Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao ambushed Ye Chen, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, but three Body Sect Titled Douluo appeared and confronted him. The chapter ended as the three launched their strongest Soul Skills against Tang Hao.

• Tang Hao smashed Ye Chen's carriage with a Clear Sky Hammer, and Ye Chen took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing into the void to escape.
• Zhao Tieshan, Feng Poyun, and Shi Gandang revealed themselves, with Zhao Tieshan displaying a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Zhao Tieshan, Feng Poyun, and Shi Gandang surrounded Tang Hao, while Tang Hao acknowledged the danger of their combined strength.
• The three Body Sect Titled Douluo activated their Martial Soul Avatars, and Tang Hao used his Clear Sky Avatar.
• Zhao Tieshan restrained Tang Hao with his Soul Skills as Feng Poyun and Shi Gandang attacked with their ninth Soul Skills.

Ye Chen’s group faced Tang Hao after he detonated all nine Soul Rings, while Iron-Faced Douluo’s fortress held off his attack. Du Busi arrived and intercepted Tang Hao’s escape, leaving the two powerful opponents poised to clash.

• Ye Chen told Ning Rongrong that the Clear Sky Sect had six Titled Douluo, not counting Tang Hao, and dismissed its threat to the Body Sect.
• Tang Hao detonated all nine Soul Rings and unleashed overwhelming power through his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Iron-Faced Douluo raised his ninth Soul Skill, Iron Spine Immovable Fortress, and Cloudpiercer Douluo and Rockbreaker Douluo reinforced its barrier against Tang Hao’s strike.
• Ye Chen reassured Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Du Busi had arrived, prompting Tang Hao to flee.
• Du Busi appeared on Tang Hao’s escape route and challenged him, blocking his way out.

Ye Chen healed Zhao Tieshan and traveled with Ning Rongrong toward Suotuo City while Du Busi intercepted Tang Hao. Du Busi poisoned Tang Hao to death and took his seven Soul Bones.

• Ye Chen explained that Du Busi had teleported from the Body Sect and healed Zhao Tieshan with his Nine-Hearted Begonia.
• Ye Chen led the group toward Suotuo City to buy a carriage, while Ning Rongrong learned that he and Ye Lingling were related.
• Tang Hao encountered Du Busi while fleeing after detonating all nine of his rings and learned that Du Busi had reached rank 99.
• Du Busi released Body Poison Mist inside Tang Hao, killing him before he could make a final stand.
• Du Busi took Tang Hao's seven Soul Bones and let the poison dissolve his body.

Ye Chen arrived in Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shi Gandang, where Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue welcomed him. Qian Renxue invited him to a banquet and asked him to win the Advanced Soul Master Tournament in two years, promising that the emperor would grant him one condition.

• Ye Chen told Ning Rongrong that Du Busi had already returned to the Body Sect after delivering a Soul Bone to Old Zhao.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing spent the journey chatting while Ye Chen rested.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi when the carriage reached Heaven Dou City, and Ye Chen greeted Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Ye Chen to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Qian Renxue welcomed him with a hug and invited him to a banquet.
• Ye Chen said Jin Peng was attempting to break through to level 97, prompting Sword Douluo to vow to cultivate harder.
• Qian Renxue asked Ye Chen to win the Advanced Soul Master Tournament in two years and promised the emperor would grant him one condition.

Ye Chen joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team and revealed his extraordinary Soul King strength. The team was left stunned by his power and by Ning Rongrong’s claim that he had recently defeated two Soul Saints.

• After dinner, Qian Renxue told Ye Chen to report to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he returned to the Body Sect estate to cultivate.
• The next morning, Ye Chen arrived at the Imperial Fighting Team’s training ground, where Ye Lingling welcomed him enthusiastically.
• Yu Feng suggested that Ye Chen spar with the captain, and Ye Chen introduced himself while displaying two purple and three black soul rings.
• The Imperial Fighting Team members were shocked to learn Ye Chen was a level fifty-nine Soul King at twelve years old.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Ye Chen had recently defeated two Soul Saints, leaving Qin Ming and the team astonished.

After the Imperial Fighting Team pledged its support to Ye Chen, Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to bring him to Spirit Hall, while the Worship Hall planned to contact the Body Sect and protect Qian Renxue’s interests. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu authorizing Guang Ling Douluo to sound out Qian Renxue and possibly aid Ye Chen.

• Yu Feng, the Shi Mo brothers, Osler, and Yu Tianheng acknowledged Ye Chen’s strength, and Ye Chen chose to focus on breaking through to Soul Emperor while Qin Ming led the team’s training.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to go to Heaven Dou City and bring Ye Chen to her, intending to undermine Qian Renxue’s choice of ally.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo raised concerns that the Body Sect could endanger Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu decided the Worship Hall should make contact with the sect.
• Qian Daoliu sent Guang Ling Douluo to gauge Qian Renxue’s attitude toward Ye Chen and the Body Sect, and permitted him to help Ye Chen if needed.

After defeating the Imperial Fighting Team, Ye Chen returned to the Body Sect residence, where Ye Lingling stayed with him and received two Immortal Herbs. The next morning, the Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma raised Ye Lingling to level forty, and Ye Chen prepared to take her to Sunset Forest to hunt a soul beast.

• Ye Chen defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, including Ye Lingling's attempt to turn the battle with a spatial soul skill.
• Ye Lingling moved into the Body Sect residence and asked Ye Chen whether she or Ning Rongrong was prettier before insisting on sleeping in his room.
• Ye Chen gave Ye Lingling a Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma and an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, explaining that the Body Sect elders had approved the gifts.
• Ye Lingling consumed the Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma, broke through to level forty, and saw her Nine-Hearted Begonia become more lustrous.
• Ye Chen set out with Ye Lingling for Sunset Forest to hunt a soul beast and told her she could meet Du Busi later, after he had reached level ninety-nine.

Ye Chen took Ye Lingling to Sunset Forest to hunt a soul beast, and she gained a sustained healing skill from its soul ring. Yue Guan and Gui Mei then appeared to take Ye Chen to the Papal Hall, and a battle broke out as Gui Mei attacked him.

• Ye Chen and Ye Lingling left Heaven Dou City for Sunset Forest, where Ye Chen sought a suitable soul beast for her.
• Feng Poyun found an eight-thousand-five-hundred-year-old White-Haired Mountain Macaque Monster, and Ye Lingling killed it and absorbed its soul ring.
• Ye Lingling tested her new soul skill, which combined a burst of healing with ten seconds of sustained recovery.
• Yue Guan confronted Ye Chen and ordered him to come to the Papal Hall, but Ye Chen refused.
• Feng Poyun attacked Yue Guan, who blocked him with his Golden Stamen Flowing Rosy Clouds skill.
• Gui Mei emerged from hiding and attacked Ye Chen.

Ye Chen used his spatial abilities to evade Gui Mei while waiting for reinforcements, and Iron-Faced Douluo arrived to protect him. With the fight escalating, Iron-Faced Douluo prepared to battle Gui Mei as Ye Chen ordered him to kill the Spirit Hall elder.

• Gui Mei launched a surprise attack on Ye Chen, but Ye Chen and Ye Lingling escaped with his spatial abilities.
• Gui Mei unleashed his eighth soul skill, filling the area with ghostly figures and forcing Ye Chen to hide in the void.
• Iron-Faced Douluo arrived and shattered the ghostly figures, then challenged Gui Mei for threatening the Body Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• Ye Chen ordered Iron-Faced Douluo to kill Gui Mei, who withdrew his soul skill and prepared to fight.
• Iron-Faced Douluo activated his Martial Soul Avatar and revealed his full aura.

Iron-Faced Douluo, Rockbreaker Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Ning Fengzhi’s group came to Ye Chen’s aid against Spirit Hall’s elders. As Yue Guan and Gui Mei tried to escape by activating the Two Extremes Static Domain, Ye Chen used Void Exile to drag Yue Guan into a spatial rift and disrupt their technique.

• Rockbreaker Douluo arrived and attacked Gui Mei, but Gui Mei’s ninth soul skill overwhelmed him and left him injured.
• Dugu Bo arrived to support Ye Chen, followed by Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, leaving Gui Mei surrounded by four Titled Douluo.
• Ye Chen urged the elders to kill Gui Mei, saying Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao had already been killed.
• Gui Mei fled toward Yue Guan, and the two began activating the Two Extremes Static Domain.
• Ye Chen used Void Exile to pull Yue Guan into a spatial rift, breaking the fusion of the two elders’ powers and leaving Gui Mei alone.

Ye Chen’s Void Exile let four Titled Douluo kill Gui Mei before Guang Ling Douluo appeared and asked him to spare Yue Guan. Ye Chen agreed for Xue’er’s sake, but warned that the Body Sect would still confront Bibi Dong, leaving Guang Ling shocked by the sect’s strength.

• Ye Chen explained that his fourth soul skill could banish an opponent into a void rift, and Iron-Faced Douluo ordered the others to attack Gui Mei.
• Iron-Faced Douluo, Cloudpiercer Douluo, Rockbreaker Douluo, and Dugu Bo combined their ninth soul skills and killed Gui Mei as Yue Guan emerged from Void Exile.
• Yue Guan called for Guang Ling Worshiper, who appeared and asked Ye Chen to spare Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Ye Chen agreed to let Yue Guan leave for Xue’er’s sake and warned him to tell Bibi Dong not to target anyone from the Body Sect.
• Guang Ling asked whether Ye Chen would spare Yue Guan for Qian Daoliu’s sake, and Ye Chen said Du Busi would still go to Spirit Hall to confront Bibi Dong.
• Guang Ling realized the Body Sect might possess strength comparable to Qian Daoliu and suspected Ye Chen was a god’s inheritor.

After the Body Sect killed Ghost Douluo, Ye Chen dismissed concerns about Spirit Hall and the empires, saying his sect could protect itself while he pursued godhood. Guang Ling Douluo then warned Qian Renxue that Ye Chen had likely seen through her disguise, leaving her to suspect their first meeting had exposed her.

• Guang Ling Douluo left the group, while Ye Chen told Ning Fengzhi that the Body Sect would retaliate against anyone who provoked it.
• Ye Chen returned toward Heaven Dou City with Ye Lingling and explained that the coming conflict belonged to the gods, while the Body Sect was helping him become one.
• That night, Guang Ling Douluo visited Qian Renxue in the Eastern Palace and told her Ghost Douluo had been killed and Ye Chen had spared Chrysanthemum Douluo for the Worship Hall's young master's sake.
• Guang Ling Douluo warned Qian Renxue that Ye Chen had probably uncovered her identity, and she wondered whether his gaze during their first meeting had revealed her disguise.

Qian Renxue visited Ye Chen and dropped her disguise, confronting him about how much he knew of her identity. Ye Chen revealed that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji, leaving Qian Renxue shaken as she struggled with the truth about her mother.

• Guang Ling Douluo urged Qian Renxue to confess to Ye Chen, and she decided to visit him the next morning.
• Qian Renxue arrived alone at the Body Sect residence and shed her disguise in front of Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen admitted that he had known Qian Renxue's true identity from their first meeting and had protected her guards from danger.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know who had truly killed her father after Ye Chen said Tang Hao was only indirectly responsible.
• Ye Chen told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji and added that Qian Xunji had wronged Bibi Dong first.

Ye Chen revealed the truth of Qian Renxue's birth and family history, leaving her devastated but advising her to remain undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire for now. Meanwhile, Du Busi led the Body Sect to Spirit City to demand an explanation from Bibi Dong, and the chapter ended with the sect displaying its overwhelming strength at the city gates.

• Ye Chen told Qian Renxue how Bibi Dong's past with Yu Xiaogang, Qian Xunji's actions, and the Blue Silver Emperor incident led to Qian Renxue's birth and Bibi Dong's pursuit of the Rakshasa trials.
• Qian Renxue collapsed in despair, and Ye Chen caught her and advised her to stay in the Heaven Dou Empire until she was ready to face Bibi Dong.
• Ye Chen told Qian Renxue about his God of Space trial, and she left the Body Sect residence disguised as Xue Qinghe after their conversation turned intimate.
• Du Busi assembled the Body Sect's forces and led them toward Spirit Hall to demand an explanation from Bibi Dong.
• Du Busi and nine other Titled Douluo arrived at Spirit City's gates with more than thirty Soul Douluo, displaying numerous hundred-thousand-year soul rings and demanding to see the pope.

Du Busi led the Body Sect to Spirit Hall to confront Bibi Dong over her attack on his disciple and the death of Ghost Douluo. He wounded Bibi Dong in their opening clash, while the Golden Body Elder warned Spirit Hall’s elders not to interfere.

• Bibi Dong emerged from the Papal Hall with seven Titled Douluo as Du Busi accused her of attacking his disciple.
• Bibi Dong cited the Body Sect’s killing of Ghost Douluo, but Du Busi demanded that she pay and challenged her to fight.
• Du Busi and Bibi Dong activated their Martial Soul Avatars, revealing the poisonous mist around Du Busi and Bibi Dong’s Death Spider Emperor form.
• Du Busi unleashed his hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Skill, Death Feast, and forced Bibi Dong back, leaving her bleeding beneath Spirit City’s stairs.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo moved to help Bibi Dong, but the Golden Body Elder threatened Spirit Hall’s elders and revealed his Level 97 aura.

Du Busi overwhelmed Bibi Dong with his Poison Domain and spatial techniques, repeatedly breaking apart and corroding her body despite her Undying Body. As she faced exhaustion, Qian Daoliu intervened and asked Du Busi to spare her for his and Xue'er's sake.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and the other Spirit Hall elders held back as the Body Sect's forces vastly outnumbered them.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Golden Body Douluo introduced themselves and discussed the Body Sect's secret Soul Core method, which they might share if Qian Renxue and Ye Chen became a couple.
• Du Busi trapped Bibi Dong in his Poison Domain and used his ninth soul skill, Yellow Springs Jade Starfall, to tear her body apart.
• Du Busi used spatial force to delay Bibi Dong's reassembly while poison corroded her fragments, gradually weakening her.
• Qian Daoliu flew out of Worship Hall and asked Du Busi to spare Bibi Dong for his and Xue'er's sake.

Du Busi forced Spirit Hall to back down after warning Qian Daoliu that the Body Sect would kill anyone who threatened Ye Chen. The Body Sect left for the Far North to help Ye Chen obtain a soul ring, while Bibi Dong vowed to settle the score at the Soul Master Tournament.

• Du Busi withdrew his poison from Bibi Dong, then threatened to poison Spirit City unless Qian Daoliu kept her under control.
• Qian Daoliu declared the Body Sect a friend of Spirit Hall through Qian Renxue and warned that anyone who attacked Ye Chen would deserve death.
• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to leave Spirit City, and its members headed toward the Far North to find a rare soul beast for Ye Chen’s level-sixty breakthrough.
• Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong to watch herself, and she returned to the Papal Hall to recover from her injuries.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to train for the Soul Master Tournament and defeat Ye Chen, while Hu Liena vowed to repay the Body Sect’s humiliation.
• News of the Body Sect’s strength spread across the continent, but its leaders ignored the invitations pouring into their Heaven Dou City residence and departed for the Far North after Ye Chen broke through to level sixty.

Ye Chen and Du Busi entered the Far North seeking a Mirror Shadow Beast and approached Snow Empress, whom Ye Chen hoped to recruit as a soul ring and future god. Snow Empress confronted them and questioned Ye Chen’s claims, leaving their negotiation unresolved.

• Du Busi sent the Body Sect members to search the Far North for a Mirror Shadow Beast at least seventy thousand years old.
• Ye Chen suggested that Snow Empress sacrifice herself to him, and Du Busi agreed to take him deeper into the Far North to meet her.
• Du Busi released his Rank 99 Limit Douluo aura, and Snow Empress emerged from the ice to order the humans to leave.
• Ye Chen told Snow Empress that he was a divine inheritor from ten thousand years in the future and offered to preserve and revive her and Ice Empress after he became a god.
• Snow Empress questioned whether Ye Chen wanted her and Ice Empress as soul rings, while Ye Chen explained that God-Given Soul Rings were his preferred choice.

Ye Chen demonstrated that he could preserve a slain Mirror Shadow Beast’s soul, prompting Ice Empress to agree to sacrifice herself while Snow Empress stayed to observe. After absorbing its Soul Ring, Ye Chen gained the Void Reflection skill and copied Du Busi’s powerful Death Feast, leaving him drained after one strike.

• Ye Chen warned Snow Empress that soul beasts were cursed and could not become gods, then offered to demonstrate how he could preserve a soul without requiring her sacrifice.
• Ye Chen killed a seventy-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast, restored its soul with Temporal Reversal, sealed it, and drew it into his Spirit Sea.
• After Snow Empress told Ice Empress about their supposed future, Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice herself to Ye Chen, while Snow Empress chose to wait and observe.
• Ye Chen absorbed the Mirror Shadow Beast’s Soul Ring, reached rank 63, and gained the replication skill Void Reflection.
• Ye Chen used Du Busi’s blood to copy Death Feast and destroyed a distant iceberg with a strike strong enough to rival a Titled Douluo’s, but the attack consumed eighty percent of his Soul Power.

After completing his first Space Trial, Ye Chen received a major reward and learned he had one year to finish the next trial. Ice Empress sacrificed her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, which Ye Chen restored with the Power of Time, and the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ye Chen received the first Space Trial reward, rose to Rank 66, and was given one year to find an exit from the Void Crown's Mark Space.
• Snow Empress said Ice Empress's sacrifice could raise Ye Chen to Rank 70, and Ice Empress agreed to give him her Soul Bone and Soul Ring.
• Ice Empress's body shattered as her Soul Bone and red Soul Ring entered Ye Chen, raising his Soul Power to Rank 70.
• Ye Chen used Temporal Reversal to restore Ice Empress's soul, and she moved into his spiritual sea.
• Ye Chen chose the Star Dou Great Forest as their next destination, and Snow Empress agreed to travel with the group.