Chapter Summaries

Kong Ming'an explained his redesigned Soul Core and proposed using it to condense Snow Empress's Second Soul Core. He revealed that the new core would not be placed inside her body, but left the answer hanging as he showed them a Soul Ring.

• Ice Empress worried that condensing another Soul Core could damage Snow Empress, but Snow Empress said she trusted Kong Ming'an.
• Kong Ming'an explained how he had redesigned Soul Cores to absorb and convert energy, improve its quality, and adapt and grow.
• Ice Empress asked whether Snow Empress's two same-attribute Soul Cores would conflict, and Kong Ming'an admitted he had no way to prevent that.
• Kong Ming'an explained that the new Soul Core did not have to be placed inside Snow Empress's body, then showed them a glowing Soul Ring in his palm.

Kong Ming'an explained how modified Soul Rings could bear multiple same-attribute Soul Cores, then began Snow Empress’s Human Transformation. After more than half a month, cracks suddenly spread across the cocoon surrounding her.

• Kong Ming'an explained that modified Soul Rings could each bear a Soul Core, potentially allowing nine Soul Cores and a path toward divine-level power.
• Ice Empress stopped questioning Kong Ming'an and stood guard while he shared a custom Shaping Art with Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress began her Human Transformation inside a cocoon formed from her Extreme Cold Domain, while Kong Ming'an monitored her closely.
• More than half a month later, Ice Empress heard a cracking sound and saw cracks rapidly spreading across Snow Empress’s cocoon.

Snow Empress completed her transformation into a human and discovered that the change removed her Heavenly Tribulation and innate shackles. Kong Ming'an then began fusing with her, leaving Ice Empress stunned by their combined appearance.

• Snow Empress emerged from the cocoon as a human, and Kong Ming'an examined her body and confirmed the transformation was stable.
• Snow Empress manifested nine Soul Rings and found that her Heavenly Tribulation and innate shackles disappeared in human form, then returned when she switched back to her Soul Beast form.
• Kong Ming'an recorded Snow Empress's transformed state and confirmed that her Martial Soul Avatar could anchor her changes between forms.
• Kong Ming'an embraced Snow Empress and their auras merged, producing a youth who combined their appearances.
• Ice Empress stared at the youth and found herself unable to resist his beauty.

Kong Ming'an fused with the Snow Empress to modify her ninth Soul Ring and successfully merge it with a newly condensed Soul Core, then collapsed from exhaustion. The Ice Empress remained wary of trusting him but chose to stay and observe, while the Snow Empress was certain he would welcome her.

• Kong Ming'an used his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Snow Empress to modify her scarlet ninth Soul Ring and condense an ice blue Soul Core at the same time.
• Kong Ming'an joined the Soul Core to the modified Soul Ring, completing their fusion, then collapsed from depleted Soul Power and Spiritual Power.
• The Snow Empress caught Kong Ming'an and confirmed that he had only fallen unconscious from exhaustion.
• The Snow Empress asked the Ice Empress whether she was willing to trust Kong Ming'an, reminding her of his contract and promise to protect the Extreme North.
• The Ice Empress admitted she still found it difficult to trust a human but wanted to stay and see more.
• The Snow Empress welcomed the Ice Empress and insisted that Kong Ming'an would agree to let her stay.

After waking from two days of exhaustion, Kong Ming'an examined Snow Empress's newly formed Star Ring and explained how it would purify and transform her Soul Power. He proposed using Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to accelerate her progress, while Ice Empress showed interest in learning the method.

• Kong Ming'an woke after two days of protective sleep and reassured Snow Empress that he was fine.
• Snow Empress revealed her Star Ring, and Kong Ming'an examined it and named the creation.
• Snow Empress explained that the Star Ring purified her Soul Power, and Kong Ming'an described the gradual transformation as part of the Path of Spirit Power Apotheosis.
• Kong Ming'an suggested using Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to speed the transformation and prepare energy for a second Soul Core.
• Snow Empress fed the marrow's energy to her Star Ring and began cultivating, while Ice Empress watched with envy.
• Kong Ming'an teased Ice Empress about wanting to learn the Star Ring method and said it was possible if she was willing to wait.

Kong Ming'an explained the Star Ring method’s limits to Ice Empress and offered to help her obtain the energy needed to become a god in exchange for a contract. Outside Shrek City, Mu En confronted Du Busi, and their fight began with a clash of punches.

• Kong Ming'an explained that the Star Ring method required precise control, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and vast energy, while Snow Empress had enough Profound Ice Marrow for only a few Star Rings.
• Kong Ming'an presented Ice Empress with a contract after promising he could solve her energy shortage, leaving her wary but tempted by the chance to become a god.
• Mu En stopped the Body Sect convoy outside Shrek City and ordered Du Busi to leave.
• Mu En and Du Busi unleashed their immense auras, with Mu En gaining a slight advantage over Du Busi.
• Du Busi used Unbind Ring to release the Soul Power stored in his nine Soul Rings and struck Mu En, who sensed powerful Bloodline Power in the punch.

Mu En fought Du Busi but could not kill him because Bloodline Power rapidly healed his injuries, and Du Busi entered Shrek City with the Body Sect. Mu En ordered Shrek to avoid conflict with the sect, while quietly placing hope in Zhang Lexuan’s potential.

• Mu En unleashed a series of powerful attacks on Du Busi, who endured them and healed through his Bloodline Power.
• Du Busi threatened Shrek and demanded to know what Mu En intended to do, and Mu En asked why he had come to Shrek City.
• Du Busi claimed the Body Sect had come to conduct business and seek justice, then Mu En left after warning him not to harm Shrek.
• After confirming Mu En was gone, Du Busi admitted the fight had hurt but celebrated his growing strength and led the Body Sect convoy into the city.
• Mu En returned to the Golden Ancient Tree and told Shrek’s leaders that Du Busi had mastered Bloodline Power and could not be killed outright.
• Mu En urged Xuan Zi to cultivate, considered Zhang Lexuan a possible hope for Shrek, and ordered the Academy to avoid conflict with the Body Sect and its allies.

In Kong Ming'an's laboratory, Ice Empress signed a contract to provide Soul Skill Modules and research help in exchange for resources toward a Star Ring, then began inscribing her skills into Soul Rings. Kong Ming'an offered to use a painful procedure to help her learn Ice Burst Technique quickly, and Ice Empress accepted.

• Ice Empress signed Kong Ming'an's contract after having Snow Empress review it, and she began making Soul Rings containing her mastered skills.
• Kong Ming'an judged Ice Empress's Soul Skills less sophisticated than Snow Empress's and reconsidered her potential as a top-tier fighter.
• Kong Ming'an retrieved an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and gave it to Ice Empress, explaining that his subordinates had bought it at auction.
• Ice Empress said she might need a few hundred years to comprehend the Spirit Bone's Ice Burst Technique, so Kong Ming'an proposed a painful Soul Skill inscription procedure.
• Ice Empress agreed to the procedure and placed her right hand in Kong Ming'an's palm.

Kong Ming'an carved an Ice Burst Soul Skill Module into Ice Empress's bones, letting her test the powerful technique after enduring spiritual pain. He charged her nearly half her Value Points for the skill and procedure, leaving Ice Empress furious but unwilling to give it up.

• Kong Ming'an carved the Ice Burst Soul Skill Module into Ice Empress's hand bones while she endured the spiritual pain, then healed her hand.
• Ice Empress tested the Ice Burst Technique by explosively destroying forty-six Soft Bone Rabbits.
• Kong Ming'an considered his powerful allies and resolved to unify the continent peacefully while minimizing casualties.
• Ice Empress thanked Kong Ming'an, who deducted nearly half her Value Points as payment for the module, surgery, and treatment.
• Ice Empress angrily guarded the skill when Kong Ming'an threatened to take it back, then learned he could have spared her the pain if she had let him finish speaking.

Wang Dong'er arrived in Mingdu and enrolled at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, determined to find Big Daddy and Second Daddy. On her first day, she met Gu Yue and Gu Qiu'er after nearly colliding with them at the dormitory entrance.

• Wang Dong'er used her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul, Innate Full Soul Power, and two-ring configuration to gain exceptional admission to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Wang Dong'er resolved to study Soul Tool operation and improve her strength so she could search for Big Daddy and Second Daddy.
• Wang Dong'er nearly collided with two girls at the dormitory entrance, briefly spread her wings to pass over them, and apologized before hurrying to class.
• Wang Dong'er introduced herself to the two girls in class, and they gave their names as Gu Yue and Gu Qiu'er before taking seats elsewhere.

Gu Yue and Qiu'er investigated Wang Dong'er’s connection to the Sea God and the Child of Destiny while studying new cultivation theories at the academy. In the Laboratory, Ice Empress grew more comfortable around Kong Ming'an before he took her to see Elder Yi, who had emerged from seclusion.

• Gu Yue told Qiu'er that Wang Dong'er carried the Sea God’s Divine Sense and traces of destiny that might help them locate the Child of Destiny.
• Gu Yue and Qiu'er joined the Sun Moon club, where Gu Yue studied Law Cultivator theories and Qiu'er pursued Body Cultivation.
• Ice Empress watched Kong Ming'an work in the Laboratory and reflected that he was more interesting than her old routine in the Extreme North.
• Kong Ming'an noticed Ice Empress was holding an upside-down book and told her Elder Yi had emerged from seclusion.
• Ice Empress hurried after Kong Ming'an as he slowed his pace to let her keep up.

Kong Ming'an visited Electrolux's laboratory and learned how Electrolux had created a body from Light Element, Undead Power, and Divine Sense. Electrolux revealed his Fusion Limit Enhancement Method and began explaining two Soul Ring techniques, leaving their details for later.

• Kong Ming'an and Ice Empress entered Electrolux's laboratory, where they found Electrolux in a newly reconstructed body.
• Electrolux explained that he had used Elementalization theory and insights into the Laws of life and death to construct and stabilize his body.
• Electrolux revealed nine Soul Rings exceeding a hundred thousand years and described his Fusion Limit Enhancement Method, including its physical demands and lifespan limits.
• Kong Ming'an considered the method's potential and thought that Tian Meng might be useful as a research partner for studying Million Year Soul Rings.
• Electrolux introduced his second result, which consisted of the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method and the Condensing Soul Ring Method.

Electrolux explained the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method and the Condensing Soul Ring Method, showing how artificial Soul Rings could improve Soul Masters and Law Cultivators. After exchanging research with Kong Ming'an, Electrolux returned to seclusion, while Kong Ming'an began revising his Soul Ring Tri-element Theory to account for Soul Skill directionality, Martial Soul adaptation, and evolution.

• Electrolux described the requirements and limits of the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method, then demonstrated the Condensing Soul Ring Method by forming a Ten Year Soul Ring.
• Electrolux explained that Titled Douluo could create artificial Soul Rings for others to absorb and use them to raise a primary Soul Ring's lifespan, while warning against fusing Soul Rings left by dead Soul Beasts.
• Kong Ming'an recognized the importance of Electrolux's findings, and he and Ice Empress returned to Kong Ming'an's Laboratory after exchanging their research with Electrolux.
• Electrolux entered seclusion again after Kong Ming'an shared research on the New Version Soul Core, Star Rings, the God-Ascension Stairway Conception, and the Soul Power Godhood Conception.
• Kong Ming'an reconsidered his Soul Ring Tri-element Theory and identified Soul Skill directionality, Martial Soul adaptation and modification, and Martial Soul evolution from Soul Ring attachment as issues to address.

Kong Ming'an explained how Soul Rings shaped Soul Skills and Martial Souls, then realized Artificial Soul Rings could guide Martial Soul Evolution by controlling the energy used to create them. He left with a potential method for Law Cultivators to imprint Soul Skills and help Soul Masters develop targeted attributes such as Extreme Ice.

• Kong Ming'an explained that a Soul Master's will and Martial Soul influenced which Soul Skill formed from a Soul Beast's memories during Soul Ring absorption.
• Kong Ming'an reasoned that Soul Beast remnant souls and Soul Ring energy could both cause a Martial Soul to mutate or evolve.
• Kong Ming'an recognized that Law Cultivators could place their own Soul Skill Modules onto blank Artificial Soul Rings, potentially combining them with his Imprint Soul Tool for one-click imprinting.
• Kong Ming'an realized that Artificial Soul Rings could remove remnant-soul influence while letting their creators control the energy that shaped a Martial Soul.
• Kong Ming'an proposed that repeated Artificial Soul Rings infused with the Snow Empress's Extreme Ice Snow attribute could transform an ice-attribute Martial Soul, such as Ling Luochen's, into Extreme Ice.

Kong Ming'an conceived a way to evolve Martial Souls using attribute-based and bloodline-based Soul Rings, but decided not to spread the bloodline method because it could trigger widespread Soul Beast hunting. He chose to pursue Attribute Guided Evolution and asked Ice Empress for blood to use in an experiment.

• Kong Ming'an realized that Blood Essence Soul Rings made from powerful individuals’ Bloodline Force could guide Martial Souls toward specific bloodline evolutions.
• He imagined that combining artificial Soul Rings with different attributes and bloodline sources could create planned Martial Soul Evolution Sequences for Soul Masters.
• Kong Ming'an recognized that mass adoption of bloodline-based evolution could encourage Soul Masters to hunt Soul Beasts for materials and accelerate their extinction.
• Kong Ming'an decided to research the bloodline method without spreading it, while putting Attribute Guided Evolution into practice through the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce.
• Kong Ming'an asked Ice Empress for blood for an experiment and offered Value Points, so she gave him a drop and then reluctantly provided more.

After more than two years of growth for the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce, Ju Zi negotiated a deal with Ning Fengya involving cultivated Blue Silver Aromatic Silk Beauty and broader cooperation. Their meeting ended when a masked youth suddenly appeared in Ju Zi’s office.

• Ju Zi offered Ning Fengya Blue Silver Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Ning Fengya accepted the transaction on behalf of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengya considered the Chamber of Commerce’s rapid rise and the possibility that her sect might join it after testing the Immortal Herbs.
• Ning Tian listened to the negotiations and wondered about the mysterious President of the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce.
• As Ju Zi prepared to see Ning Fengya out, a masked youth appeared in the office, prompting a Dark Shadow to shield Ning Fengya and Ning Tian.
• Ju Zi told Ning Fengya she would no longer see her out, leaving Ning Fengya surprised.

Ning Fengya left the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce convinced that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect should deepen its ties with the guild. Kong Ming'an reunited with Ju Zi, gave her a proposal for expanding the guild’s soul-ring business, and explained how his new Recording Device could record Soul Skill Modules.

• Ning Fengya heard Shadow Elder’s warning that a Super Douluo was secretly protecting the mysterious youth and decided not to investigate him.
• Ning Fengya resolved to urge the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s Elders to strengthen cooperation with the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce.
• Kong Ming'an removed his mask and greeted Ju Zi, who reported on the guild’s affairs while Ice Empress stood beside him.
• Kong Ming'an handed Ju Zi a proposal covering Soul Power Acquisition, Artificial Soul Ring sales, Custom Soul Rings, and Soul Skill Assignment.
• Kong Ming'an explained that he had completed the Imprint Soul Tool and Artificial Soul Ring Device, then combined them into the Recording Device.
• Kong Ming'an described how the Recording Device extracted energy from a Soul Ring, formed an Artificial Soul Ring, and copied its Soul Skill Module.

Kong Ming'an planned to use the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce and a Soul Power economy to gather energy from Soul Masters across the Douluo Plane and accelerate his path to godhood. He left with a new resolve to look beyond the plane once he reached God Level.

• Kong Ming'an considered how the Recording Device could grant Soul Skill Modules and support a new industry for the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce.
• Snow Empress reached four Star Rings and four-Soul-Core Resonance, becoming powerful enough to contend with and suppress Da Ming and Er Ming at God Level strength.
• Kong Ming'an concluded that Star Rings could lead to godhood but required more energy than he could gather by waiting for Snow Empress's gradual progress.
• Kong Ming'an planned to offer free Martial Soul awakenings and First Soul Rings on loan, then collect Soul Power from Soul Masters through a Soul Power Storage Device and Soul Points.
• Kong Ming'an decided that after reaching God Level, he would seek opportunities beyond the Douluo Plane by exploring the Universe.

Kong Ming'an and Ju Zi finalized a pilot plan for collecting spirit power across the Heaven Dou Empire, then he took Ice Empress to a quiet room to investigate what he called “bugs.” He linked their spiritual and soul power and sent their avatars through a Spatial Ripple, leaving their destination unexplained.

• Kong Ming'an and Ju Zi finalized a plan to pilot the Spirit Power Collection Plan across the Heaven Dou Empire, with Ju Zi promising monthly progress reports.
• Ice Empress watched Ju Zi closely, then followed Kong Ming'an out of the office and wrestled with her feelings about his special treatment of Snow Empress.
• Kong Ming'an told Ice Empress they needed to get a room, prompting her to assume he was making a move on her.
• In a Quiet Chamber, Kong Ming'an summoned two avatars using his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and explained that they would be catching bugs.
• Kong Ming'an and Ice Empress clasped hands, linked their Soul Power and Spiritual Power, and sent their avatars through a Spatial Ripple.

Kong Ming'an and the Ice Empress lured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm into an ambush, and Du Busi captured and transported him to the Undead Demiplane. After waking in confinement, Tian Meng recognized the Ice Empress, who hid behind Kong Ming'an.

• Kong Ming'an and the Ice Empress entered the Star Dou Great Forest in avatars and bickered as they walked.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared and announced that he had found a human with a spiritual-attribute Martial Soul.
• Kong Ming'an and the Ice Empress's avatars exploded, distracting Tian Meng, and Du Busi seized him with a Dark Green Giant Hand.
• Du Busi sealed the unconscious Tian Meng in a ball, sent him through a Space Gate, and left the forest.
• Tian Meng awoke bound in the Undead Demiplane's Special Confinement Laboratory, recognized the Ice Empress, and watched her hide behind Kong Ming'an.