Recaps

After Qian Xunzong brutally beat Su Jian at Moon-Watching Tower, Su Jian went to the Papal Palace to accuse him of abusing his authority and seek Qian Daoliu’s justice. Qian Xunzong arrived as Su Jian pleaded his case, carrying the shoe he had used to beat him.

• A guard reported that Qian Xunzong had beaten Su Jian and his men at Moon-Watching Tower, and Qian Daoliu reluctantly accepted that the crude approach had been effective.
• Su Jian spent the night resenting his humiliation and, the next morning, ignored orders to resume construction work so he could appeal to Qian Daoliu.
• Su Jian entered the Papal Palace and accused Qian Xunzong of assaulting him and threatening to cripple his Soul Power, while concealing his own delays and hoarding of spirit plants.
• Qian Xunzong arrived after learning Su Jian had gone to complain, kicked open the palace doors, and challenged anyone who would distort the truth in front of Qian Daoliu.

Qian Xunzong and Qian Xunji beat Su Jian in the Papal Palace after Qian Daoliu secretly sealed his Soul Power, then Qian Xunzong destroyed his Soul Power origin and sent him to the mines. Qian Xunzong promised to finish the delayed Engineering Division work himself and left with Xiaojing, while Qian Daoliu ordered Su Jian’s associates crippled and exiled.

• Qian Daoliu sealed Su Jian’s Soul Power while pretending to read memorials, allowing Qian Xunzong to beat him with a shoe sole.
• Qian Xunji feigned an attempt to stop the fight while secretly pinning Su Jian and striking him, then forced him to thank him for supposedly helping.
• Qian Xunzong destroyed Su Jian’s Soul Power origin with Judgment Divine Flame, and Qian Daoliu ordered the guards to take him to the mines.
• Qian Daoliu lamented that Su Jian’s crippling would delay the Engineering Division’s work, but Qian Xunzong said he could complete it himself and left with Xiaojing.
• Qian Daoliu ordered everyone connected to Su Jian crippled and exiled.

After confirming that Su Jian had not lied about the shortage of top-grade spirit plants, Qian Xunzong used a system check-in to gain Yun Yan, a loyal Rank 96 formation and spirit plant master. Yun Yan devised an upgrade plan for the Martial Soul Academy’s training grounds but lacked enough spirit plants, so Qian Xunzong promised to obtain them from a plentiful source and prepared to head to Sunset Forest.

• Qian Xunzong visited Su Jian’s spirit plant base and found only three millennium-old plants, confirming the shortage of top-grade supplies.
• Xiaojing purified the fields, and Qian Xunzong checked in at the valley, summoning Yun Yan, a loyal Rank 96 Super Douluo and master of formations and spirit plant cultivation.
• Yun Yan surveyed the valley and completed a comprehensive upgrade plan for the Martial Soul Academy’s training grounds in half an hour.
• Yun Yan warned Qian Xunzong that the project lacked enough top-grade spirit plants to power its formations.
• Qian Xunzong told Yun Yan to prepare the blueprints and craftsmen, promising to bring enough spirit plants from a source near Sunset Forest.

Qian Xunzong led his companions to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the Sunset Forest to gather spirit plants for the academy’s formations. After discovering the valley’s abundant immortal herbs, he signed in and obtained the portable Jade Light Spirit-Void Pool, leaving him with a new source of spirit plants and a powerful cultivation sanctuary.

• Qian Xunzong assembled Shen Ye, Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Yun Yan and led them toward the Sunset Forest to find spirit plants.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a sixty-thousand-year Datura Snake King attacked, and Shen Ye killed it with one strike.
• The group entered the valley and found countless rare immortal plants growing around the twin spring eyes.
• Yue Guan became ecstatic over the immortal herbs, while Gui Mei mocked his loss of composure.
• Qian Xunzong signed in at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and received the portable Jade Light Spirit-Void Pool, which could produce high-grade spirit plants and enhance cultivation.

Qian Xunzong distributed immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, strengthened his allies and family, and secured the valley for Spirit Hall. Qian Xunji evolved his Martial Soul and broke through, only for Qian Daoliu to hand him Spirit Hall’s paperwork before leaving to cultivate.

• Qian Xunzong ordered Yun Yan to select spirit plants for the Mimicry Training Grounds and gave immortal herbs to Gui Mei, Yue Guan, Shen Ye, and other Spirit Hall figures.
• Qian Xunzong absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, raising his spiritual sense to the Soul Douluo level, then ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guards to secure the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Xunzong returned to Spirit City and gave Qian Daoliu the Sun-Chasing Divine Fruit and Qian Xunji the Scarlet Flame Glazed Flower.
• Qian Xunji advanced to level forty-five and evolved his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul into a Seraphim, while Qian Daoliu’s cultivation bottleneck loosened.
• Qian Daoliu assigned Spirit Hall’s daily administration to Qian Xunji and left to cultivate, leaving Qian Xunji overwhelmed by the paperwork.

Qian Xunzong gave the Worship Hall elders matched Immortal-Grade Herbs, and their effects drove the elders into seclusion to stabilize their realms. With Spirit Hall’s leaders unavailable, he left to explore Spirit City with Shen Ye, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan.

• Qian Xunzong brought top-tier Immortal-Grade Herbs to the Worship Hall and gave each Pontiff Elder a herb suited to his Martial Soul.
• Qian Xichen and the other Pontiff Elders refined the herbs and felt their foundations improve as their bottlenecks loosened.
• Qian Xichen ordered the elders to enter seclusion, and they hurried away to stabilize their realms.
• Qian Xunzong left the empty Worship Hall with Xiaojing and decided to look around Spirit City.
• Shen Ye, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan joined Qian Xunzong as his guards for the walk.

Qian Xunzong visited Spirit City's slave market and chose the disgraced Ma Jinyan, whose pride and combat instincts remained despite decades of imprisonment. Ma Jinyan swore loyalty to him, and Qian Xunzong received a pill capable of restoring his strength.

• Qian Xunzong toured the slave market with Shen Ye, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan, then decided to inspect its Heaven-grade slaves.
• The manager described Ma Jinyan as a former expert crippled by the Pope after violating the Hall's rules, while other slaves begged Qian Xunzong to choose them.
• Qian Xunzong offered to recruit Ma Jinyan if he killed the noisy slaves, and Ma Jinyan killed them as the group was leaving.
• Ma Jinyan gave his name and pledged lifelong loyalty after Qian Xunzong promised to heal him.
• Qian Xunzong checked in at the slave market and received an Origin-Returning Soul-Raising Pill.

Ma Jinyan revealed his identity as the former young master of the Blazing Flame Sect and recounted how his mutated martial soul, years of slaughter, and a desperate battle left him gravely injured. He had just reached the Titled Douluo rank and decided to absorb a powerful soul beast’s Soul Ring when his tragedy began.

• Qian Xunzong had Ma Jinyan cleaned and brought to the front hall, where his transformed appearance astonished everyone.
• Qian Xunzong asked Ma Jinyan about his past, and Ma Jinyan revealed that he was the only son of the former Blazing Flame Sect master, Ma Mingshan.
• Ma Jinyan explained that his mutated Blood Soul Sky Phoenix drove him toward slaughter and eventually led him to spend ten years in Slaughter City.
• After learning that his father was gravely wounded and the Blazing Flame Sect was in danger, Ma Jinyan completed Slaughter City's final trial and escaped.
• Ma Jinyan fought and killed a powerful soul beast in the Endless Sea Desert, suffering devastating injuries before breaking through to the Titled Douluo rank.
• With his strength exhausted and his journey home impossible, Ma Jinyan chose to absorb the soul beast's Soul Ring in a desperate attempt to heal himself.

Ma Jinyan recounted how a mutated Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring drove him into a killing frenzy, leading Qian Daoliu to cripple his martial soul and leave him enslaved. After learning his father was near death, he begged Qian Xunzong to let him return home; Qian Xunzong agreed to take him to the Blazing Flame Sect in two days.

• Ma Jinyan explained that his Soul Ring had transformed into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, unleashing his Blood Soul Sky Phoenix and driving him to slaughter everything within a hundred-mile radius.
• Qian Daoliu stopped Ma Jinyan's rampage by crippling his martial soul and severing his Soul Power foundation, after which slave traders abducted him and he endured years of torment.
• Qian Xunzong sent Embroidered Uniform Guards to verify Ma Jinyan's story, and their report confirmed it while revealing that Ma Mingshan was gravely ill and had only months to live.
• Ma Jinyan pleaded to return to the Blazing Flame Sect and offered a Martial Soul Oath, but his ruined body could not summon his martial soul or swear the oath.
• Qian Xunzong permitted Ma Jinyan to visit his father and said they would travel to the Blazing Flame Sect together in two days.

After completing the upgraded Mimicry Training Grounds, Qian Xunzong reported to Qian Daoliu, who praised him before trying to recruit Yun Yan into the Papal Palace. Qian Xunzong refused to give up his subordinate, and they settled on Yun Yan teaching the Engineering Division basic skills.

• Qian Xunzong completed the Mimicry Training Grounds in ten days, transforming them into a secret realm that surpassed the original facilities.
• Qian Xunzong kicked open the Papal Palace doors and handed Qian Daoliu the assessment files while Qian Xunji struggled with official documents.
• Qian Daoliu praised Qian Xunzong's work, then revealed that he wanted Yun Yan to join the Papal Palace Engineering Division.
• Qian Xunzong accused Qian Daoliu of poaching his subordinate and refused to transfer Yun Yan.
• Qian Daoliu compromised by asking Yun Yan to teach the Engineering Division basic formation repair and spiritual plant cultivation, and Qian Xunzong agreed while protecting Yun Yan's core techniques.

Qian Xunzong left Spirit City with Gui Mei, Yue Guan, Shen Ye, and Ma Jinyan for the Blazing Flame Sect. After Ma Jinyan was recognized as the returning young sect master, the group was welcomed inside, while he hurried off to reunite with his father.

• Qian Xunzong departed Spirit City with his companions aboard the Cloudstep Light-Carriage, bound for the Blazing Flame Sect.
• The group arrived at the sect's mountain gate, where its guards stopped them and could not verify Ma Jinyan's identity.
• Ma Mingyu recognized Ma Jinyan as the returning young sect master and welcomed him back after years away.
• Ma Jinyan introduced Qian Xunzong as Spirit Hall's Second Young Master, leaving Ma Mingyu and the guards stunned.
• Ma Mingyu escorted Qian Xunzong and his companions into the sect, while Ma Jinyan hurried to see his father, Ma Mingshan.

Qian Xunzong visited the declining Blazing Flame Sect and learned of Sect Master Ma Mingshan’s failing health and Ma Jinyan’s ruined cultivation. After Ma Mingshan offered him a rare Soul Bone in gratitude for saving his son, he made one further request, leaving its nature unrevealed.

• Qian Xunzong received a report on the Blazing Flame Sect’s strength and signed in to gain the External Soul Bone Sacred Flame Wild Palm.
• Ma Mingshan arrived at the hall gravely ill and welcomed Qian Xunzong, while Ma Jinyan urged his father to rest.
• Ma Jinyan recounted how his martial soul had erupted in Slaughter City, the Pope had destroyed his cultivation, and Qian Xunzong had rescued him.
• Ma Mingshan thanked Qian Xunzong for saving his son and offered him a sixty-thousand-year Fire Spirit Torso Soul Bone.
• Ma Mingshan asked Qian Xunzong to grant him one request.

Ma Mingshan asked Qian Xunzong to protect his crippled son and the Blazing Flame Sect’s disciples as the sect faced collapse. Qian Xunzong offered a pill that could heal Ma Jinyan and Ma Mingshan in exchange for the sect’s submission, then revealed that only one pill existed.

• Ma Mingshan explained that his poisoning and failing lifespan would leave the Blazing Flame Sect vulnerable, and entrusted Ma Jinyan to Qian Xunzong for protection.
• Ma Mingshan described how he had divided the sect’s resources to support its disciples and arranged for the Battle Soul Sect and Undying Sect to help them disperse safely.
• Qian Xunzong decided to bring the Blazing Flame Sect under his command and revealed the Origin-Returning Soul-Raising Pill, which could restore Ma Jinyan’s martial soul and cure Ma Mingshan’s poison.
• Qian Xunzong demanded that the Blazing Flame Sect and all its people and resources submit to him, and Ma Mingshan and the elders agreed.
• Qian Xunzong announced that only one Origin-Returning Soul-Raising Pill existed, leaving the hall facing an unresolved choice.

Ma Jinyan and Ma Mingshan faced the choice of who would receive the sole Origin-Returning Soul-Raising Pill, and Ma Jinyan ultimately accepted it so his father could live. Qian Xunzong offered Ma Mingshan a way to recover in exchange for lifelong service, and both father and son were renewed as the Blazing Flame Sect submitted to Qian Xunzong.

• Qian Xunzong explained that only one of Ma Jinyan and Ma Mingshan could receive the Origin-Returning Soul-Raising Pill, and Ma Jinyan chose to give it to his father.
• Ma Mingshan refused the pill for himself, and the elders persuaded Ma Jinyan to accept it for his own future.
• Ma Mingshan disbanded the Blazing Flame Sect and swore its members to follow Qian Xunzong.
• Qian Xunzong offered Ma Mingshan a Longevity-Extending Herb and the chance to recover fully if he accepted lifelong shackles and guarded a designated territory; Ma Mingshan agreed.
• Ma Mingshan refined the herb and regained vitality, while Ma Jinyan refined the pill, restored his martial soul, and rose to level ninety-four with the Heavenly Soul Rainbow Phoenix.
• Ma Mingshan and Ma Jinyan pledged their service to Qian Xunzong, and Ma Mingshan ordered a feast to celebrate their renewal and the sect's new allegiance.

Qian Xunzong absorbed the Sacred Flame Wild Palm Soul Bone, returned to Cloud-Treading Villa, and completed the Mimetic Cultivation Base handover at the Engineering Division. He checked in there and received the Level-Ten Soul Engineer Kong Deming as his reward.

• Qian Xunzong absorbed the Sacred Flame Wild Palm and gained the Wild Palm Soul Bone skill.
• Ma Mingshan insisted that Ma Jinyan accompany Qian Xunzong, while he stayed behind to manage the Blazing Flame Sect.
• Qian Xunzong returned to Cloud-Treading Villa, then went to the Papal Palace after Qian Daoliu summoned him.
• Qian Daoliu introduced Zhou Heng as the new Engineering Division manager and instructed Qian Xunzong to hand over the Mimetic Cultivation Base documents.
• Qian Xunzong and Zhou Heng verified all ten thousand documents without finding an error, completing the handover.
• Qian Xunzong checked in at the Spirit Hall Engineering Division and received Level-Ten Soul Engineer—Kong Deming.

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.