Chapter Summaries

Bai Chen persuaded Nana to guide him and Xiao Hongchen to the Holy Spirit Cult Branch, promising to free her parents’ souls. They infiltrated the branch and began fighting its members, where a swarm of vengeful souls emerged to attack Xiao Hongchen.

• Bai Chen and his companions selected Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ning Tian, Yue Qiu, and Bai Chen for the operation, while Di Yueqiu stayed behind.
• Bai Chen entered Nana’s dormitory, explained that he wanted to help her escape the Holy Spirit Cult, and revealed that he was a Title Douluo who could guide her parents’ souls to reincarnation.
• Nana agreed to lead Bai Chen and Xiao Hongchen to the Holy Spirit Cult Branch, and the three disguised themselves before leaving the academy.
• At the branch, Bai Chen opened the entrance and knocked out the white-hatted person standing inside.
• Xiao Hongchen charged into the branch with his Battle Armor and Soul Guide Cannons, defeating the weaker members until vengeful souls surged from a room toward him.

Bai Chen and Xiao Hongchen destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult branch, freed the captive souls, and helped the survivors set out for the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect. As Bai Chen escorted them away from Mingdu, a blood-scented figure approached from the direction of the Demonic Forest, and Bai Chen prepared to fight.

• Bai Chen summoned Xiong Da, protected Xiao Hongchen and Nana, and charged the Holy Spirit Elder before he could summon more vengeful souls.
• Bai Chen broke the Holy Spirit Banner and killed the Holy Spirit Elder with a single punch, then joined Xiao Hongchen in wiping out the branch's Evil Soul Masters.
• Bai Chen purified the bound souls, including Nana's parents, with his Undead Mage abilities.
• Bai Chen gave Nana a letter from Ning Tian and promised to take her and the other rescued victims to the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect.
• Bai Chen and Xiao Hongchen set a timed bomb at the branch; Xiao Hongchen returned to the academy while Bai Chen escorted the survivors away from Mingdu.
• Electrolux warned Bai Chen about a rapidly approaching, blood-scented figure, and Bai Chen prepared for battle.

Bai Chen encountered and fought Blood Sword Douluo, a Holy Spirit Cult consecrator who had come to investigate the death of a branch elder. After defeating Blood Sword Douluo’s body and exposing his surviving blood essence, Bai Chen faced the Evil Soul Master’s final desperate attack.

• Bai Chen protected the victims from Blood Sword Douluo’s blood attacks while Xiong Da and Xiong Er guarded them.
• Bai Chen used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon and Lion-Mastiff Roar to deflect Blood Sword Douluo’s swords and injure him.
• Blood Sword Douluo activated his Martial Soul Avatar and blood domain, but Bai Chen tore through his giant sword and split his body in two.
• Bai Chen used Spirit Vision to find Blood Sword Douluo’s hidden blood essence and struck it with Darkgolden Terrorclaw.
• Blood Sword Douluo fused his nine Soul Rings into one and formed a slender blood sword for a final attack as Bai Chen charged at him.

Bai Chen defeated Blood Sword Douluo with Electrolux’s curse-countering array, rescued the Holy Spirit Cult’s victims, and returned safely to the academy. In the Douluo III Era, he fused with the Aromatic Silk Beauty at level 40, became a Soul Ancestor, and received a blood-red Soul Ring.

• Blood Sword Douluo’s blood sword shattered against Bai Chen’s fist, and Electrolux’s Purification Array erased its curse before the wounded Evil Soul Master vanished.
• Bai Chen changed the group’s route, led the Holy Spirit Cult’s victims toward Heaven Dou City, then returned to the Sun-Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy without his absence being exposed.
• In the Douluo III Era, Bai Chen reached level 40, but Zang Xin worried that he was not ready to fuse with the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s Ferocious Beast-level Soul Spirit.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty reassured Zang Xin and joined Bai Chen in the Soul Spirit Ritual improved by Electrolux.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty fused smoothly with Bai Chen, who broke through to Soul Ancestor and gained a blood-red Soul Ring.

After fusing with Aromatic Silk Beauty, Bai Chen advanced to the Soul Ancestor realm and entered the Spirit Abyss Realm. Before his trip to Star Luo Continent and Dragon Valley, Zhen Hua taught him Soul Forging and arranged a bodyguard for the journey.

• Aromatic Silk Beauty gave Bai Chen a left arm Soul Bone, strengthened his Soul Power and spiritual power, and helped him break through to the Soul Ancestor realm and Spirit Abyss Realm.
• Zang Xin arranged for Bai Chen to travel to Star Luo Continent, and Bai Chen informed those close to him about the trip.
• Zhen Hua summoned Bai Chen to the Blacksmith Association in Heaven Dou City after learning he would be away for at least three months.
• Zhen Hua demonstrated all three stages of Soul Forging and gave Bai Chen a notebook of his insights, assigning him to complete Soul Forging Echo before returning.
• Zhen Hua told Bai Chen that he had arranged a bodyguard for the trip and took him to meet the person.

Bai Chen impressed Mu Ye with his knowledge of rare ingredients and ate enough of Mu Ye’s food to trigger Deep Meditation. After he awoke, Zang Xin measured his spiritual power at 8,300 and had to delay the mission until Bai Chen could join it.

• Zhen Hua introduced Bai Chen to Mu Ye, who tested Bai Chen’s knowledge of rare cooking ingredients and offered to train him as a chef.
• Bai Chen ate Mu Ye’s nourishing dishes in huge quantities, explaining that his appetite was connected to his Martial Soul.
• Bai Chen returned to Skysea City and entered Deep Meditation after eating food worth more than one billion Federation Coins.
• Zang Xin halted the planned mission while Bai Chen remained in Deep Meditation.
• Bai Chen awoke half a month later and tested at 8,300 spiritual power, prompting Zang Xin to marvel at his rapid growth.

Bai Chen learned that Spirit Pagoda youths would join the Tang Sect’s journey to the Star Luo Empire, then met their group at the coast. After he and his companions introduced themselves, both groups boarded the Tang Sect ship and set sail.

• Zang Xin told Bai Chen that Spirit Pagoda youths would travel with him, and set their departure for three days later.
• Bai Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yuanen Yehui met Zang Xin at the coast and encountered Leng Yaozhu and the Spirit Pagoda group, including Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue and the other Spirit Pagoda youths introduced themselves, followed by Bai Chen, Yuanen Yehui, and Xu Xiaoyan.
• The Spirit Pagoda youths were astonished by Bai Chen’s rank as an eleven-year-old Soul Ancestor and Xu Xiaoyan’s rank as an eleven-year-old Soul Elder.
• Zang Xin and Leng Yaozhu sent the youths aboard the Tang Sect cruise ship, which set sail for the Star Luo Empire.

Bai Chen and the others met Spirit Pagoda envoy Xu Shengqun and Tang Sect protector Qin Lie aboard their ship, where Qin Lie praised Bai Chen and Gu Yue’s spiritual power. As the ship began its two-month voyage, Gu Yue approached Bai Chen, yielded to Yuanen Yehui after a brief confrontation, and drew Xu Xiaoyan’s suspicion; meanwhile, a mysterious powerhouse aboard was identified as a potential ally.

• Xu Shengqun and Qin Lie introduced themselves to Bai Chen and the others, then led them to the ship’s luxurious restaurant for a free breakfast.
• Qin Lie and Xu Shengqun discussed Bai Chen and Gu Yue’s exceptional spiritual power, and Xu Shengqun revealed that Gu Yue was Leng Yaozhu’s disciple and had requested the trip.
• The ship departed, and Qin Lie told Xu Shengqun that a powerful stowaway with a minor conflict with the Tang Sect would be a reliable ally if danger arose.
• Gu Yue took Yuanen Yehui’s seat at Bai Chen’s table, provoking Yuanen to challenge her, but Gu Yue yielded after Bai Chen intervened and asked her to sit elsewhere.
• Xu Xiaoyan suspected that Gu Yue had feelings for Bai Chen after seeing her unusual willingness to yield to him.

Bai Chen spent the voyage studying Soul Forging before the Quasi-God Pluto Douluo Ha Luosa suddenly captured him. Ha Luosa offered to spare the others if Bai Chen joined the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Bai Chen facing a dangerous choice.

• Gu Yue questioned Bai Chen about his Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power and learned that his Martial Soul could rapidly strengthen it under pressure.
• Bai Chen found the ship’s forging room and studied the Soul Forging notes Zhen Hua had given him.
• Mu Ye met Bai Chen on deck and sensed someone out at sea, but Ha Luosa appeared behind Bai Chen and captured him.
• Mu Ye attacked Ha Luosa with his Four-Word Battle Armor and God-Level Mecha, but Ha Luosa blocked his strike and threw him aside after Bai Chen warned him not to attack.
• Qin Lie and Xu Shengqun arrived as Ha Luosa offered to spare the others if Bai Chen joined the Holy Spirit Cult.

Bai Chen resisted Ha Luosa’s attempt to recruit him into the Holy Spirit Cult and saved three wounded powerhouses by dispelling Ha Luosa’s curse. Di Tian arrived to protect Bai Chen and challenged Ha Luosa, leaving the two quasi-gods to fight in the sky as a girl came out to ask what had happened.

• Ha Luosa told Bai Chen that he sensed the aura of someone chosen by the gods and wanted him to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu Ye and the other two powerhouses attacked Ha Luosa, who repelled them and cursed them before Bai Chen persuaded him to let him check their injuries.
• Bai Chen used a formation to dispel Ha Luosa’s curse and save the three powerhouses, prompting Ha Luosa to press him to come to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Di Tian appeared at Gu Yue’s instruction and ordered Ha Luosa to leave the ship, but Ha Luosa refused and revealed that he had slaughtered many Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian challenged Ha Luosa to fight in the sky, and the two flew off to battle while a girl hurried out of the ship and asked Bai Chen what had happened.

After Ha Luosa attacked the ship, Di Tian drove him away, and the group changed course to avoid another encounter. The next day, Mu Ye challenged Bai Chen to a spar, and the fight began in the ship’s arena.

• Bai Chen told Gu Yue that Ha Luosa had targeted him because of his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul, while Gu Yue claimed the expert who fought Ha Luosa was an elder from her Hidden Family.
• Di Tian returned after driving Ha Luosa away, and Bai Chen woke the three unconscious experts and explained that a mysterious expert had rescued him.
• Qin Lie and the other experts changed the ship’s route, extending the voyage to nearly four months to avoid Ha Luosa.
• Mu Ye found Bai Chen in the forging room, discussed his attempt to master Soul Forging Echo, and challenged him to spar.
• Mu Ye and Bai Chen went to the Soul Battle Arena, where Mu Ye suppressed his Soul Power to level forty-one and charged at Bai Chen in giant form.

Bai Chen defeated Mu Ye in a test of pure strength and accepted Mu Ye’s offer to become his personal disciple without leaving the Tang Sect. Mu Ye then took Bai Chen into the sea for harsh physical training, suppressing his Soul Power as they descended.

• Bai Chen clashed with Mu Ye using only physical strength, then grew stronger with Evil Tiger Demon God Transformation and ultimately knocked Mu Ye off the competition stage.
• Mu Ye told Bai Chen that he had passed and privately asked him to become his disciple, while Bai Chen insisted he could not leave the Tang Sect.
• Mu Ye offered to take Bai Chen as a personal disciple without requiring him to join the Body Sect, and Bai Chen accepted, remembering Mu Ye’s near-death encounter with Ha Luosa.
• Mu Ye seized Bai Chen and took him underwater, suppressing his Soul Power so Bai Chen had to endure the crushing pressure with his body alone.

Mu Ye subjected Bai Chen to increasingly dangerous deep-sea trials to trigger his Martial Soul's Second Awakening, but Bai Chen showed no sign of evolving before the forty-nine-day limit. On the final day, Mu Ye sealed Bai Chen's Soul Power and took him into the sea to become his opponent himself.

• Bai Chen used Devour Heaven and Earth to amplify his power and easily escaped the five-hundred-meter trial, surprising Mu Ye.
• Mu Ye began Second Awakening training, sealing Bai Chen's Soul Power and exposing him to deeper water and Sea Soul Beast attacks.
• Bai Chen endured the trials and rapidly strengthened his body, eventually surviving at three thousand meters against a ten-thousand-year Sea Soul Beast.
• After forty-nine days passed without Bai Chen's Martial Soul awakening, Mu Ye doubted his potential and brought him to the sea surface.
• Mu Ye sealed Bai Chen's Soul Power, seized him, and plunged into the sea to make himself Bai Chen's opponent.

Bai Chen awakened his Ultimate Evil Power during Mu Ye’s underwater trial but was captured again and brought to the brink of death. The former Evil God King sent power to his inheritor, and Bai Chen’s Martial Soul began a Second Awakening as Mu Ye watched.

• Bai Chen used Ultimate Evil Power to break Mu Ye’s suppression and escaped toward the surface, but Mu Ye’s God-Level Mecha knocked him back into the depths.
• Mu Ye caught Bai Chen by the throat, and Bai Chen reached the brink of death while struggling to escape.
• The former Evil God King and the God of Kindness discussed Bai Chen, and the Evil God King sent him a mass of ultimate evil power.
• As Mu Ye hesitated over Bai Chen’s fate, a terrifying power rose from Bai Chen, and Mu Ye recognized it as a Second Awakening.

Bai Chen completed his Martial Soul’s Second Awakening with a terrifying burst of Devouring Power, then slept for three days while recovering. After waking and regaining his strength, he agreed to go with Mu Ye to test the results of the awakening.

• Bai Chen’s Second Awakening unleashed immense Devouring Power, transformed his appearance, and gave him three pairs of black wings before he lost consciousness.
• Mu Ye caught Bai Chen, returned him to the ship, and wondered whether Harosa had been right that Bai Chen was chosen by a god.
• While unconscious, Bai Chen heard countless hostile voices until a black-golden light surrounding a black scale silenced them.
• Bai Chen woke after three days beside Yuanen Yehui and Xu Xiaoyan, then reassured Qin Lie that he only felt tired.
• Mu Ye brought Bai Chen a feast of seafood he had caught and cooked, and Bai Chen ate until he was full.
• Mu Ye confirmed that Bai Chen’s Martial Soul had completed its Second Awakening and took him to the spirit battle arena to test it.

After his Martial Soul's Second Awakening, Bai Chen gained an Innate Domain and a dramatic increase in strength and spiritual power. He reached the Star Luo Continent after months of training, where Tang Sect branch head Hu Jie came to meet him.

• Bai Chen discovered his spiritual power had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm Intermediate Stage and that he could sense the elements around him.
• Bai Chen revealed his Evil God Domain, which contaminated nearby energy with Evil Power, then fought Mu Ye and forced him to take the battle seriously.
• Mu Ye put Bai Chen through two more months of training before the group reached the Star Luo Continent.
• Bai Chen learned Yuanen Yehui had reached Rank 39 and could qualify for Dragon Valley if she advanced to Rank 40 before the operation began.
• Hu Jie arrived to meet the group, and Qin Lie introduced Bai Chen to him.

Bai Chen and the Tang Sect group visited Monster Academy, where Saint Dragon Douluo En Ci arranged a sparring match between its young geniuses and the Tang Sect visitors. Yuanen Yehui faced Dai Yueyan in the opening match and gained the upper hand with her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul.

• Bai Chen recognized Zhang Geyang as the hostile Spirit Pagoda vice master, and the Spirit Pagoda group left with him while Hu Jie took the Tang Sect visitors to Monster Academy.
• Hu Jie and En Ci welcomed each other and arranged an exchange competition between Monster Academy and the Tang Sect Headquarters.
• En Ci selected Dai Yueyan, the Tiger King and heir to the Star Luo Empire's throne, to lead Monster Academy's first match.
• Yuanen Yehui volunteered to fight Dai Yueyan, while Xu Xiaoyan stepped back from the one-on-one match.
• Dai Yueyan activated his White Tiger abilities and charged, but Yuanen Yehui's Titan Giant Ape power drove him backward before she slapped aside his White Tiger Radiant Wave.

Yuanen Yehui defeated Dai Yueyan, but Long Yue overpowered her with his Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul. Bai Chen stepped in to face Long Yue, whose immediate use of his Martial Soul showed how seriously he regarded the challenge.

• Dai Yueyan tried to defeat Yuanen Yehui with ranged Soul Skills, but she found an opening and blasted him out of the arena.
• Long Yue challenged Yuanen Yehui after she recovered, then used his Mountain Dragon King powers to exhaust and defeat her.
• Yuanen Yehui told Long Yue that Bai Chen would prove there was always someone stronger, and Bai Chen entered the arena to face him.
• Long Yue sensed that Bai Chen gave off no readable aura and activated his Martial Soul as he charged; Bai Chen revealed three pairs of black wings and four Soul Rings.

Bai Chen fought Long Yue, overwhelming him with his strength and varied abilities until Long Yue donned his One-Character Battle Armor and unleashed the Mountain Dragon King's full power. Bai Chen answered with his Evil Tiger Demon God Transformation and blasted Long Yue away, then surged forward to attack again.

• Bai Chen overpowered Long Yue in their opening clash and cut apart the mountains summoned by Long Yue's first Soul Skill with black threads.
• Bai Chen used black beads to send electricity through Long Yue's summoned rivers, while En Ci stopped Monster Academy's students from interfering and told them to learn from the fight.
• Long Yue activated his One-Character Battle Armor, entered a state of madness, and charged at Bai Chen while merged with a river.
• Bai Chen halted Long Yue's charge but was wounded, then teleported behind him and shattered Long Yue's mountain-like defense with a lightning attack.
• Long Yue swung his double-pointed spear with the weight of mountains and rivers, but Bai Chen used Evil Tiger Demon God Transformation to blast him away and rushed forward to press a hand against his chest.

Bai Chen defeated Long Yue in the exchange tournament, revealing strength that alarmed En Ci and left Monster Academy's students humbled. That night, Dai Yueyan told Emperor Dai Tianling about the loss, and Dai Yun'er learned that Long Yue had been beaten by someone her age.

• Bai Chen used his domain and Time Stop to overcome Long Yue's defenses, then struck him off the arena before En Ci subdued him.
• The exchange tournament ended with Bai Chen and Yuanen Yehui demonstrating the Tang Sect delegation's superiority over Monster Academy.
• Dai Yueyan visited Emperor Dai Tianling and admitted that he and Long Yue had lost to the young Tang Sect visitors.
• Dai Yueyan described Bai Chen's victory, prompting Dai Tianling to consider building a relationship with him.
• Dai Yun'er entered the room and questioned Dai Yueyan about Long Yue's defeat.