Chapter Summaries

After awakening with only Level 0.5 Innate Soul Power, Kong Ming'an revealed that his Martial Soul was energy itself and used it to engrave and activate a Level 1 Soul Tool Core. Kong Deming recognized the breakthrough and asked what Ming'an needed, leaving Ming'an confident that his weak start was not hopeless.

• Kong Ming'an recovered memories of his previous life and learned that he was Kong Deming's grandson with Level 0.5 Innate Soul Power.
• Kong Ming'an asked to try his Martial Soul again and revealed subtle spatial distortions around his hand, identifying it as energy itself.
• Kong Ming'an used his weak Soul Power to engrave a Level 1 Soul Tool Core with unusual ease and successfully activated it.
• Kong Deming examined the engraved circuits, recognized their significance, and asked Kong Ming'an what he needed.

After improving his aptitude with a Mysterious Water Pill, Kong Ming'an studied soldiers’ body-strengthening Soul Skills and used his Energy Vision to develop a new training system. He named it Body Cultivation and arranged to gather more samples so he could refine and test his method.

• Kong Ming'an used a Mysterious Water Pill, raising his Innate Soul Power from 0.5 to roughly 1.5 levels.
• Kong Ming'an went with a Titled Douluo to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Legion’s Reserve Soldiers barracks.
• Kong Ming'an watched Wang Meng and the soldiers demonstrate Soul Skills that strengthened their bodies, using Energy Vision to observe their Soul Power circulation and acupoint stimulation.
• Kong Ming'an began designing a Body Forging Method that optimized Soul Power pathways and acupoint stimulation while drawing in Heaven and Earth Origin Power.
• Kong Ming'an paid Wang Meng and the soldiers to return with more varied demonstrations, then named his planned system Body Cultivation.

Kong Ming'an’s unusual daily work at the Barracks remained a mystery to the public, while Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen were brought to observe a military experiment at the Hall of Worship Core Laboratory. The chapter ended as Kong Ming'an took charge and announced the fifth demonstration of the Body Forging Method.

• For more than half a year, Kong Ming'an had been escorted to the Barracks each day, while the details of his Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power remained sealed.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen discussed Kong Ming'an before Jing Hongchen and Steward Lin took them to the Hall of Worship Core Laboratory.
• At the laboratory, Meng Hongchen saw Kong Deming, Xu Tianran, Ye Yulin, and other powerful officials and Rank 9 Soul Engineers observing a soldier fitted with testing equipment.
• Meng Hongchen noticed Kong Ming'an sitting quietly in the Training Ground and watched him as the adults discussed the experiment’s data and potential military benefits.
• When Kong Ming'an stood, the gathered officials turned their attention to him, and he announced the start of the fifth periodic demonstration of the Body Forging Method’s cultivation results.

Kong Ming'an demonstrated the Body Forging Method by having soldier 037 defeat a stronger, untrained opponent using only physical skill. The astonished officials were left to consider the method’s results as Kong Ming'an asked whether they were satisfied.

• Kong Ming'an introduced soldier 037, who had trained in the Body Forging Method for five months, and the untrained reserve soldier chosen as his control opponent.
• The reserve soldier attacked with his Martial Soul and Soul Skills, but 037 evaded every strike without using Soul Power or activating his own Martial Soul.
• As the reserve soldier gathered power for a final attack, 037 closed the distance and knocked him unconscious with a single punch.
• 037 returned to recording data while the observers watched in stunned silence.
• Kong Ming'an asked the officials whether they were satisfied with the results of five months of Body Forging Method training.

After Kong Ming'an demonstrated the Body Forging Method’s potential, Sun Moon officials offered resources to support its development, while he considered its limitations and his own future cultivation. The chapter ended with Xiao Hongchen declaring Kong Ming'an his true opponent, as Meng Hongchen wondered if her brother was after her handsome favorite.

• Kong Ming'an returned to the observation platform, where Kong Deming and the officials praised his achievement and Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen offered support for the project.
• Kong Ming'an left resource negotiations to Kong Deming and reflected that the Body Forging Method had a low upper limit, though it could still benefit many low-ranking Soul Masters and provide data for future research.
• Kong Ming'an assessed his Soul Power growth and considered pursuing Ji Juechen, Lifebound Soul Tool technology, and possibly Sword Cultivation while planning his First Soul Ring.
• Meng Hongchen admired Kong Ming'an’s appearance, and Xiao Hongchen declared him his true opponent, prompting Meng Hongchen to suspect her brother wanted to steal her pretty boy.

After the Body Forging Method won support from Sun Moon officials, Kong Ming'an returned to his plans for developing a Soft Bone Rabbit Farm and Blue Silver Grass Cultivation Base. He ordered continued cultivation and observation, intending to use ten-year Soft Bone Rabbits for experiments related to his unusual First Soul Ring.

• Xu Tianran invited Kong Ming'an to visit his Royal Mansion, and Kong Ming'an accepted without showing eagerness to join him.
• Jing Hongchen suggested that Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen spend more time with Kong Ming'an, while Kong Deming left the possibility open.
• Kong Deming privately expressed concern that Kong Ming'an had been overworking, and Kong Ming'an assured him that he was managing his work.
• Kong Ming'an asked Butler Zhou about the Soft Bone Rabbit Farm and Blue Silver Grass Cultivation Base, and Butler Zhou reported that both were progressing well.
• Kong Ming'an ordered Butler Zhou to keep detailed records and send several ten-year Soft Bone Rabbits to his Laboratory once they were ready.

Kong Ming'an trained Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen in the Body Forging Method with a potion that increased its efficiency. After eight months of cultivation, his physical abilities had reached the level of a level-twenty advanced beast Martial Soul Master, and he planned to strengthen his body enough to attempt a Ten Thousand Year First Ring before age nine.

• Kong Ming'an explained that the potion would improve their Body Forging Method training, then drank his portion and began his workout.
• Xiao Hongchen drank his potion and joined Kong Ming'an, and Meng Hongchen reluctantly drank hers and followed.
• Kong Ming'an finished training before noon and waited while the Hongchen Siblings continued digesting the potion and exercising.
• Kong Ming'an assessed his progress after eight months and estimated that his physique could reach the Soul Ancestor level within a year.
• Kong Ming'an planned to use the remaining months, prepared treasures, and continued training to bring his body to the threshold of a Soul King before age nine.

After cultivation, Kong Ming'an and the Hongchen siblings shared a meal, and Xiao Hongchen pushed himself harder after comparing himself with Ming. Meng Hongchen joined Ming in his Laboratory, where he began assessing her as a potential research assistant by showing her a Soft Bone Rabbit and killing it to demonstrate its Soul Ring.

• Xiao Hongchen struggled through the medicinal meal after exceeding his limits during Body Forging Method cultivation, and Kong Ming'an reminded him not to push himself so hard.
• Xiao Hongchen reflected on how Kong Ming'an's physical strength challenged his assumptions about talent despite Ming's Innate Soul Power being only 0.5 levels.
• Xiao Hongchen misread Meng Hongchen and Ming exchanging glances as Ming flirting with his sister, then left to intensify his cultivation and prepare for another duel.
• Meng Hongchen took Ming to the Laboratory for their promised research, and Ming considered her as a potential assistant while judging her basic qualities.
• Ming removed a Soft Bone Rabbit from its cage, killed it, and caught the Soul Ring that rose from its corpse.

Kong Ming'an demonstrated that Soul Rings could be manipulated beyond their usual role of granting Soul Skills, introducing Meng Hongchen to several ancient techniques. He ended by proposing that a Soul Ring’s structure and imprint could be erased and rebuilt, allowing a Soul Master to edit and reconstruct their own Soul Rings.

• Kong Ming'an questioned Meng Hongchen about Soul Rings and described ancient techniques for embedding, merging, and melting them.
• Kong Ming'an used Soul Power needles to destabilize a Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Ring, sealed it in an Isolation Box, and demonstrated its explosive power.
• Kong Ming'an explained the detonation technique called “Explode Ring” and told Meng Hongchen he would not teach it because there was no need.
• Kong Ming'an killed another Soft Bone Rabbit and speculated that Soul Ring energy could enable breakthroughs or be shaped into controlled attacks and defenses.
• Kong Ming'an proposed erasing a Soul Ring’s Soul Skill information and Soul Beast imprint, then adding a new ring through “Soul Ring Self-Editing and Reconstruction.”

Kong Ming'an demonstrated that Soul Rings could be reshaped and used to contain explosive energy, astonishing Meng Hongchen. He agreed to teach her if she answered a question, and her insight that Soul Rings could be used to construct Soul Tools earned his approval.

• Kong Ming'an told Meng Hongchen that rules could be understood, applied, and broken, prompting her to ask to learn from him.
• Kong Ming'an reshaped a Soul Ring and asked Meng Hongchen what new ideas its permanent deformation suggested.
• Meng Hongchen proposed using Soul Rings like metal to construct Soul Tools, and Kong Ming'an affirmed her answer.
• Kong Ming'an formed a glove from a Soul Ring and caught and contained another Soul Ring's explosion until its energy dissipated.
• Kong Ming'an let the glowing glove vanish and asked Meng Hongchen whether Soul Rings were amazing.

Xiao Hongchen misinterpreted Meng Hongchen’s studies and appetite as evidence that Kong Ming'an had wronged her, but the family cleared up the misunderstanding. Kong Deming then revealed that the Emperor intended to betroth a princess to Kong Ming'an, leaving him stunned.

• Xiao Hongchen confronted Kong Ming'an, accusing him of making Meng Hongchen study human anatomy and feel sick at meals, and demanded that he take responsibility for her.
• Kong Ming'an explained that Meng Hongchen’s nausea came from eating too many rabbit dishes at the Laboratory, while Meng Hongchen defended him and pulled him away.
• Xiao Hongchen told his grandfather, prompting Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen to visit the Laboratory and clarify the misunderstanding.
• After Jing Hongchen took Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen away, Kong Deming told Kong Ming'an that the Emperor planned to betroth a princess to him.
• Kong Ming'an sputtered in disbelief at Kong Deming’s announcement.

Kong Ming'an learned that the Sun Moon Emperor might arrange a royal marriage for him, then continued his research into Soul Rings as he grew older. At seven and a half, he tested the Ring Quenching Method on Wang Meng, but the experiment failed to produce the result he wanted.

• Kong Ming'an questioned his grandfather Kong Deming about the proposed princess betrothal, and Kong Deming joked that Ming'an's father had once called a girl an assistant too.
• Kong Ming'an's life returned to cultivation, Soul Tool experiments, and Soul Ring research, and he reached seven and a half years old.
• Kong Ming'an began a Ring Quenching Method experiment in the Hall of Worship laboratory, with Meng Hongchen assisting and Wang Meng as the test subject.
• Wang Meng exploded four Soul Rings and practiced Body Forging Method techniques to channel the energy through his body.
• Kong Ming'an observed Wang Meng's strengthened Vitality after the experiment and concluded that the Ring Quenching Method had failed again.

Kong Ming'an’s Ring Quenching Method experiment failed to let its subject control vitality, though Kong Deming reassured him that the research had already achieved much. As Kong Deming revealed his rapid rise to rank 97, Ming'an reflected on the danger posed by his conflicting Twin Martial Souls and resolved to strengthen his grandfather’s body enough to reconcile them.

• Kong Ming'an’s experiment failed to guide the soldier’s vitality, so he asked Meng Hongchen to collect the data.
• Kong Deming told Kong Ming'an that he had reached rank 97 by using the improved Ring Quenching Method and expected to reach rank 98.
• Kong Ming'an considered the conflict between Kong Deming’s Silver Moon and Sun Martial Souls and concluded that only a God Trial or an ultimate physique could resolve it.
• Kong Ming'an decided to cultivate faster, obtain his First Soul Ring, and use Explode Ring to learn to control vitality.
• Kong Ming'an recalled that Kong Deming was developing the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield and could become a Rank 10 Soul Engineer capable of Limit Douluo-level strength.

Kong Ming'an completed the six-month purification of the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, revealing its true form as Life Gold. As he reached for it, a mysterious remnant soul emerged from a spatial rift and asked him to make a deal.

• Kong Ming'an returned to his Laboratory after Miss Meng began cultivating at Kong Mansion.
• He used his Spiritual Power to strip away the curses and resentment from the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, completing the final stage of its purification.
• The carving knife transformed into pure Life Gold, and Kong Ming'an recognized its value for his research into life energy.
• A thin spatial rift opened before Kong Ming'an, and a frail gray ball of light drifted out.
• The remnant soul sensed the Life Gold and asked Kong Ming'an whether he would make a deal.

Tang San tried to eliminate the unknown second Child of Fortune on the Douluo Plane, but the God of Destruction stopped him and warned him not to interfere with the lower realms. Tang San then devised another plan involving Xiao Qi and his previously placed Divine Sense, while the God of Destruction examined the plane with an unidentified voice beside him.

• Tang San discovered that the Douluo Plane had given an unknown person a Remnant Soul and half its accumulated fortune, creating a second Child of Fortune.
• Tang San attempted to send his Divine Sense into the lower realm, but the God of Destruction shattered it and confronted him.
• The God of Destruction warned Tang San that interfering with the lower realms and targeting a Child of Fortune could cost him authority over the Douluo Plane.
• Tang San returned to the Sea God Mansion with Xiao Wu and told her that Xiao Qi had gone to the lower realm to gain experience.
• Tang San decided to use Divine Sense he had placed in the lower realm long ago, while the God of Destruction inspected the Douluo Plane and heard an unidentified voice ask about it.

Destruction discovered that Tang San’s actions toward the Douluo Plane and its Children of Fortune seemed suspicious, so he invested divine power in Ming. The Goddess of Life’s Divine Seat then chose Ming as an heir, while Kong Ming'an concluded that the Plane Will had backed him in a conflict with Tang San and that he was currently safe.

• Destruction noticed that the Douluo Plane had three currents of fortune and suspected Tang San was trying to harvest the plane’s fortune.
• Destruction examined Ming, judged him to be a talent with the potential to become a god, and anchored a thread of divine power to him.
• The Goddess of Life’s Divine Seat identified Ming as a suitable heir, and Destruction’s own Divine Seat also announced that it had found an heir.
• In the Kong Family Residence, Kong Ming'an watched Electrolux fuse Life Gold with his body and suspected the Plane Will had arranged their meeting.
• Kong Ming'an concluded that the Plane Will had bet on him and that either it or someone in the God Realm had protected him from Tang San.

After fusing with the Life Gold, Kong Ming'an gained a greatly expanded Spiritual Sea, a strengthened body, and control over Life Force. He made a deal with Electrolux to exchange knowledge for a place to recover, then began considering how his new ability to control different energies might shape his first Soul Ring.

• Kong Ming'an examined the effects of the Life Gold and thanked Electrolux for helping him fuse with it.
• Electrolux asked Kong Ming'an to make another trade, and Kong Ming'an agreed.
• Electrolux offered knowledge of Necromancy, Light Magic, and techniques for using Soul Power and Spiritual Power in exchange for recovering within the Eye of Life.
• Kong Ming'an returned to his body and manifested the pure Life Force flowing within him.
• Kong Ming'an demonstrated that his Martial Soul could control Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and Life Force, completing the foundation for his Body Cultivation.
• Kong Ming'an considered whether absorbing Soul Rings could let him control their attributes and began weighing possible Soul Beast choices.

Tang San ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to kill someone, but they decided to delay while investigating the Sun Moon Empire. Meanwhile, Ming intensified his body-forging experiments and proposed using Vitality to create a Blood Essence Cast Golden Body.

• Tang San appeared before Da Ming and Er Ming and ordered them to kill someone.
• After Tang San left, Da Ming and Er Ming agreed to stall, investigate the Sun Moon Empire, and avoid acting until they understood the situation.
• At the Kong Family Residence, Xiao Hongchen questioned Meng Hongchen about Ming's extreme training, while Meng watched Ming exercise.
• Ming discussed his experiments with Electrolux and proposed using Vitality instead of demon god blood to achieve a Blood Essence Cast Golden Body.

Kong Ming'an persuaded Electrolux to take over research on his Soul Ring ideas while he focused on cultivation and body forging. A year and a half later, at nine years old, he had reached Soul Power Level ten and developed a physique that could withstand Xiao Hongchen's blows, leaving Xiao stunned as Meng Hongchen joined them.

• Kong Ming'an intrigued Electrolux with his plans for combining cultivation systems and gave him the Self-Styled Soul Ring document to study.
• Electrolux agreed to continue Kong Ming'an's Soul Ring research, and Kong Ming'an returned his attention to cultivation and body forging.
• A year and a half passed as the Sun Moon Empire formed three special Soul Engineer Battalions, the Clear Sky Sect's leaders entered seclusion, and the Ming Meng merchant guild rose in the Soul Tool market.
• At nine years old, Kong Ming'an had reached Soul Power Level ten and developed a Soul King-level physique through intensive body forging, abundant resources, and Life Gold's recovery.
• Xiao Hongchen struck Kong Ming'an and complained that his body was impossibly hard, while Kong Ming'an suggested Xiao might manage a six-thousand-year third Soul Ring.
• Meng Hongchen joined Kong Ming'an and Xiao Hongchen, discussed her physical report, and teased Kong Ming'an while Xiao grew irritated at being ignored.

Kong Deming returned with a ten-thousand-year Thorn Dragon sealed in a Beast Sealing Platform as Kong Ming'an’s First Soul Beast. Although Kong Deming worried about the danger of absorbing such a powerful Soul Ring at rank ten, Kong Ming'an trusted Elder Yi to eliminate its Soul Shock.

• Kong Ming'an explained the Ring Quenching Method to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen while they chatted in the Laboratory.
• Kong Deming returned and placed a Beast Sealing Platform in the Laboratory, revealing that it contained a Thorn Dragon.
• Kong Ming'an recognized the Thorn Dragon as a rare spatial Soul Beast that suited his requirements for his First Soul Ring.
• Kong Deming warned that the newly ten-thousand-year Thorn Dragon’s Soul Ring could be far more powerful than an ordinary one, but Kong Ming'an said he was ninety-eight percent certain he could absorb it.
• Kong Ming'an called on Elder Yi, who promised to purify the Thorn Dragon’s lingering resentment and soul remnants.