed that he had become a six-ring Soul Emperor, reached Soul Douluo-level Spiritual Power, mastered World Domination, and risen to a senior position in the Ordinary Alliance.

Over three years, Wang Chen became a Level Sixty-Three Soul Emperor by combining diligent cultivation, the Black Book’s techniques, and the Gold of Life’s vitality. He gained three powerful replacement soul rings and a teleportation skill, while the dangers of replacing stronger rings remained ahead.

• Wang Chen’s Meridian Opening Skill let him cultivate Soul Power far faster than ordinary soul masters, though cultivation alone would not have made him a Soul Emperor within three years.
• After reaching Soul Sage-level Spiritual Power, Wang Chen used the Black Book to derive a soul ring replacement technique that could remove old rings but inflicted severe harm.
• Wang Chen carefully removed his first three soul rings, suffering grave injuries when he stripped away the five-thousand-year third ring, and decided his body was not ready to replace his ten-thousand-year fourth ring.
• The Gold of Life healed Wang Chen, and after he found matching soul beasts, he absorbed three rings exceeding twenty thousand years and broke through to Soul Emperor.
• Wang Chen reached Soul Power Level sixty-three with six soul skills, including the Fourth Soul Skill Flash, which let his Artifact Spirit Martial Soul teleport him up to fifty meters.

Wang Chen assessed his new teleportation, spiritual-strike, and blood-burning Soul Skills and reviewed the abilities he had developed over three years. As he prepared to confront the Xishui Alliance, he transformed his six black Soul Rings into seven rings.

• Wang Chen was pleased that his Fourth Soul Skill granted teleportation, and he examined the guaranteed-hit spiritual attack of his Fifth Soul Skill, Soul.
• Wang Chen tested his Sixth Soul Skill, Burn, finding that greater blood and vitality costs sharply increased a weapon's attack power but weakened him afterward.
• Wang Chen improved the Meridian Opening Skill, combat techniques, and Soul Tool crafting, and learned Mu En's World Domination Battle Skill.
• Wang Chen judged that his combined Battle Skill and Soul Skills could let him defeat powerful Soul Sages, while Ring Burst could help him face a Soul Douluo at great cost.
• A subordinate warned Wang Chen that people from the Xishui Alliance had arrived, and Wang Chen rose and changed his Soul Rings into a seven-ring configuration.

Wang Chen, disguised as the Ordinary Alliance branch chief Song Yu, faced pressure from the Xishui Alliance’s Zhang Ming over lost customers and a demand for five million Gold Soul Coins. Wang Chen challenged Zhang Ming to a duel for the money and his Soul Tools, and Zhang Ming’s anger rose as he prepared to respond.

• Wang Chen used his Golden Soul Tool Ring to disguise his Soul Rings and left his office after learning that Zhang Ming had arrived to demand compensation.
• Wang Chen dismissed Zhang Ming’s demand and went with the female steward to confront him at the branch entrance.
• Zhang Ming explained that Song Yu’s thriving business had drained his customers and left him struggling to meet the Xishui Alliance’s revenue quota.
• Wang Chen challenged Zhang Ming to a fight, offering five million Gold Soul Coins if he lost and demanding all of Zhang Ming’s Soul Tools if Zhang Ming lost.
• Zhang Ming grew furious at Wang Chen’s taunts and judged that the unknown branch chief was no match for his level-seventy-six Soul Sage strength.