Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan persuaded thirteen factions to establish the Star Sea Alliance and demonstrated that he could forge the Soul Forged Metal they needed for spacecraft research. After helping define the alliance’s metal requirements, he advanced to Level 65 but judged his cultivation speed too slow for his goal of challenging the Abyssal Sage King.

• Xu Yuan explained how the factions could cooperate on star-sky exploration and apply to him for Soul Forged Metal to aid their research.
• Xu Yuan summoned his Purple-Rank Mecha and convinced the representatives when they recognized its independently forged metals were all God Alloy.
• The representatives established the Star Sea Alliance the next day, and researchers from thirteen factions gathered at Celestial Starry Sky Soul Master Academy to plan spacecraft construction and exchange technologies.
• Xu Yuan spent two months forging metal for the spacecraft’s core components, then asked researchers to calculate requirements for its other systems so the entire craft could use Soul Forged Metal.
• Xu Yuan left Celestial City after reaching Level 65 and resolved to cultivate to Level 99 within five years so he could eventually contend against the Abyssal Sage King.

Xu Yuan traveled through the Western Great Desert toward the Blood God Legion and encountered a Hundred Thousand Year Sand Demon Worm. He battered its shell with his spear, but the worm corroded his Vital Energy Avatar and began forming a new shell from the energy it absorbed.

• Xu Yuan reflected on the Abyssal threat and the risks of delaying the final battle, then headed for the Blood God Legion to study Abyss Energy.
• Crossing the Western Great Desert, Xu Yuan was attacked by a tornado and spotted a Hundred Thousand Year Sand Demon Worm.
• Xu Yuan entered dual armor mode and struck the worm with several Soul Skills, then transformed into a Vital Energy Avatar and battered its shell.
• The Sand Demon Worm burst its shell, coating Xu Yuan's avatar in corrosive fluid that separated and was absorbed by the worm.
• The worm escaped Xu Yuan's restraint and formed a dark green shell from the energy it had absorbed, leaving Xu Yuan surprised by its ability to devour energy beyond its mouthpart.

Xu Yuan discovered that the Hundred Thousand Year Sand Demon Worm’s energy-conversion ability might counter Abyss Energy, then defeated it and collected its Soul Ring, corpse, and juice. He headed toward Blazing Fire Basin to test the juice on Abyss Creatures, hoping it could help stop the Western Great Desert from expanding.

• Xu Yuan realized the Sand Demon Worm’s devouring ability could convert energy and might work against Abyss Energy, then protected himself with layers of armor and an Energy Shield.
• Xu Yuan dragged the Hundred Thousand Year Sand Demon Worm’s spiritual body into Dream Realm Space, killing it and scattering the smaller worms.
• Xu Yuan stored the worm’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and considered whether Yuanen Yehui, Wu Siduo, Xu Lizhi, or Fang Yuan might benefit from it.
• Xu Yuan collected the Sand Demon Worm’s corpse and extracted its juice before heading toward Blazing Fire Basin as nearby Soul Masters approached.
• Xu Yuan flew toward the Blood God Legion, eager to test whether the juice could counter Abyss Energy and possibly halt the Western Great Desert’s expansion.

Xu Yuan traveled on foot through the freezing Endless Mountain Range to report to the Blood God Legion, where Major Long Yuxue and a First Lieutenant explained that he would have to prove his ability despite being a researcher. The First Lieutenant led him to choose a weapon for an assessment that would allow no Soul Power.

• Xu Yuan rested for a day in the Blazing Fire Basin before piloting his Mecha toward the Endless Mountain Range.
• Xu Yuan walked for three days through the snowy mountains and reached the Blood God Legion's camp.
• Four soldiers stopped Xu Yuan at the camp entrance, inspected his letter of recommendation, and escorted him inside.
• Major Long Yuxue warned Xu Yuan that military merit and ability determined respect in the Legion, then brought him to a First Lieutenant.
• The First Lieutenant warned Xu Yuan that many recommended recruits failed to qualify and took him to choose a weapon for his assessment.

Xu Yuan began his examination under Long Yuxue’s supervision, entering a simulated Abyss Passage where Soul Power was suppressed. He used his spiritual power to detect an unseen creature and struck it with his spear.

• Xu Yuan chose an Alloy Spear for his examination and followed the middle-aged female officer to the testing facility.
• Long Yuxue took charge of Xu Yuan’s examination and explained that he had to protect her until the test ended.
• Xu Yuan and Long Yuxue entered the simulated Abyss Passage, where she led them deeper through a cavern.
• Xu Yuan used his spiritual power to sense a nearby living creature, shielded Long Yuxue, and thrust his spear into the cavern wall, drawing a shriek.

Xu Yuan and Long Yuxue fought their way into a cavern in the Abyss Passage, where Xu Yuan used Spear Intent and physical strength to defeat swarms of bat-like creatures. After a larger creature crushed his spear, Xu Yuan killed it with his fists, leaving their exploration poised to continue.

• Xu Yuan killed the first bat-like creature with his spear, and Long Yuxue realized he could use Spear Will and Spear Intent to harness the surrounding energy.
• Xu Yuan and Long Yuxue advanced through the passage as he repeatedly killed attacking bat-like creatures with Spear Lights.
• They entered a cavern filled with hundreds of bat-like creatures, and Xu Yuan retreated with Long Yuxue to the narrow entrance before stabbing the swarm to death.
• Long Yuxue watched as Xu Yuan asked which way to go, then a much larger bat-like creature emerged and attacked them with sound waves.
• The large creature crushed Xu Yuan's spear, but Xu Yuan struck it with Blood Qi Flame-coated punches and killed it against the cavern wall.

Xu Yuan and Long Yuxue entered a cavern where Xu Yuan fought the powerful Abyss Creature Ba An using his bloodline power and Soul Skills. He discovered that without Battle Armor, Mecha, or the Forbidden Arts Seven Absolutes, fighting a Soul Douluo-level opponent was near the limit of his current strength.

• Xu Yuan killed a large bat-like Abyss Creature with one punch, astonishing Long Yuxue with his ability to use Spiritual Power and crimson energy in the Abyss Passage.
• Long Yuxue led Xu Yuan into the largest cavern opening, where they encountered the forty-meter-tall Ba An.
• Xu Yuan summoned the Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear and used his Soul Skills to pierce Ba An's Abyss Demonic Flame before transforming into a forty-meter Vital Energy Avatar.
• Xu Yuan and Ba An fought at close range, with Xu Yuan repeatedly injuring the creature while Ba An's endurance and strength kept it in the fight.
• Ba An entered a berserk state, damaged Xu Yuan's Vital Energy Avatar, and forced Xu Yuan to recognize the limits of his strength without Battle Armor, Mecha, or the Forbidden Arts Seven Absolutes.

Xu Yuan defeated Ba An with a mental attack, then failed the final simulated assessment when three Ba Ans and three Demon Enchantresses overwhelmed him. Long Yuxue said she needed to consult her superiors about his exceptional results, while Xu Yuan eagerly asked when he could encounter Abyss Creatures in reality.

• Xu Yuan healed from Ba An's attack, overwhelmed it with spiritual power, and defeated it with a mental storm.
• Long Yuxue watched Xu Yuan battle three Demon Enchantresses and later fall to a final simulation featuring three Ba Ans and three Demon Enchantresses.
• Long Yuxue told Xu Yuan she needed to discuss his assessment results with her superiors before confirming his initial merit points and Military Rank.
• Xu Yuan asked when he could encounter Abyss Creatures in reality, eager to study their energy and devouring mechanisms.

Xu Yuan entered the Blood God Legion’s military camp after an assessment so extraordinary that officers needed a meeting to decide his results. As Long Yuxue explained the camp’s merit system, Xu Yuan asked about forging tasks, prompting her to realize he was a Forging Master.

• Long Yuxue learned that Xu Yuan planned to research how to truly devour Abyss Energy and was astonished by his age and Level 65 Soul Power.
• The middle-aged female officer arranged a single-room dormitory for Xu Yuan while the camp held a meeting to decide his assessment results.
• Xu Yuan went to find Long Yuxue, who apologized for forgetting to introduce him to the camp’s rules and took him to eat.
• Long Yuxue explained that recruits needed to borrow or earn merits for food, weapons, and cultivation resources, and that veterans could lend merits at interest.
• Xu Yuan asked about rewards for forging tasks, and Long Yuxue asked what level Forging Master he was.

Xu Yuan revealed that he was a Level Seven Saint Craftsman, and Long Yuxue explained how valuable his Soul Forging skills would be to the Blood God Legion. She offered to help him apply to serve the legion’s forging needs, then introduced him to the Military Camp, where they met Jiang Qiyue.

• Xu Yuan showed Long Yuxue his Forging Master Badge and confirmed that he was a certified Level Seven Saint Craftsman capable of Soul Forging.
• Long Yuxue explained the legion’s need for Soul Forged Metal, the scarcity of Saint Craftsmen, and the advantages of having Xu Yuan forge for them in person.
• Xu Yuan asked about opening a Forging Room, but Long Yuxue recommended applying to handle the Military Camp’s requests and offered to cover his meals until he earned merit points.
• Long Yuxue led Xu Yuan through the Military Camp and explained how the cafeteria’s numbered counters offered food of varying cost and cultivation benefits.
• Jiang Qiyue approached Long Yuxue and Xu Yuan in the cafeteria and remarked that the newcomer was handsome.

Xu Yuan met Jiang Qiyue and Jiang Wuyue in the cafeteria, where Long Yuxue praised his assessment results and predicted he would receive at least the rank of Major. Jiang Wuyue challenged Xu Yuan to a strength contest, and Long Yuxue suggested they wager that the loser would accompany Xu Yuan to the Abyss Passage.

• Jiang Qiyue questioned Long Yuxue about Xu Yuan, and Long Yuxue explained that he was a new recruit and a skilled Forging Master whom she was treating to meals in exchange for future forging.
• Jiang Wuyue arrived, doubted Long Yuxue's praise, and asked what rank Xu Yuan could reach; Long Yuxue estimated at least Second Lieutenant and possibly Major.
• Jiang Wuyue challenged Xu Yuan to compete, saying that strength was his specialty, but Xu Yuan clarified that he had not agreed to a contest.
• Long Yuxue suggested Xu Yuan accept the strength contest and wager that Jiang Wuyue would accompany him to the Abyss Passage if he lost.

Xu Yuan agreed to test his strength against Jiang Wuyue before entering the Abyss Passage. Their arm-wrestling match left Jiang Wuyue struggling as Xu Yuan steadily pushed his arm toward the table.

• Jiang Wuyue agreed to accompany Xu Yuan into the Abyss Passage if Xu Yuan completed the procedures, and challenged him to a contest with laundry as the wager.
• Jiang Wuyue said Xu Yuan would also have to spar with him if he won, and Xu Yuan accepted.
• Jiang Qiyue refereed as Xu Yuan and Jiang Wuyue began arm-wrestling without Martial Souls or Soul Skills.
• Jiang Wuyue used his full strength, but Xu Yuan remained unmoved and slowly forced Jiang Wuyue's arm downward.

After defeating Jiang Wuyue in an arm-wrestling match, Xu Yuan secured a promise to be taken to the Abyss Passage once he completed the Blood God Legion’s procedures and training. Over a meal, Long Yuxue questioned how his martial souls worked, and Xu Yuan revealed that he had more than ordinary Twin Martial Souls.

• Xu Yuan forced Jiang Wuyue’s arm onto the table, winning their bet and agreeing to follow the Legion’s procedures before visiting the Abyss Passage.
• Jiang Wuyue warned Xu Yuan that the passage was dangerous and told him to learn to identify Abyss Creatures with Long Yuxue’s help.
• Jiang Qiyue asked why Xu Yuan was so strong, and he explained that he had a Body Martial Soul and came from the Body Sect.
• Long Yuxue wondered how Xu Yuan’s spear could be a Body Martial Soul and asked whether he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Yuan said he could be considered to have Twin Martial Souls, but that they differed from ordinary Twin Martial Souls.

After revealing his extraordinary cultivation level, Xu Yuan returned to his dormitory and considered how to use or rebuild the Dream Realm Space to absorb Abyss Energy. Yun Ming also weighed whether Xu Yuan’s plan could help the Douluo Plane, while recognizing the scale of the challenge.

• Jiang Qiyue and Jiang Wuyue learned that seventeen-year-old Xu Yuan had reached Soul Power Level sixty-five and were astonished.
• Xu Yuan returned to his dormitory and considered testing the Dream Realm Space on Abyss Creatures or reconstructing it with Spiritual Power and Original Star Power.
• Xu Yuan reasoned that using Soul Power to build the Dream Realm Space would prevent it from functioning in the Abyss Passage.
• Yun Ming reflected on Xu Yuan’s idea that consuming the Abyss could advance the Douluo Plane to the God Level.
• Yun Ming wondered whether Xu Yuan’s Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art could absorb Abyss Energy, but questioned whether one Soul Master could make a meaningful difference.

Long Yuxue explained the Abyss’s six-thousand-year invasion of Douluo Star, the devastating war that drove its creatures back, and the Blood God Legion’s classification of their strength. She left Xu Yuan with a warning that King Level Abyss Creatures could overwhelm even powerful Titled Douluo, despite Emperor Level creatures being unable to cross into their realm.

• Xu Yuan visited Long Yuxue’s office to learn about the Abyss and described what he already knew about its energy-based creatures.
• Long Yuxue recounted how the Abyss invasion devastated the region that became the Western Great Desert and how the Federation’s forces barely drove the creatures back six thousand years earlier.
• Long Yuxue explained that five of the seven Abyss Emperors died in the war and that the sealed passage made it difficult for creatures above King Level to cross.
• Long Yuxue classified Abyss Creatures by comparing their ranks with human soul masters and explained how Ba An’s weaknesses could be exploited.
• Xu Yuan asked whether King Level creatures were the greatest threat because Emperor Level creatures could not enter their realm, and Long Yuxue reacted to his use of “only.”

Long Yuxue explained the Abyss threat, the Blood God Legion’s defenses, and past research into extracting energy from Abyss Creatures to Xu Yuan. After learning how earlier experiments failed to remove the Abyss’s Origin imprint, Xu Yuan reflected on the problem while Douluo Star continued losing energy to the Abyss.

• Long Yuxue explained that the Abyssal Lord could attack the seal and that Abyss Creatures were especially dangerous within the Abyss Passage.
• Long Yuxue taught Xu Yuan how to identify Abyss Creatures, and he memorized the information after hearing it once.
• Long Yuxue described how Soul Guidance Devices used stored energy to fight Abyss Creatures despite Soul Power restrictions.
• Xu Yuan asked whether Sand Demon Worms could devour Abyss Creatures, and Long Yuxue explained how past attempts had failed.
• Long Yuxue recounted how researchers developed Energy Extraction Technique, but the extracted Abyss Energy dissipated outside the passage.
• Xu Yuan realized that researchers had failed to remove the Abyss Plane’s Origin imprint, while the Abyss continued draining Douluo Star’s energy.

Xu Yuan advanced his research role in the Blood God Legion and challenged Jiang Wuyue in a War Room, where he revealed his power and invited Jiang Wuyue to join the Body Sect. The chapter ended with Xu Yuan using pressure to help Jiang Wuyue condense Bloodline Power.

• Long Yuxue explained how the Blood God Legion’s Soul Guidance Devices and Mechas used Abyss energy to function in the Abyss Passage, and Xu Yuan reflected on the limits of Sand Demon Worm research.
• After a month of training, study, and assessments, Cao Dezhi assigned Xu Yuan the rank of major, and Xu Yuan became eligible to enter the Abyss Passage on a mission.
• Jiang Wuyue met Xu Yuan in a War Room for their promised fight, while Jiang Qiyue and Long Yuxue watched.
• Xu Yuan revealed his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear and five black Soul Rings, then exchanged blows with Jiang Wuyue while holding back his full strength.
• Xu Yuan recognized Jiang Wuyue’s compatibility with Body Sect Bloodline Cultivation and invited him to join the sect.
• Xu Yuan pressured Jiang Wuyue’s body with Bloodline Power until Jiang Wuyue ignited his energy and began condensing Bloodline Power.

Xu Yuan helped Jiang Wuyue condense and master his Bloodline Power in a spar, then overwhelmed him with his Five Elements Spear Tactic and Spirit-Forged Mecha. After Jiang Wuyue and Long Yuxue advised upgrading the Mecha for Abyss conditions, Xu Yuan agreed to do so before entering the Abyss Passage for basic research.

• Jiang Wuyue’s Bloodline Power grew stronger as he fought Xu Yuan, and he learned to ignite his Blood Qi Flame.
• Xu Yuan switched from defense to attack, suppressed Jiang Wuyue with the Five Elements Spear Tactic, and forced him to use his Soul Skills and Dragon Flame Wave.
• Jiang Wuyue equipped his Two-Word Dou Armor, but Xu Yuan summoned his Mecha and defeated him with its strength and the Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear.
• Xu Yuan explained that his Purple-Rank Mecha was forged entirely through Full Spirit Forging, and Jiang Qiyue and Long Yuxue urged him to adapt it for the Abyss Passage.
• Xu Yuan said he would upgrade the Mecha before entering the Abyss Passage with Jiang Wuyue and Long Yuxue to encounter Abyss Energy and conduct basic research.

Xu Yuan explained the Body Sect’s Bloodline Power techniques and Vital Energy Martial Souls, persuading Jiang Wuyue to join the sect. The next day, they entered the Abyss Passage, where Xu Yuan used the Golden Ancient Tree’s power to let them use their Martial Souls despite the Abyss’s suppression.

• Long Yuxue and Jiang Qiyue pointed out that Xu Yuan had suppressed Jiang Wuyue without using Soul Skills, and Jiang Wuyue realized Xu Yuan would remain formidable in the Abyss Passage.
• Xu Yuan explained how a pseudo-Body Martial Soul could transform into a Vital Energy Martial Soul, and Jiang Wuyue agreed to join the Body Sect.
• Xu Yuan gave Jiang Wuyue a booklet of secret arts and told him they would enter the Abyss Passage the next day to practice Bloodline Power.
• Jiang Wuyue explained that the Abyss Passage connected to the Abyss Plane’s energy dimension and that Soul Masters’ cultivation could improve after leaving it.
• Xu Yuan and Jiang Wuyue entered the passage, where Xu Yuan borrowed the Golden Ancient Tree’s power to resist the Abyss’s suppression and restore their ability to use Martial Souls.

Xu Yuan tested ways to devour and contain Abyss Energy inside the Abyss Passage, using the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art, Dream Realm Space, and Sand Demon Worm materials. He confirmed the energy could fuel cultivation temporarily, then a Ba An attacked while Jiang Wuyue fought it under Xu Yuan’s guidance.

• Xu Yuan entered the Abyss Passage with Jiang Wuyue and used the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art to absorb a trace of Abyss Energy, transforming it with the five elements until it could be used for cultivation.
• The Abyssal Sage King sensed the loss of Abyss Energy and suspected either a Douluo Plane counterattack or a special artifact, but chose to wait rather than intervene.
• Xu Yuan tested containing Abyss Energy in Dream Realm Space and found its Abyssal Imprint remained, then used Sand Demon Worm juice and its Soul Bone to make the energy usable for about half an hour.
• Xu Yuan returned his consciousness to his body as a Ba An appeared, and Jiang Wuyue entered Martial Soul Possession to fight it.
• Xu Yuan told Jiang Wuyue to gradually replace his Soul Power with blood qi as Jiang Wuyue charged into the Ba An.