Kong Deming

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Kong Deming (孔德明)
Alias(es)	Silver Moon Douluo; Elder Kong; Father of Soul Tools 12 76 128
Gender	Male 3
Affiliation	Sun Moon Empire 3 127
Occupation/Role	Imperial Chief Enshrined, also described as the imperial chief worshipper; Soul Engineer and Life-Bound Soul Tool researcher 3 85 127
Cultivation	Rank 97 Super Douluo 44 60 129
Martial Souls	Twin Martial Souls with opposing sun and moon alignments 59
Status	Alive; pursuing Rank 11 Soul Tool development 129
First Appearance	Mentioned in Huang Jinxu’s recollections 3; directly participates in the Profound Ice Marrow negotiations 83

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank 97 Super Douluo	44 60	Huang Jinxu’s pills allowed him to absorb three Soul Rings into his Second Martial Soul, aged 80,000, 100,000, and 100,000 years. Their energy raised him to Rank 97 and balanced his two Martial Souls.
Level 10 Soul Tool development — implied completion	128 129	His remarks about Huang succeeding before him imply that he has also completed a Level 10 Soul Tool. His own creation is not displayed in the supplied passages; Rank 11 becomes his next stated goal.

Background / History

Kong Deming taught Huang Jinxu Soul Tool technology while Huang was secretly studying in the Sun Moon Empire. Their relationship fell somewhere between teacher and friend: Huang seriously considered becoming his disciple, and Kong held nothing back in teaching him. Kong also led Huang deep into the ocean to obtain his Ninth Soul Ring 3 77.

Huang’s ideas should have accelerated Kong’s development into a Level 10 Soul Engineer, but Huang’s misfortune repeatedly ruined his attempts. One failure nearly killed Kong. Huang eventually revealed his identity and fled the empire, partly to avoid dragging Kong down further 3.

Their separation made them nominal enemies without erasing their personal bond. Kong issued Huang’s wanted notice largely for the royal family’s benefit, while continuing to hope that he would return to the Sun Moon Empire. Huang retained deep respect for Kong and remembered his instruction and help with gratitude 76 77.

Personality

Kong is driven by research and welcomes competition that can extend the limits of Soul Tools. When he cannot find a suitable rival, he is willing to cultivate one himself. Huang’s success delights rather than discourages him because it confirms that their envisioned path toward god-slaying weapons is possible 129.

His generosity as a teacher can outweigh political allegiance. He agrees to guide Huo Yuhao despite recognizing that he may be educating another person who will not belong to the Sun Moon Empire. For Kong, becoming stronger and advancing Soul Tool technology justify that risk 129.

His attachment to Huang also affects his judgment. He interprets the Profound Ice Marrow trade as repayment for his past guidance and an attempt to draw a line between them, although Huang’s immediate objective is obtaining the imperial family’s Dragon Core 84.

Abilities & Skills

Soul Tool Engineering

Huang considers Kong’s Soul Tool mastery superior to everyone else’s in their era and respects him without reservation as one of its greatest geniuses 59.

• Develops his work through extensive study of existing knowledge and the world’s laws 127.
• Can mobilize the Sun Moon Empire’s resources to gather materials, though exceptionally scarce components still delay his projects 44.
• Accepts Huang’s research philosophy that strong Soul Master cultivation provides a foundation for faster progress in Soul Tool engineering 128.
• Pursues a Godslaying Soul Tool, an ambition originally encouraged by Huang 129.

Life-Bound Soul Tool Research

Kong’s approach to reverse-refining a Martial Soul forms the basis of Life-Bound Soul Tools. Huang regards this research as a genuine route toward Divine Artifacts 59 85.

• A Life-Bound Soul Tool made from sufficiently high-quality materials can grow with its owner’s cultivation 85.
• With suitable opportunities, it may transform into a Divine Artifact rather than remain a fixed-grade weapon 85.
• Kong’s ideas help Huang create Starbreaker and prepare an artificial Second Martial Soul 71.
• Ji Juechen’s independently developed sword-cultivation path offers Kong another model for pursuing Rank 11 technology 127 129.

Twin Martial Souls

Kong possesses opposing sun- and moon-aligned Martial Souls. Their incompatibility initially prevents him from safely using additional Soul Rings on his Second Martial Soul to increase his cultivation 59.

• Huang’s pills establish the balance needed for the Second Martial Soul to absorb Soul Rings 59.
• The current safe limit is three rings. Adding more would destroy the balance and kill him 60.
• Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores could overcome this restriction, but Huang judges them extremely difficult for Kong to achieve within his lifetime 60.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Level 9 Huang Jinxu detector — Kong holds one of three devices built around traces of Huang’s residual Soul Power. They react when Huang comes within twenty li; the other two are held by the palace and Jing Hongchen 76.
• Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow — Kong agrees to receive three portions from the Dragon Core trade. He estimates that two are sufficient for his needs and keeps the third as a reserve; one of his Life-Bound Soul Tool designs calls for this material 84.
• Silverlight Divine Shield — original timeline — Huang recalls that Kong’s Life-Bound Soul Tool could unleash deity-comparable power after sufficient preparation and charging, even when Kong was only a Level 95 Super Douluo. This is described as an original-timeline achievement, not a confirmed present-timeline creation 85.

Relationships

• Huang Jinxu — Former student, friend, and research rival. Kong taught him without reservation and helped obtain his Ninth Soul Ring; their technical rivalry continues despite Huang’s wanted status 3 77 128 129.
• Jing Hongchen — Fellow Sun Moon Soul Engineer and intermediary in Huang’s resource trade. Kong accepts Jing’s proposed division of the Profound Ice Marrow and does not pry into additional benefits Jing negotiates for himself 83 84.
• Ji Juechen — Promising cultivator whose unusual sword path Kong recognizes. He deliberately sends Ji toward Huang, hoping that Ji will stimulate further research and help Huang catch up 129.
• Huo Yuhao — Prospective student recommended by Huang. Kong agrees to guide him in the Sun Moon Empire despite the possibility of strengthening a future opponent 129.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Race to Level 10

• Begins constructing his designed Level 10 Soul Tool while Huang independently starts forging his own. Neither initially knows the other is working toward the same milestone 71.
• Huang’s influence has cost Kong an earlier opportunity, but the resulting cultivation increase also helps him understand crucial Level 10 principles sooner 71.

Profound Ice Marrow Exchange

• Recognizes Huang’s involvement as soon as Jing presents the rare marrow and proposes exchanging the imperial family’s Dragon Core for six portions 83.
• Accepts the bargain, interpreting it as a gesture of gratitude from Huang, and agrees to take three portions 84.

Tournament Reunion and Rank 11 Challenge

• Visits the Sun Moon delegation in the Star Luo Empire to meet Huang and verify his achievement. Huang presents Starbreaker almost as a student submitting his completed work for approval 128.
• Acknowledges that Huang has succeeded earlier and produced a better result, then challenges him to a new race: raising Soul Tools to Rank 11 128 129.
• Leaves once his research questions are answered, showing little interest in the tournament’s immediate outcome 129.

Notable Quotes

“You may have beaten your teacher to this step, but that doesn't mean you'll always stay ahead of him. Let's see which of us raises Soul Tools to Rank 11 first.” 129

“The facts have proved your original argument right. Soul Masters should focus on cultivation early on. Once they reach a certain realm, they can turn to researching Soul Tools and make progress much faster.” 128