Chapter Summaries

Ye Guyi accepted Zhao Yurou’s encouragement to pursue Wang Chen, while Zhao Yurou recovered enough to plan a meeting with him. Days later, Ye Guyi visited Wang Chen with Zhao Yurou, who quietly assessed the young man.

• Zhao Yurou urged Ye Guyi to pursue Wang Chen despite his girlfriend, and Ye Guyi resolved to fight for his affection.
• Zhao Yurou asked Ye Guyi to take her to meet Wang Chen once she had recovered from her injuries.
• Shangguan Wei'er visited Zhao Yurou, gave her five million Gold Soul Coins and healing pills, and invited Ye Guyi to join the Ordinary Alliance, but Ye Guyi declined.
• Ye Guyi helped Zhao Yurou refine a healing pill, and Zhao Yurou said they would visit Wang Chen after her injuries improved.
• Wang Chen cultivated through the night, then learned Ye Guyi was waiting to see him and went to the reception hall.
• Wang Chen greeted Ye Guyi and noticed Zhao Yurou standing behind her, smiling as she studied him.

Ye Guyi reunited with Wang Chen while her Aunt Zhao Yurou sized him up and encouraged their match in her thoughts. Wang Chen led them into the Wang Family’s central district, where they realized his new home reflected his rise to clan leader, and First Elder Wang Lu saw him with the two women.

• Wang Chen politely met Zhao Yurou, whom he recognized from his past, while keeping their previous acquaintance hidden.
• Zhao Yurou approved of Wang Chen and privately imagined him and Ye Guyi having children together, while Ye Guyi struggled to think of how to approach him.
• Wang Chen invited Zhao Yurou and Ye Guyi to his home and led them toward the center of the Wang Family Residence.
• Ye Guyi and Zhao Yurou assumed Wang Chen had moved to a better home, but Zhao Yurou sensed his status was far higher as they entered the district where the Soul Sage elders lived.
• First Elder Wang Lu saw Wang Chen with Zhao Yurou and Ye Guyi and mistakenly thought the clan leader enjoyed keeping women.

Wang Chen brought Ye Guyi and Zhao Yurou to the Wang Family’s central residence and revealed that he was its patriarch. His strength and position stunned both women as he welcomed them into the main hall.

• The First Elder, Wang Lu, bowed to Wang Chen and left after misunderstanding his meeting with Ye Guyi and Zhao Yurou.
• Zhao Yurou tried to probe Wang Chen with her Spiritual Power, but an invisible barrier repelled it, leaving her unable to judge his strength.
• Wang Chen led Ye Guyi and Zhao Yurou to the Wang Family’s grand central residence, where Ye Guyi asked if it was his new home.
• Wang Chen said he was the Wang Family’s patriarch, shocking Ye Guyi and Zhao Yurou.
• Wang Chen opened the main hall’s doors and invited Ye Guyi and Zhao Yurou inside.

Wang Chen revealed to Ye Guyi and Zhao Yurou that he had defeated Wang Yan and become the Wang Family's patriarch, impressing them with his strength. After learning that Zhao Yurou had been gravely injured and lost her cultivation, Wang Chen invited her and Ye Guyi to stay with the Wang Family.

• Wang Chen explained that he had defeated Wang Yan and succeeded him as the Wang Family's patriarch.
• Wang Chen demonstrated his powerful Spiritual Power, convincing Zhao Yurou and Ye Guyi of his strength.
• Ye Guyi teased Wang Chen for holding back during their sparring, and he joked that he would not go easy on her next time.
• Zhao Yurou noticed Wang Chen's feelings for Ye Guyi and decided he would be a worthy person for her to rely on.
• Wang Chen learned that Zhao Yurou's meridians had been severed in a fight with a Soul Sage Evil Soul Master from the Xishui Alliance, and he invited her and Ye Guyi to stay at the Wang Family.

Ye Guyi settled into Wang Chen's home, hoping that living near him would help her win his affection. After finding him soaking in a Medicinal Bath, she pushed his maids aside and took over his massage, leaving the two alone together.

• Ye Guyi happily explored her guest room and decided that staying at Wang Chen's home would make it easier and safer to pursue him.
• After finishing cultivation, Wang Chen prepared a Medicinal Bath and relaxed in it while his maids massaged him.
• Ye Guyi entered Wang Chen's room, blushed at his exposed physique, and grew jealous of the maids touching him.
• Ye Guyi shoved the maids aside and offered to massage Wang Chen as payment for her rent.
• Wang Chen accepted, and Ye Guyi massaged his shoulders while he praised her technique.

Wang Chen absorbed the medicinal power in the bath while Ye Guyi secretly massaged his chest and abs, then caught her wandering hands and teased her. After Ye Guyi ran off, Wang Chen reflected that he wanted both her and Meng Hongchen, and warned his maids to treat Ye Guyi as an honored guest.

• Ye Guyi grew bolder as she massaged Wang Chen, moving her hands from his back to his chest and abs while he absorbed the Medicinal Bath’s power.
• Wang Chen opened his eyes, caught Ye Guyi’s hands, and teased her about her increasingly skilled massage.
• Ye Guyi made an excuse for touching him, ignored the maids’ insults, and blushed when Wang Chen played with her hand before running off.
• Wang Chen thought that Meng Hongchen would be his principal wife but decided he wanted Ye Guyi as well.
• Wang Chen left the bath, warned the maids to respect Ye Guyi as his friend and guest, and went to rest.

Ye Guyi considered Zhao Yurou’s advice about Wang Chen’s future romantic rivals, then committed herself to becoming stronger rather than sharing him. Three days later, Wang Chen and the Wang Family elders gathered to discuss an attack on their goods, and Wang Chen scrutinized the wounded elder who reported it.

• Ye Guyi blushed as she remembered visiting Wang Chen, and Zhao Yurou teased her about living in his home.
• Zhao Yurou warned Ye Guyi that Wang Chen’s talent and status would attract many women, and advised her to tolerate them and stand by his side.
• Ye Guyi rejected the idea of sharing Wang Chen and vowed to cultivate, surpass him, and win his affection for herself.
• Three days later, the Wang Family elders told Wang Chen that bandits had intercepted a shipment of rare metals and severely wounded the Tenth Elder.
• Wang Yan questioned why a Soul Sage had become a bandit, while Wang Chen narrowed his eyes at the wounded Tenth Elder.

Wang Chen discovered that an Evil Soul Master had planted Blue-Black Maggots inside Tenth Elder, revealing the bandit attack as part of a scheme against the Wang Family. He decided to stop lying low and use the culprit behind the plot to make his debut.

• Wang Chen and Wang Yan suspected that the bandits had deliberately let the injured Tenth Elder escape to lure out the Wang Family’s powerhouses.
• As the elders argued over whether to seek revenge or investigate, Wang Chen used his martial soul’s Source Power to examine Tenth Elder.
• Wang Chen discovered strange Blue-Black Maggots inside Tenth Elder and concluded that a powerful Evil Soul Master had secretly targeted him.
• Wang Chen suspected the Holy Spirit Cult was behind the scheme and considered whether Xu Tianshi or Xu Tianran had allied with it.
• Wang Chen resolved to reveal his strength and use the Evil Soul Master behind the maggots as a stepping stone to make a name for himself.

Masked Douluo prepared to destroy the Wang Family on Zhongli Wu’s orders, planning an assassination while the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion was far away. After a week of preparation, he arrived at the Wang Family estate and began his attack.

• Masked Douluo monitored the Wang Family’s meeting through maggots planted in the Tenth Elder and learned that the family had two Soul Douluo and more than ten Soul Sages.
• Masked Douluo grew puzzled when he saw a young man sitting in the patriarch’s seat, but remained confident he could defeat the Wang Family.
• After the Wang Family meeting ended, Masked Douluo decided to complete his preparations and wait for a safer opportunity to strike.
• A week later, Masked Douluo arrived at the Wang Family estate while the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion was at its farthest point from the family.
• Masked Douluo declared that he would wipe out the Wang Family and prepared to assassinate Wang Yan, Wang Lu, and the other elders.

Wang Chen lured the Masked Douluo into the Wang family estate, where he prepared an ambush and confronted the Titled Douluo with Wang Yan and Wang Lu. After activating his Ring Burst Secret Technique, Wang Chen destroyed the Masked Douluo’s Magic Maggot and then activated his Spirit Domain.

• Wang Chen detected the Masked Douluo entering his transformed estate and told Wang Yan and Wang Lu that the enemy had arrived.
• Wang Lu reported that the Soul Tool defensive formation and clan members were ready, while Wang Yan confirmed the elders would harass the intruder from a distance.
• The Masked Douluo approached Wang Yan’s palace, but twelve pillars of Soul Power formed an energy net around him, and Wang Chen, Wang Yan, and Wang Lu confronted him.
• The Masked Douluo dismissed the three as weak and attacked with mental Soul Skills, forcing Wang Yan and Wang Lu to retreat and use long-range Soul Tools.
• Wang Chen burst his first and second Soul Rings, pierced the Masked Douluo’s Magic Maggot with his spear, and activated his Spirit Domain.

Wang Chen used his Spirit Domain and Soul Tool spear to battle Masked Douluo in the Wang Family estate, drawing the attention of Mingdu’s Soul Engineers and military forces. He killed Masked Douluo before they could intervene, then announced his name to the stunned onlookers.

• Wang Chen expanded his Spirit Domain across the Wang Family estate, strengthening himself while suppressing Masked Douluo.
• Masked Douluo transformed into his Maggot Avatar and attacked Wang Chen, but Wang Chen’s spear strike wounded him and destroyed his swarm of maggots.
• Soul Engineers gathered outside the domain as the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, led by Xu Tianyuan, and Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin arrived.
• Masked Douluo unleashed his ninth soul skill, Maggot World Extinction, while Wang Chen burned his vitality, detonated his sixth soul ring, and used Flash to evade the attack.
• Wang Chen struck Masked Douluo apart, destroyed his remaining head, and declared, “Wang Chen of the Wang Family!”

After Wang Chen killed a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master who attacked the Wang Family, news of his feat spread through Mingdu. Ye Yulin and Xu Tianyuan reported the battle to Emperor Xu Jing, who learned that Wang Chen was a Soul Emperor under fifteen and left astonished by the young powerhouse.

• Wang Chen became famous after Soul Engineers witnessed him kill a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master attacking the Wang Family.
• Ye Yulin and Xu Tianyuan investigated the attack and went to the palace to report it to Xu Jing.
• Xu Jing considered the Holy Spirit Cult’s interference in the princes’ struggle for the Crown Prince Position and planned to warn the cult.
• Xu Jing asked which Ninth Level Soul Engineer had killed the Evil Soul Master, and Ye Yulin identified Wang Chen instead.
• Xu Tianyuan recounted the battle, and Xu Jing accepted that Wang Chen had truly killed a Titled Douluo-level enemy as a Soul Emperor under fifteen.

After learning of Wang Chen's extraordinary talent, Xu Jing worried that he might not remain loyal to the Sun and Moon Empire and decided to bind him to the imperial family through marriage. He chose his daughter Xu Tianzhen as Wang Chen's bride and ordered Wang Chen summoned to an audience the next day.

• Xu Jing considered Kong Deming's importance to the empire and feared no one would succeed him after his death.
• Xu Jing decided Wang Chen's talent could become a threat unless he secured the young man's loyalty to the imperial family.
• Xu Jing chose his daughter Xu Tianzhen as a suitable wife for Wang Chen and resolved to marry them.
• Xu Jing ordered an imperial decree summoning Wang Chen to meet him at noon the next day.

Xu Tianzhen returned to the Imperial Palace after her father ordered her home, then learned that he had arranged for her to meet an outstanding young man. She protested that she was too young for a blind date.

• A palace official told Xu Tianzhen that Emperor Xu Jing had ordered her to return to the Imperial Palace that night.
• Xu Tianzhen initially refused, but agreed when the official said she could use force to take her back.
• Xu Tianzhen returned to the palace and greeted her mother, then asked why her father had summoned her.
• Her mother revealed that Emperor Xu Jing wanted her to meet an outstanding young man the next day.
• Xu Tianzhen panicked and protested that she did not want a blind date.

After Wang Chen killed a Titled Douluo Evil Soul Master, the news shook Mingdu and drew the attention of princes and Zhongli Wu. While Wang Chen recovered in the guarded noble district, the Emperor summoned him to the palace for an audience the next day.

• Xu Tianyu celebrated Wang Chen’s victory and ordered a lavish gift sent to the Wang Family, while Xu Tianran and Xu Tianshi reacted with anger and dismay.
• Zhongli Wu learned that Wang Chen had killed Masked Douluo and feared the young fighter’s potential, then left to head for the Wang Family Residence.
• Ye Yulin and Xu Tianyuan helped Wang Chen move his family to a heavily guarded district near the imperial city.
• Wang Chen assessed his strength after the battle and concluded he could defeat ordinary Titled Douluo and Ninth Level Soul Engineers.
• A eunuch delivered the Emperor’s decree summoning Wang Chen to the Imperial Palace at noon the next day, and Wang Chen began preparing for the audience.

Wang Chen prepared for his audience with Emperor Xu Jing, planning to hide his ambition behind the image of a sincere cultivation fanatic. Ju Zi disguised herself as a maid to get close to him and advise him, hoping to earn his support for her revenge against the White Tiger Duke.

• Wang Chen declared the Wang Family’s new ancestral grounds and received the clan members’ fervent loyalty.
• Ju Zi concluded that Wang Chen could help her avenge the White Tiger Duke and resolved to advise him before his audience with Xu Jing.
• Wang Chen decided to act simple-minded and devoted to cultivation so Xu Jing would not view him as a threat.
• Ju Zi paid the maids to let her replace one of them and entered Wang Chen’s bedroom disguised as Zhang Ju.
• Wang Chen accepted the replacement maid and let the maids begin preparing his Medicinal Bath.

Ju Zi earned Wang Chen’s trust by warning him about Emperor Xu Jing’s taboos before his palace audience, and he accepted her as a follower. Zhongli Wu abandoned his assassination plan after learning the Wang Family had moved to Mingdu’s heavily guarded noble district, while Xu Tianzhen saw Wang Chen arrive and eagerly reconsidered her blind date.

• Ju Zi revealed her identity and shared what she knew about Xu Jing’s taboos, and Wang Chen accepted her as one of his followers.
• Ju Zi and Ye Guyi argued after Ju Zi left Wang Chen’s room, and Ye Guyi vowed to make her a personal maid if she became Wang Chen’s wife.
• Zhongli Wu learned the Wang Family had moved to Mingdu’s highest-ranking nobles’ district and decided to return to the Holy Spirit Cult to plan with his allies.
• Xu Jing reviewed intelligence about Wang Chen as Xu Tianzhen complained about being matched for marriage.
• Wang Chen arrived at the Imperial Garden, and Xu Tianzhen was struck by his appearance and changed her mind about the blind date.

Wang Chen met Emperor Xu Jing in the Imperial Garden and impressed him with his insight into Martial Soul cultivation, leading Xu Jing to see him as a future pillar of the Sun and Moon Empire. Xu Jing introduced Wang Chen to Princess Xu Tianzhen and encouraged them to grow closer, leaving Wang Chen wary of the emperor’s sudden request to look after her.

• Wang Chen met Xu Jing and concealed his ambitions by acting like a reserved, cultivation-focused young genius.
• Xu Jing questioned Wang Chen and was impressed by his knowledge of cultivating Soul Power and uncovering a Martial Soul’s potential.
• Xu Jing praised Wang Chen as a possible future Limit Douluo who could fill the Sun and Moon Empire’s gap in Soul Master cultivation.
• Xu Tianzhen watched Wang Chen with admiration, while Xu Jing noticed her interest.
• Xu Jing introduced Xu Tianzhen to Wang Chen and asked him to look after her; she invited him to tour the Imperial Garden.

Wang Chen spent the day with Xu Tianzhen, sparred with her, and taught her a cultivation technique while Xu Jing and the noble consort tested whether he would accept a match with their daughter. Wang Chen agreed to the political marriage in all but name, and Xu Jing rewarded him with a Soul Bone and promised him a dukedom and entry to the Palace Worship Hall.

• Xu Tianzhen eagerly led Wang Chen through the Imperial Garden, then asked him to teach her Soul Master cultivation.
• At the Martial Arts Arena, Xu Tianzhen attacked Wang Chen with her Sun Martial Soul, but he effortlessly blocked her Soul Skills and defeated her.
• Wang Chen taught Xu Tianzhen a technique for concentrating and releasing Soul Power, and she declared him her teacher.
• Xu Jing and the noble consort asked Wang Chen what he thought of Xu Tianzhen, and he praised her while concealing his thoughts about their intended political match.
• Xu Jing rewarded Wang Chen with a fifty-thousand-year Sea-Cleaving Demon Dragon torso Soul Bone and promised to make him a duke and admit him to the Palace Worship Hall.

After returning from his audience with the Emperor, Wang Chen assigned Ju Zi to manage his household and reassured Ye Guyi before examining the Soul Bone he had received. The Black Book then awakened a new ability that amplified comprehension, and Wang Chen entered Sudden Enlightenment for the first time.

• Ju Zi waited for Wang Chen's return, while Ye Guyi watched from the villa and Zhao Yurou reflected on their contrasting temperaments.
• Wang Chen returned, greeted his family, arranged construction matters with the elders, and came home to Ju Zi.
• Wang Chen tasked Ju Zi with preparing dinner and a medicinal bath and managing the maids; Ye Guyi asked if the Emperor had troubled him, and Wang Chen reassured her.
• After dinner, Wang Chen examined the fifty-thousand-year Sea-Breaking Demonic Dragon Trunk Bone but chose to store it rather than absorb it.
• The Black Book awakened a new ability that consumed Spiritual Power to amplify comprehension, and Wang Chen used it to enter Sudden Enlightenment.