Chapter Summaries

Liu Tianran awakened a Healing Staff Martial Soul with level-nine Innate Soul Power and worried that his healing abilities would leave him vulnerable in the dangerous future of Douluo III. He discovered that his Sea of Consciousness Space could create powerful clones, and decided to seek materials at Tianhai First Hospital.

• Liu Tianran awakened his mother's Healing Staff Martial Soul and received comfort from the Spirit Awakener after showing disappointment.
• Liu Tianran reassured his parents that his level-nine Innate Soul Power was a good result, and the family celebrated.
• Liu Tianran reflected on his transmigration, his family's circumstances, and the coming disasters that made survival as a Healing System Soul Master seem uncertain.
• Liu Tianran entered his Sea of Consciousness Space and learned it could create clones using flesh and blood while copying traits, memories, cultivation, and Spirit Souls.
• Liu Tianran decided to make his first clone and chose Tianhai First Hospital as the place to obtain energy and flesh and blood.

Liu Tianran chose the dead forging apprentice Li Ziming as the first identity for his clone project and created an enhanced version using Mu Chen’s blood and harvested energy. The new Li Ziming emerged with a superior Martial Soul, exceptional spiritual power and Blood Qi, and level 39 cultivation, ready to pursue recognition from the Forging Masters Association.

• Liu Tianran secretly collected power and memory fragments from the unclaimed corpses at Tianhai First Hospital and selected the fifteen-year-old Soul Elder Li Ziming as a clone target.
• Liu Tianran took flesh from the corpses and stole a blood sample labeled Mu Chen from the hospital’s blood storage center.
• Liu Tianran followed Li Ziming’s memories to his home and used his flesh, Mu Chen’s blood, and stored energy to create a new Li Ziming.
• Mu Chen’s blood enhanced Li Ziming’s cultivation and forging talents, imparted forging knowledge, and evolved his Crimson Flame Hammer into the top-grade Blazing Sun Hammer.
• Liu Tianran raised Li Ziming’s cultivation to level 39, with Spirit Sea Realm spiritual power, Blood Qi comparable to a five-ringed Spirit King, and the ability to perform Thousand Refinement.
• Liu Tianran expected Li Ziming’s talent to attract the Forging Masters Association’s upper ranks and provide future benefits for his plans.

Li Ziming passed the third-rank forging master assessment at fifteen and went on to complete the fourth-rank assessment with three Thousand Refinements Grade One metals. Mu Chen took notice of his talent and began considering him as a disciple while investigating his background.

• Li Ziming arrived in Eastsea City and applied to take the third-rank and fourth-rank forging master assessments consecutively.
• Li Ziming completed Thousand Refinements Grade One with tungsten steel, impressing the examiner with his skill and earning a perfect pass.
• Li Ziming rested, then began the fourth-rank assessment by choosing tungsten steel, Sinking Silver, and Heavenly Dragon Iron.
• Mu Chen received Li Ziming's assessment results, became interested in taking him as a disciple, and quietly listened outside the assessment room while ordering an investigation into his background.
• Li Ziming completed Thousand Refinements Grade One on all three metals within an hour, and the evaluator certified him as a fourth-rank forging master.

After seeing Li Ziming’s forging talent, Mu Chen invited him to dinner and offered to take him as his disciple. Li Ziming accepted, gaining a powerful mentor and a new home in Eastsea City.

• Mu Chen entered the assessment room, questioned Li Ziming about his age and training, and learned that he had never taken a master.
• Mu Chen invited Li Ziming to his home, praised his evolved Blazing Sun Hammer Martial Soul, and heard how he had obtained the Blazing Sun Grass.
• After reviewing Li Ziming’s background, Mu Chen offered to become his master, and Li Ziming accepted and performed the disciple-taking ceremony.
• Mu Chen introduced himself as an eighty-sixth-rank Soul Douluo and eight-star Saint Craftsman, promised to protect Li Ziming, and mentioned his daughter was away with her mother.
• Mu Chen invited Li Ziming to live at one of his nearby houses, advised him on cultivation, and secured him a place at an Intermediate Ascension Platform.

Liu Tianran enrolled in Eastsea Academy’s advanced division, joined three roommates, and began building a low-profile life while pursuing strength and useful materials. As Tang Wulin’s arrival approached, Liu Tianran decided to avoid obstructing him and let Tang Wulin and his clones draw attention while he developed in secret.

• Liu Tianran enrolled at Eastsea Academy as a first-year advanced student and was assigned to Class One.
• Liu Tianran met his roommates Wu Lang, Fu Hongtao, and Zhang Yong, and the four agreed to share dorm chores.
• Liu Tianran and his roommates ate A-grade meals together, chatted about the academy, and grew closer.
• Liu Tianran considered Tang Wulin’s troubled fate and decided to leave him alone unless he hindered Liu Tianran’s growth.
• Liu Tianran planned to let Tang Wulin and his clones attract public attention while he quietly built up his strength.

Liu Tianran arranged for his first two clones, Li Ziming and Xie Jiayun, to develop in safe and useful roles, then created Zhou Mingyu as a combat-oriented clone. Zhou Mingyu awakened the Mysterious Ice Sword, joined the Spirit Pagoda, and became Wang Yupeng’s fifth disciple.

• Mu Chen told Li Ziming that he would study under Zhenhua in Heaven Dou City for further training and protection after becoming the youngest Seven-Star Saint Craftsman.
• The chapter detailed Li Ziming’s rapid growth and assassination attempts, along with Xie Jiayun’s success as a Healing System Soul Saint in the Western Legion.
• Liu Tianran gathered energy at East Sea Cemetery and prepared Zhou Mingyu as a combat-oriented clone using Wu Changkong’s sample and a Century-Grade Mysterious Ice Herb.
• Zhou Mingyu awakened the Mysterious Ice Sword with Innate Full Soul Power and joined the Spirit Pagoda.
• Wang Yupeng examined Zhou Mingyu’s Martial Soul, accepted him as his fifth disciple, and invited him to cultivate by his side.

Liu Tianran attended Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony and impressed his new classmates with his Level 38 Healing Staff Soul Power. After classes ended, he chose to return to the dormitory and cultivate rather than follow Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, leaving his interest in Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline for a later time.

• Liu Tianran completed his morning training and attended Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony, where he was assigned to Senior Class One.
• Ye Yingluo and the other teachers led their classes away, and Liu Tianran’s homeroom teacher Lin Yue welcomed Class One and set high expectations.
• Xu Xiaoyu announced that his Soul Power was Level 31, stunning the class.
• Liu Tianran introduced himself as a Level 38 Healing System Soul Master, drawing even greater astonishment from his classmates.
• Lin Yue praised the class’s talented students, announced that lessons would begin the next day, and dismissed everyone.
• Liu Tianran saw Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Liu Yuxin talking, but returned to the dormitory to meditate instead of pursuing Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline.

Lin Yue began Class One’s first theory lesson on Soul Master cultivation paths and Mecha, but Liu Tianran already knew the material and found the class dull. She assigned the students a five-hundred-word analysis of their intended cultivation direction, due the next morning.

• Liu Tianran exercised, ate six Grade-A meals, and heard that the school was spreading stories about a second great eater.
• Lin Yue explained the current Soul Master systems, the role of Mecha, and the importance of choosing a cultivation direction.
• Liu Tianran grew bored with the familiar theory and watched Wu Changkong train Class Five outside.
• Lin Yue assigned Class One an analysis of each student’s cultivation direction and reasons, due in the first class the next morning.
• Liu Tianran went straight to the cafeteria after class.

Liu Tianran reached level thirty-nine and continued his training while Eastsea Academy prepared its students for the Skysea Grand Tournament. After watching Tang Wulin’s Class Five defeat Class One, Liu Tianran was summoned with his classmates and learned the academy would invest heavily in them for next year’s competition.

• Liu Tianran broke through from level thirty-eight to level thirty-nine and remained undefeated in sparring against Class One students.
• Liu Tianran watched Tang Wulin defeat Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, helping Class Five win the promotion tournament.
• Liu Tianran saw Tang Wulin speaking with Ouyang Zixin and photographed them before heading to the cafeteria.
• Xu Xiaoyu told Liu Tianran that the academy wanted them in the principal’s office to discuss next year’s Skysea Grand Tournament.
• Principal Yu Zhen promised to direct substantial academy resources toward Liu Tianran and the other students as they prepared for the tournament.

Li Ziming left Eastsea City for Heaven Dou City under Elder Ye’s protection, but their train came under attack by an Evil Soul Master Mecha squad. Elder Ye destroyed the attackers, leaving the squad leader barely alive.

• Mu Chen and Mu Xi saw Li Ziming off at the Eastsea City Soul Guidance Train Station, and Mu Chen warned him that the journey might be dangerous.
• Aboard the train, Li Ziming sensed danger and spotted high-grade fixed Soul Guidance Cannons approaching the carriage.
• Elder Ye intercepted the cannon shells with his sword and identified a squad of thirty hostile Mechas approaching the train.
• The Mecha squad fired again, but Elder Ye’s sword light disabled their shells and stopped the attack.
• Elder Ye donned his Four-Word Battle Armor, Azure Wind God, and used Azure Wind Turns to Rain to destroy the Mechas, leaving their leader alive by a thread.

After surviving an earlier attack on the train, Li Ziming arrived in Heaven Dou City with Elder Ye, only to be ambushed by Soul-Eater Douluo outside the Forging Masters Association. Elder Ye and Zhenhua drove the assassin into flight, and Zhenhua pursued him.

• Elder Ye explained to Li Ziming that powerful organizations secretly hired Evil Soul Masters for discreet work, then the train continued safely to Heaven Dou City.
• Li Ziming and Elder Ye reached the Forging Masters Association, where Li Ziming’s Spatial Core sensed danger and his defensive Soul Tools blocked a fatal strike.
• Soul-Eater Douluo revealed himself and fought Elder Ye, who recognized him and attacked with his Wind God Sword and Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Soul-Eater Douluo sent blood rays toward Li Ziming, but Elder Ye intercepted them while the assassin scattered into streaks of light and escaped.
• Zhenhua arrived and assured Li Ziming that Soul-Eater Douluo would not get away as a dark-golden figure pursued the fleeing assassin.

The assassination attempt on Li Ziming failed, and Mu Ye captured the Evil Soul Master responsible, who was linked to Star Luo's side. Zhenhua arranged for Li Ziming to rest and recognized that the Holy Spirit Cult had grown stronger, while Liu Tianran planned to use the attack as a reason to raise Li Ziming's spiritual power before preparing for the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament.

• The wounded Evil Soul Master escaped to a suburb outside Heaven Dou City and lamented that he had failed to obtain a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone or kill Li Ziming.
• A mysterious voice confronted the Evil Soul Master, and golden fist shadows attacked him.
• Mu Ye arrived at the Forging Masters Association with the captured Evil Soul Master and told Zhenhua that the attacker had come from Star Luo's side.
• Zhenhua thanked Elder Ye, sent Li Ziming to rest, and asked Mu Ye to stay while the association investigated its security.
• Zhenhua concluded that the Holy Spirit Cult had risen again and was stronger than expected.
• Liu Tianran considered using the assassination attempt as an excuse to raise Li Ziming's spiritual power to the Spirit Abyss Realm before preparing for the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament.

One year later, Liu Tianran and Eastsea Academy’s team prepared to compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament’s seven-person event. The team set off for Skysea City the next day, determined to pursue the championship and make the tournament a chance to grow stronger.

• Liu Tianran arrived at Eastsea Academy’s director’s office with his teammates after advancing to rank forty-two and gaining the Holy Protection soul skill.
• Lin Yue announced that the team would leave for Skysea City the next day and explained the tournament events, rules, and the academy’s championship goal.
• He Qing, Yao Yuan, and Xu Xiaoyu chose to enter the individual competition, while Yun Qian and the others focused on the team event.
• The teammates discussed their chances of joining Shrek Academy, and Liu Tianran encouraged them to focus on becoming stronger.
• Yun Qian led the team in joining hands and calling for victory.

Lin Yue led Eastsea Academy’s competitors to Skysea City for the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament, where they settled into their hotel before the opening ceremony and match draw. Liu Tianran viewed the tournament as a chance to bring his clones to the attention of powerful figures.

• Lin Yue, Long Hengxu, and Wu Changkong led Eastsea Academy’s teams from Donghai Square, where Xu Xiaoyu exchanged taunts with Xu Xiaoyan.
• The competitors boarded Bus Number Six, and Gu Yue sat beside Tang Wulin while Xu Xiaoyu took the seat next to Xu Xiaoyan from Xie Xie.
• Liu Tianran woke his companions as the bus arrived in Skysea City, and the delegation traveled to a hotel overlooking the sea.
• Lin Yue told the students that the tournament’s opening ceremony and lot drawing would take place the next day, before the matches began.
• Liu Tianran considered the tournament an opportunity to show his clones’ abilities to the major powers.

Liu Tianran and the Eastsea Academy team attended the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament's opening ceremony, where Saint Craftsman Li Ziming announced Battle Armor for the individual champions. They watched Shrek Academy decisively defeat the previous tournament champions, and Wu Changkong identified Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi as the team's greatest rivals.

• Liu Tianran explained the Skysea Alliance tournament's importance to his teammates as Eastsea City's team entered Skysea Stadium.
• Skysea City's governor welcomed Saint Craftsman Li Ziming, who announced that the youth and junior individual champions would each receive custom-made Battle Armor.
• The organizers invited Shrek Academy's seven-member junior team to face the seven previous Skysea Alliance champions, prompting Wu Changkong to urge Tang Wulin and the others to study the match.
• Shrek Academy defeated the champions in about a minute, leaving all seven opponents down while its own team remained in formation.
• Wu Changkong told Liu Tianran, Tang Wulin, and the others that a championship would earn them a chance to challenge Shrek Academy and warned that Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi were their greatest rivals.

The Skysea Grand Tournament’s round robin began with the First Group’s junior division matches, including a stunning victory by Zuo Qiu Lun and an upset by a Soul Elder. Zhou Mingyu was then called to face Lü Jun, a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor from Mingdu Academy, while the commentator noted Zhou’s apparent disadvantage.

• Thunder Bear Douluo oversaw the drawing ceremony, and the tournament announced the contestants’ groupings.
• Zhou Mingyu arrived early at the stadium and waited for his Second Group match.
• Zuo Qiu Lun defeated his Soul Ancestor opponent with one punch without summoning his Martial Soul.
• A Soul Elder defeated a Soul Ancestor in the fourth match, delivering the day’s first major upset.
• The commentator announced Zhou Mingyu’s match against Lü Jun and described Lü Jun’s greater rank and Earth Berserk Bear Martial Soul.

Zhou Mingyu faced the powerful four-ring Lü Jun in the second round of the tournament and defeated him with one sword strike infused with Ultimate Ice. The VIP spectators recognized Zhou Mingyu’s Ultimate Ice and pure Sword Heart, while Lei Peng Douluo proudly waited for his disciple.

• The commentator introduced Zhou Mingyu and Lü Jun, highlighting Lü Jun’s greater cultivation and Earth Berserk Bear Martial Soul.
• Zhou Mingyu revealed two black ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, while Lü Jun awakened his four purple Soul Rings and charged at him.
• Lü Jun accelerated with his second Soul Ring, but Zhou Mingyu stayed still and struck with the Mysterious Ice Sword.
• Zhou Mingyu’s Ultimate Ice froze Lü Jun into an ice sculpture, ending the match in a single blow.
• The VIP spectators praised Zhou Mingyu’s Ultimate Ice and sword intent, and Lei Peng Douluo watched proudly as others compared the young prodigy to Yun Ming.

After his team returned to the hotel, Liu Tianran heard about the powerful contestants in the individual matches and encouraged his teammates to focus on their own competition. The next morning, his fourth avatar, Zuo Qiu Lun, met with Saint Craftsman Li Ziming to prepare for joining the Body Sect.

• He Qing described the formidable Soul Ancestors competing in the individual matches, and Xu Xiaoyu admitted he would be unable to fight Zhou Mingyu.
• Liu Tianran calmed his teammates and told them to rest before their match the next day.
• Zuo Qiu Lun traveled to the Tianhai City Forging Masters Association and met Li Ziming in a VIP room.
• Li Ziming said he had prepared his part of the plan and had sent information to Mu Ye, who was on his way.
• The chapter revealed that Zuo Qiu Lun was Liu Tianran's fourth avatar, built with a pure Body Martial Soul and exceptional physical strength so he could attract the Body Sect's attention.

Tang Wulin entered the Forging Masters competition and forged first-grade Thousand Refinement Sinking Silver, drawing the attention of the Skysea Blacksmith Association. Elder Duan tried to claim him as a disciple, but Li Ziming intervened and confirmed Tang Wulin already belonged to Huang Xing.

• Tang Wulin arrived at the competition with Mu Xi and the East Sea Blacksmith Association’s forging masters, and Zheng Tianlin urged him to show his full ability.
• Tang Wulin entered a focused rhythm and forged first-grade Thousand Refinement Sinking Silver while the other young competitors had not yet begun.
• Elder Duan recognized Tang Wulin’s talent and asked him to become his disciple, then used force to try to make him kneel.
• Li Ziming arrived, dispelled the force, and revealed that Tang Wulin was already Huang Xing’s final disciple.
• Tang Wulin refused Elder Duan’s offer, and Li Ziming sent him to the VIP room while he handled the matter with Cen Yue.

At the Skysea Grand Tournament, Saint Craftsman Li Ziming demonstrated his forging skill by transforming Sinking Silver into an Innate Metal. His work revealed that he had reached the level of an Eight-Star Saint Craftsman, leaving Duan Xuan stunned by his potential.

• The commentator introduced Li Ziming’s forging demonstration and explained how forging masters provided materials for mechas and Battle Armor.
• Li Ziming used his Spirit Forging hammers to refine Sinking Silver, achieving Ultimate Thousand Refinement with Spirit.
• Duan Xuan recognized the feat as beyond his own ability and believed Li Ziming had the potential to become a Divine Craftsman.
• Li Ziming continued forging until the Sinking Silver awakened and displayed Spirit-Forging Creation through Life Requital.
• Li Ziming’s final strikes sublimated the metal into a living Innate Metal, revealing the skill of an Eight-Star Saint Craftsman.