Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunzong summoned Kong Deming, the continent’s foremost Soul Engineer, and ordered Shen Wansan and He Shen to fund his research with half of their businesses’ monthly net profits. Kong Deming began planning new Soul Tools, while He Shen reluctantly accepted the expense and Qian Xunzong prepared to build a powerful Soul Tool force.

• Qian Xunzong used his sign-in reward to summon Kong Deming, a Rank 95 Super Douluo and Level-Ten Soul Engineer whose Soul Tools gave him combat strength comparable to a Limit Douluo.
• Kong Deming displayed his extensive collection of Soul Tools and research tomes, then explained that advancing his work required substantial funding and rare materials.
• Qian Xunzong ordered Shen Wansan and He Shen to provide Kong Deming with half of the businesses’ monthly net profits, and Shen Wansan agreed to manage the payments and accounts.
• He Shen protested that the funding would drain his wealth and tried to negotiate a smaller share, but Qian Xunzong insisted that half the profits were necessary.
• Kong Deming promised to improve Soul Tools and develop equipment for an army, while Qian Xunzong envisioned building a force that combined Martial Soul power with Soul Tool technology.
• Shen Wansan began planning acquisitions and budgets, He Shen mourned the lost profits, and Kong Deming started reviewing blueprints for improved cannons and illusion defenses.

Qian Xunzong received a fortune in rewards from the Pontiff Elders for the Immortal-Grade Herbs, including two Worship Tokens, and delivered one to Qian Xunji. Qian Xunji tried to use his token to refuse Qian Daoliu's order, but Qian Daoliu mistook it for a fake and dragged him off to work.

• Qian Xunzong visited the Worship Hall, where the Pontiff Elders described their gains from the herbs, including Feng Fuyao's breakthrough to rank ninety-seven.
• The Pontiff Elders gave Qian Xunzong Soul Bones, wealth, rare treasures, and a Worship Token, while Qian Xichen gave him a second token for Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunzong delivered Qian Xunji's Worship Token at Falling Dust Pavilion, and Qian Xunji rejoiced over his new privileges.
• A Papal Palace guard ordered Qian Xunji to report for work, and Qian Xunji refused, believing his Worship Token let him disobey.
• Qian Daoliu accused Qian Xunji of forging the token, knocked it from his hand, and dragged him to the Papal Palace despite his protests.

After obtaining a giant city placement permit, Qian Xunzong reviewed three possible sites for his new base and chose a remote island occupied by soul beasts. He ordered Kong Deming to build ships and prepared an expedition to clear the island, establish the city, and obtain his fourth Soul Ring.

• Qian Xunzong checked in at Spirit City and synthesized three city fragments into a permit for a giant city.
• Shen Ye presented three proposed sites: the war-torn Wildwind Plains, barren Purple Mist Mountain, and a fertile island filled with soul beasts.
• Mo Hengchuan, Yun Yan, Ma Jinyan, and Kong Deming unanimously recommended the island for its isolation, resources, and room for a giant city.
• Qian Xunzong chose the island as the location for his new base.
• Qian Xunzong ordered Kong Deming to build three troop-carrying soul tool warships within fifteen days.
• Qian Xunzong ordered the expedition to take three hundred Judgment Knight Corps members to the island, clear the soul beasts, and help him obtain his fourth Soul Ring.

After fifteen days of preparation, Qian Xunzong led an expedition into the open ocean with three hundred Judgment Knights and Kong Deming’s new Soul Battleships. The fleet survived its first major Sea Soul Beast attack without losses, leaving the voyage clear to continue.

• Kong Deming completed three Sea-Calming-Class Soul Battleships, and Qian Xunzong assembled three hundred Judgment Knights and his core confidants for the expedition.
• Qian Xunzong ordered the Judgment Knights aboard the warships and traveled separately with his confidants on the Cloudstep Light-Carriage, while Zheng Yue stayed behind to guard Cloud-Treading Villa.
• After the fleet entered the open ocean, thousands of Sea Soul Beasts attacked the warships with tentacles, venom, and brute force, but their defensive barriers held.
• Kong Deming used the ships’ Soul Cannons to bombard the beast tide, destroying the low-level attackers and killing the high-level Sea Soul Beasts with precision strikes.
• The half-hour sea battle ended with the beast tide crushed, the fleet undamaged, and the Judgment Knights never needing to fight.

Qian Xunzong’s forces attacked an island ruled by three powerful soul beast clans, then offered the survivors a choice between submission and extermination. The Deluge Giant Crocodile Tribe surrendered, while the Coldwater Demon Wolf Tribe and Tidal Spirit Ape Tribe refused and were wiped out.

• Shen Ye reported that three clans and nearly three thousand soul beasts inhabited the island, and Qian Xunzong ordered three hundred Judgment Knights and the warships’ Soul Cannons to attack.
• The knights and cannons devastated the island’s defenders until Gui Mei and Yue Guan objected to the slaughter, prompting Qian Xunzong to halt the assault and offer the clans a chance to submit.
• The Deluge Giant Crocodile Tribe accepted Qian Xunzong’s terms, but the Coldwater Demon Wolf Tribe and Tidal Spirit Ape Tribe refused to surrender.
• Qian Xunzong ordered the two resisting clans exterminated, and his forces destroyed them while sparing the surrendered Deluge Giant Crocodile Tribe.

After pacifying the islands, Qian Xunzong absorbed the Heavenlight Dragon's Soul Ring and broke through to level forty-four. He established Heavenly God City and Zhuolu Academy on the island, named the surrounding territory, and ordered Ma Jinyan to relocate the Blazing Flame Sect there.

• Shen Ye presented Qian Xunzong with a fifty-thousand-year-old Heavenlight Dragon, which Qian Xunzong killed for its Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunzong absorbed the Heavenlight Dragon's Soul Ring with the Jade Balance Xiejing Beast guarding him and broke through to become a level forty-four Soul Ancestor.
• Qian Xunzong used the system's creation power to establish Heavenly God City and Zhuolu Academy at the island's center.
• Qian Xunzong named the island Heavenly God Prefecture and its surrounding hundred-li sea region the Yunhan Sea.
• Qian Xunzong ordered Ma Jinyan to return to the Blazing Flame Sect and bring the sect's members to settle in Heavenly God City and study at Zhuolu Academy.

Qian Xunzong summoned Ma Mingshan to Heavenly God Palace and performed a God-Seal Coronation, granting him the Throne of Guardian and Mercy in exchange for an eternal oath to protect Heavenly God City and Heavenly God Prefecture. The coronation cured Ma Mingshan’s poison, restored his foundation, and raised him to peak Rank 95, leaving him reborn and devoted to his new duty.

• The Blazing Flame Sect arrived in Heavenly God City, where the Judgment Knights escorted its disciples and lower-ranking elders to their accommodations.
• Ma Mingshan and Ma Jinyan were brought to Heavenly God Palace, where Qian Xunzong gathered Shen Ye, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Mo Hengchuan.
• Qian Xunzong summoned the Divine Seal Throne, ascended it, and called Ma Mingshan forward to receive his God-Seal Coronation.
• Qian Xunzong granted Ma Mingshan the Throne of Guardian and Mercy after Ma Mingshan swore to guard Heavenly God City and Heavenly God Prefecture for life.
• The coronation purged Ma Mingshan’s poison, repaired his body and foundation, restored his vitality, added thirty years to his lifespan, and raised his cultivation to peak Rank 95 Super Douluo.
• Qian Xunzong explained the throne’s protective powers and oath’s punishment, and Ma Mingshan pledged to uphold his duty and never betray him.

Ma Mingshan tested the power of the Throne of Guardian and Mercy in a spar with Mo Hengchuan, whose Confucian abilities matched the throne’s defenses and enhancements. After they ended the evenly matched battle, Qian Xunzong assigned leadership and defense roles in Heavenly God City and ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to guard its surrounding waters.

• Qian Xunzong proposed that Mo Hengchuan spar with Ma Mingshan so Ma could learn to control the Throne of Guardian and Mercy.
• Ma Mingshan unleashed his Nine Heavens Phoenix attacks, but Mo Hengchuan blocked them with Righteous Confucian Qi without activating his Martial Soul.
• Ma Mingshan summoned the Guardian Throne, used its protective barrier and Divine Seal Armor, and fought Mo Hengchuan to a standstill.
• Qian Xunzong stopped the spar after dozens of exchanges, and Ma Mingshan thanked him for the chance to master the throne.
• Qian Xunzong appointed Ma Mingshan City Lord of Heavenly God City, assigned Mo Hengchuan, Ma Jinyan, Yun Yan, and Kong Deming duties, and ordered Shen Ye to arrange trade routes.
• Qian Xunzong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to have the Flood Giant Crocodile Tribe guard the waters around Heavenly God Prefecture and keep unauthorized vessels out of the Yunhan Sea.

Qian Xunzong gathered Heavenly God City's senior members to plan the new city's development, and Shen Wansan and He Shen proposed trade as the basis of its economy. Their debate over the cost and dangers of ocean-going fleets ended when Yun Yan proposed a Cross-Realm Teleportation Array to connect the city with the continent.

• Qian Xunzong convened Heavenly God City's core members to determine the city's development plans and prioritize its economy.
• Qian Xunzong appointed Shen Wansan and He Shen to revitalize the city's economy and open trade routes.
• Shen Wansan proposed expanding trade across the continent, while He Shen argued that ocean-going routes and merchant fleets could connect distant regions.
• He Shen estimated that a large fleet would cost at least one million Gold Soul Coins and opposed building one because of the expense and risks from sea beasts.
• Yun Yan proposed a Cross-Realm Teleportation Array linking Heavenly God City to major regions, commercial hubs, and sect routes, claiming it would be safer and more efficient than fleets.

Qian Xunzong organized Heavenly God City’s economic expansion, recruitment, education, and soul tool development. The chapter ended with Kong Deming tasked with building a soul tool education and research system at Zhuolu Academy.

• Qian Xunzong approved a plan for Yun Yan and Zhou Heng to lead construction of an ultra-large interrealm teleportation array to expand Heavenly God City’s trade.
• Ma Mingshan proposed recruiting the Battle Soul Sect and Undying Sect, and Ma Jinyan accepted responsibility for persuading their sect masters to join Heavenly God City.
• Qian Xunzong ordered preparations for Zhuolu Academy, which would enroll talented students from across the Douluo Continent and teach five divisions.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan accepted responsibility for publicizing the academy’s enrollment across the continent with Judgment Knights and former Blazing Flame Sect disciples.
• Qian Xunzong appointed Kong Deming to oversee the Soul Tool Technology Institute, prepare foundational textbooks, and establish a Soul Tool Academy at Zhuolu Academy.

Qian Xunzong approved a plan to cooperate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and then signed in at Heavenly God City, gaining Mountain-Sea Tower, a powerful intelligence and assassination organization. He ordered it to coordinate with the Embroidered Uniform Guard and build a continent-wide network within three months.

• Ma Mingshan proposed using Soul Tools and defensive resources to cooperate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, opening trade routes and attracting students and support forces.
• Qian Xunzong approved the proposal for later, after Heavenly God City's teleportation array, academy, and Soul Tool Institute were established.
• After the other leaders left, Qian Xunzong signed in at Heavenly God City and received Mountain-Sea Tower, a secret organization with twenty thousand elite members.
• Helian Ye, Mountain-Sea Tower's Rank 97 master, appeared and pledged himself to Qian Xunzong.
• Qian Xunzong ordered Mountain-Sea Tower and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to coordinate, spread their intelligence network across the continent, and infiltrate major sects, empires, and cities within three months.

Gui Mei and Yue Guan tried to register Zhuolu Academy in Spirit City but faced bribery and harassment from the administration staff. After fighting back, they were overwhelmed by two Soul Emperors and left trapped in their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as an attack closed in.

• Gui Mei paid the registration fee for Zhuolu Academy, but a staff member told him and Yue Guan to return in a month while approving Sun Yuya’s Ziyun Academy registration for the next day after taking a bribe.
• Gui Mei revealed Qian Xunzong’s Pontiff’s Token, but the staff accused them of forging it and called colleagues to attack.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan defeated several Soul Kings, then confronted Steward Sun and Steward Zhou, who accepted gold cards from the staff and attacked them.
• The two stewards’ Soul Emperor attacks forced Gui Mei and Yue Guan to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Bipolar Forbidden Domain, trapping one attacker but leaving themselves unable to move.
• The other Soul Emperor launched Swift Piercing Strike at Gui Mei and Yue Guan, but someone shouted, “Stop!” and used Bone Shield.

Qian Xunji rescued Gui Mei and Yue Guan after Chen Xin and Gu Rong helped shield them from a pair of Soul Emperors. After the attackers were punished, the five met over a meal, where Gui Mei and Yue Guan repeatedly invited Chen Xin and Gu Rong to join Zhuolu Academy.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong blocked the Soul Emperors’ attack with a bone shield and a sword, then entered with Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji condemned the stewards for attacking Gui Mei and Yue Guan and ordered his guards to break the attackers’ legs and take them to Cloud-Treading Villa.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan explained that the Second Young Master had sent them to register Zhuolu Academy, and they invited Chen Xin and Gu Rong to enroll.
• Qian Xunji promised to arrange the academy registration and took the others to eat together.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong told the group they had discovered a gathering place for fallen ones, while Gui Mei and Yue Guan reminisced about the tournament and urged them to join Zhuolu Academy.

Yun Yan completed an enormous All-Region Teleportation Formation in Heavenly God Prefecture after ten days of exhausting work. He handed Shen Wansan and He Shen five auxiliary formation core crystal sets and sent them to establish teleportation nodes across Douluo Continent.

• Yun Yan spent ten days using his soul skills and rare spatial spiritual plants to build the continent-spanning main formation.
• Yun Yan completed the formation and condensed five sets of auxiliary formation core crystals.
• Yun Yan summoned Shen Wansan and He Shen, who were astonished by the completed formation.
• Yun Yan gave Shen Wansan and He Shen the crystals and explained how to set up, activate, and maintain the auxiliary formations.
• Yun Yan ordered Shen Wansan and He Shen to choose five core nodes across Douluo Continent and establish two-way teleportation passages.

Shen Wansan and He Shen completed a network of five teleportation formations linking key cities across Douluo Continent to Heavenly God Prefecture. At Heavenly God Palace, Qian Xunzong agreed to meet with the Undying Sect and Battle Soul Sect, while Gui Mei and Yue Guan bickered over who recruited two geniuses for Zhuolu Academy.

• Shen Wansan and He Shen built subsidiary teleportation formations in Spirit City, Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, Suotuo City, and Gengxin City.
• The five formations connected the cities instantly to Heavenly God Prefecture, creating a continent-wide spatial network.
• Ma Jinyan reported that Ye Qiulin and Chen Jianjun had invited Qian Xunzong to Northwest City to discuss cooperation in person.
• Qian Xunzong accepted the invitation, hoping to bring the Undying Sect and Battle Soul Sect into his sphere of influence.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan claimed they had recruited two geniuses for Zhuolu Academy, then argued over who deserved the credit.

Qian Xunzong reunited with Gui Mei and Yue Guan, learned they had recruited Chen Xin and Gu Rong for Zhuolu Academy, and returned to Cloud-Treading Villa. A check-in there granted him two Check-in Anchors, letting him remotely claim rewards at places visited by people under his command.

• Yue Guan reported that he and Gui Mei had recruited Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and Qian Xunzong praised them for the achievement.
• Qian Xunzong told Gui Mei and Yue Guan that Yun Yan had established teleportation arrays across the continent, making their exhausting journey to Heavenly God City unnecessary.
• Qian Xunzong and his companions teleported to Spirit City, traveled by Cloudstep Light-Carriage to Cloud-Treading Villa, and heard Zheng Yue report that Qian Xunji had sent over seven corrupt academy officials.
• Qian Xunzong ordered the seven officials' Soul Power crippled and sentenced them to lifelong labor in the mines.
• Qian Xunzong checked in at Cloud-Treading Villa and received two Check-in Anchors that enabled remote check-ins through people under his command.
• Qian Xunzong planned to bind the anchors to people from the Undying Sect and the Battle Soul Sect during his trip to Northwest City.

Qian Xunzong received the Undying Sect and Battle Soul Sect in Northwest City to discuss bringing them under Heavenly God City. The sect leaders learned that the young master was Spirit Hall’s Pope’s six-year-old son and met the formidable experts serving him.

• Qian Xunzong waited at Lanyun Pavilion with his advisers and guards as the Undying Sect and Battle Soul Sect arrived in Northwest City.
• Ma Jinyan welcomed Ye Linqiu and Chen Jianjun, then led the two sects’ members to the Supreme Private Room.
• The sect members were stunned to find a young boy seated as their host, and Ma Jinyan identified him as Qian Xunzong, the Pope of Spirit Hall’s second son.
• Ma Jinyan introduced Qian Xunzong’s advisers and guards, while Chen Jianjun failed to probe the cultivation of Mo Hengchuan, Yun Yan, and Kong Deming but sensed Shen Ye’s Super Douluo strength.

Ye Linqiu and Chen Jianjun described how the Undying Sect and Battle Soul Sect were nearing collapse because their Martial Souls could only be inherited through a single line. Yun Yan revealed a risky method to break that limitation, and Qian Xunzong offered Chen Jianjun restored health, a longer life, and greater strength if the Battle Soul Sect submitted to Heavenly God City.

• Ye Linqiu and Chen Jianjun were shocked to discover that six-year-old Qian Xunzong was a four-ring Soul Ancestor backed by several Titled Douluo-level powerhouses.
• Ye Linqiu explained that the Undying Sect lacked successors because its Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul could be inherited by only one line, while Chen Jianjun described the Battle Soul Sect’s similar plight and his own failing health.
• Qian Xunzong acknowledged that ordinary methods could not overcome the inheritance limits, but Yun Yan revealed an Origin Life-Gathering Formation and rare Immortal-Grade Herbs that might break them, with at most a ten percent chance of success.
• Qian Xunzong promised Chen Jianjun that, if the Battle Soul Sect pledged allegiance to Heavenly God City, he would heal his origin injuries, extend his life by more than sixty years, help him reach Rank Ninety-Seven, and appoint him Vice City Lord.

Qian Xunzong persuaded the Undying Sect and Battle Soul Sect to submit to Heavenly God City by demonstrating its advanced Soul Tools and promising them protection, resources, and opportunities. After both sects swore allegiance, he signed in at Northwest City and received the Northwest Twin Kings.

• Qian Xunzong explained how Heavenly God City could overcome the Undying Sect’s weaknesses and ordered Kong Deming to demonstrate its Soul Tools.
• Kong Deming gave Ye Linqiu a defensive armor Soul Tool, which blocked Chen Jianjun’s full-force sword strike without harming Ye Linqiu.
• Qian Xunzong promised the Undying Sect access to Heavenly God City’s Soul Tool Institute, resources, and equipment.
• Ye Linqiu and Chen Jianjun led their sects in pledging full allegiance to Heavenly God City, bringing all three Earth Three Sects under its command.
• Qian Xunzong signed in at Northwest City and received the Northwest Twin Kings.

Qian Xunzong recruited the Northwest Twin Kings and secured remote check-in anchors through Chen Jianjun and Ye Qiulin as the sects began reorganizing under Heavenly God City. The Twin Kings arrived noisily, and Qian Xunzong introduced them as new subordinates.

• The system rewarded Qian Xunzong with Sun Shaoan, the Northwest Hammer King, and Zhao Gangzi, the Northwest Spitting King, and he summoned them.
• Qian Xunzong warned the newly surrendered sects to serve faithfully, and their leaders pledged loyalty to Heavenly God City.
• Qian Xunzong established permanent check-in anchors on Chen Jianjun and Ye Qiulin, unlocking remote check-ins for the Battle Soul Sect and Undying Sect.
• Chen Jianjun, Ye Qiulin, and the other sect leaders left to return to their sects and carry out the reorganization.
• Sun Shaoan and Zhao Gangzi argued with the restaurant guards before greeting Qian Xunzong, who introduced them as his new subordinates.