Chapter Summaries

Li Chen found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and negotiated with Dugu Bo, offering treatment for his poison in exchange for five years as a Guest Elder of Heaven Beyond Heaven. Dugu Bo granted Li Chen access to the medicinal garden, where Li Chen placed a Teleportation Stele and began inspecting the Mandarin Duck Pot.

• Li Chen and Wine Fox found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and cleared its poisonous miasma, drawing Dugu Bo out to confront them.
• Li Chen revealed Dugu Bo’s poisoning and offered him a choice: lose his poison cultivation for access to the garden, or join Heaven Beyond Heaven for treatment.
• Dugu Bo rejected the first offer, then agreed to serve as a Guest Elder for five years after Li Chen explained that a Soul Bone and medicinal pills could draw out and store the toxins.
• Dugu Bo gave Li Chen permission to use the medicinal garden as long as he did not dig up the roots.
• Li Chen entered the Mandarin Duck Pot, placed a Teleportation Stele beside the spring and immortal herbs, and Dugu Bo asked what the stele was.

Li Chen used immortal herbs in Dugu Bo’s garden to strengthen his spiritual power and break through to Soul Emperor, while the Book of Knowledge hinted at summoning a Wither Storm. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo discovering Li Chen’s ten-year Soul Rings and asking why he had absorbed them.

• Li Chen consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, improving his vision and spiritual power, but it did not raise his level.
• The Book of Knowledge showed Li Chen a partial Wither-summoning ritual that suggested using a Command Block.
• Wine Fox successfully claimed and began refining Lovesick Heartbreak Red, while Li Chen gave Dugu Bo a Netherite Sword instead of Bottles o' Enchanting.
• Li Chen consumed Aromatic Silk Beauty and broke through to Soul Emperor, revealing six Soul Rings and new Wither-like phantoms around his Command Block Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo confirmed Li Chen was only eight years old and questioned why half his Soul Rings were ten-year rings; Li Chen said his rings only helped him break through level limits.

Li Chen entered the Nether to summon the Wither Storm and break through to level 70, despite the danger its power posed. The ritual succeeded, turning the Wither Storm into his Martial Soul and granting him a new Soul Ring and powerful abilities.

• Wine Fox absorbed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, reached level 96, and became a Super Douluo.
• Li Chen gave Dugu Bo pills to slowly expel his poison, then left with Wine Fox and warned Dugu Bo that the Teleportation Stele required his permission to use.
• Li Chen entered the Nether with Wine Fox, but discovered that an unknown force suppressed her ability to fly.
• Li Chen summoned the Wither Storm in the Nether, endured the soul sand’s painful wailing, and was forced back into Survival Mode as the ritual began.
• The Wither Storm became Li Chen’s Martial Soul, formed a black-and-purple Soul Ring, and enhanced his existing Soul Skills while granting him wither power, Gravity Control, and new abilities.

Li Chen’s Wither Storm evolved beyond his control, trapping him inside its Command Block as it devoured the Nether. When Wine Fox was nearly consumed, the Storm stalled, giving Li Chen a chance to regain control and confront the loneliness within his Martial Soul.

• Li Chen’s Wither Storm grew into its fourth stage, gaining an expanding storm field, Wither effects, and powerful summoned allies as its hunger intensified.
• Li Chen realized he could no longer control the godlike Wither Storm and was trapped inside its core.
• Wine Fox tried to reach Li Chen, but the Wither Storm treated her as an attacker and pulled her in with its purple beam.
• A tentacle pierced Wine Fox, and Li Chen watched her Totems of Undying shatter as he struggled helplessly inside the core.
• The Wither Storm froze from an inexplicable pang of pain, allowing Li Chen to catch Wine Fox with a tentacle and begin reclaiming control.
• Li Chen accepted the Storm’s hunger while practicing control and sensed a profound loneliness within it.

With Li Chen still missing, Zhong Yiheng organized a competition to select Cloudtop Academy’s Soul Master Tournament team. The selection began amid questions about the academy’s unusual teachings and old grudges from Nuoding City.

• Zhong Yiheng asked Wu Yi and Fei Yi about Li Chen, but neither showed concern over his absence.
• Zhong Yiheng chose an arena competition to determine the team’s starting members and substitutes, then arranged for the top-ranked students to defend five arenas.
• Wu Yi and Fei Yi declined to oversee the selection, so Zhong Yiheng began the competition with Feng Yi and five teachers present.
• Liu Long and Ling Feng envied the top-ranked students and complained about Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Wang Sheng challenged their account of the old match.
• Xiao Chenyu stopped the argument and admitted that Tang San’s hidden weapons had shown greater skill than his own.

One month after the Wither Storm regressed, Li Chen mastered its new abilities and led Wine Fox through a portal into the Evil Demon Forest on the Sun Moon Continent. The Evil Emperor attacked them, but Li Chen survived his strike without injury, and Wine Fox charged forward.

• Li Chen gained complete control of the Wither Storm, acquired its soul skills, and named its three endlessly reviving symbiotes Greed, Wrath, and Delusion.
• Li Chen reunited with Wine Fox, built a new Nether Portal, and took her through it to an unfamiliar coniferous forest.
• Li Chen sent the symbiotes to scout, and Greed died after encountering the Evil Emperor, revealing they were in the Evil Demon Forest on the Sun Moon Continent.
• The Evil Emperor appeared above Li Chen and Wine Fox, accused Li Chen of opening a space-time rift in his territory, and attacked them with a tentacle.
• Li Chen activated Martial Soul Possession and Invincibility, survived the attack without injury, and Wine Fox charged at the Evil Emperor.

Li Chen and Wine Fox defeated the Evil Emperor with their time-stopping abilities, forcing him to retreat and recover. They then teleported to Dugu Bo’s place for immortal herbs, where Li Chen challenged Dugu Yan to call him big brother in exchange for a gift.

• Wine Fox attacked the Evil Emperor with her soul skills while Li Chen supported her, and the Evil Emperor transformed into human form to evade their attacks.
• The Evil Emperor used Light of Time and Space, but Li Chen stopped time and Wine Fox and Li Chen severely wounded him before the time stop ended.
• The Evil Emperor escaped after unleashing a spiritual blast, while Li Chen claimed the area around the stele and then teleported with Wine Fox to the Mandarin Duck Pot.
• The Evil Emperor hid in his lair, warned his offspring to avoid the area around the Nether Portal, and began recovering from his injuries.
• Li Chen and Wine Fox arrived while Dugu Bo was teaching Dugu Yan, and Li Chen offered her an Enchanted Golden Apple if she called him big brother.
• Dugu Yan refused to agree without a test of strength and began setting terms for the challenge.

Li Chen revealed that he was a level eighty Soul Saint, teasing Dugu Yan after she called him Big Brother while Dugu Bo watched. He offered Dugu Yan three Enchanted Golden Apples that could permanently raise innate soul power, then invited her to transfer to his academy, leaving her flustered by his nickname for her.

• Li Chen showed Dugu Yan his transformed Soul Rings, and she reluctantly called him Big Brother after learning he was a Soul Saint.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had overheard them, and Dugu Yan accused him of hiding Li Chen's strength to watch her embarrass herself.
• Li Chen said he was already level eighty, stunning Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Li Chen presented Dugu Yan with three Enchanted Golden Apples and explained that they could permanently increase innate soul power.
• Li Chen offered Dugu Yan more apples if she transferred to his academy, and she protested when he called her little Yanzi.

Li Chen chose the Equivalent Exchange MOD, which let him learn items and transmute them using EMC, while he cultivated immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He planned to duplicate the herbs for himself and others, though repeated use of Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew barely increased his spiritual power.

• Dugu Bo asked Li Chen to choose an immortal herb for Dugu Yan, and Li Chen gave her Nine Nether Molt Grass to refine.
• Li Chen directed Wine Fox to eat the infernal delicate apricot and octagonal mysterious ice grass together before entering the center of the spring.
• Li Chen unlocked the Equivalent Exchange MOD and tested its Portable Transmutation Table, which returned to his inventory whenever he tried to discard it.
• Li Chen used bone meal to grow a new Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, astonishing Dugu Bo, then learned that consuming another one barely increased his spiritual power.
• Li Chen decided to transmute the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's immortal herbs and considered which ones to give to the Breaking Clan, his team, Wine Fox, Dugu Yan, and Wu Yi.

Dugu Yan completed the Nether Molt, evolving her Martial Soul and reaching level 40, while Li Chen invited her to join his academy. She agreed and planned to bring Lingling, as Dugu Bo went to hunt Soul Beasts for them.

• Dugu Bo worried about Dugu Yan as she absorbed the Nine Nether Molt Grass, and Li Chen reassured him that she was undergoing Nether Molt.
• Dugu Yan emerged from the molt with an evolved Netherworld Jade Python, level 40, and stronger Soul Skills, then hugged Li Chen in gratitude.
• Dugu Bo offered to catch Soul Beasts for Li Chen and Dugu Yan, and Li Chen requested a beast of around fifty thousand years for his Soul Ring.
• After Dugu Bo left, Li Chen told Dugu Yan that Wine Fox was a level 96 Super Douluo and invited her to transfer to his academy for the Soul Master Tournament.
• Dugu Yan agreed to join Li Chen's academy and said she would bring Lingling with her.

Li Chen used his eighth Soul Ring to open his Minecraft world to LAN multiplayer, despite a warning of unknown risks. He then let Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan access its basic abilities, and Dugu Yan discovered that a Bottle o' Enchanting released Experience Orbs when smashed.

• Dugu Bo brought Li Chen two weakened Soul Beasts, and Li Chen killed one to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Li Chen’s new Soul Ring shattered, redistributed its energy, and reformed as he used the Command Block to activate the /publish command.
• The Command Block warned Li Chen of unknown risks, but he confirmed the command and gained purple patterns on his eighth Soul Ring.
• Li Chen used his eighth Soul Skill to give Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan thirty-six inventory slots and access to Experience Orbs from activities such as killing Soul Beasts, fishing, and mining.
• Dugu Yan stored and retrieved a herb through her new inventory, then smashed the Bottle o' Enchanting and watched Experience Orbs appear.

Li Chen revealed the Dugu Family’s poisonous cultivation backlash, while Wine Fox emerged from her transformation as a level 98 Super Douluo with four attributes. He teleported the group to Heaven Dou City, and they arrived at Ye Lingling’s dormitory to find her.

• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul’s poison caused a worsening backlash as they cultivated, and Li Chen advised her to avoid rushing her levels while they searched for a cure.
• Wine Fox finished absorbing the Ice and Fire herbs, gained wind, fire, ice, and poison attributes, and broke through to level 98 before calling Li Chen her Master.
• Dugu Yan misunderstood Wine Fox’s role as Li Chen’s Personal Maid and called him a pervert, before Dugu Bo redirected the conversation to Li Chen’s explanation that level 100 apotheosis and the Divine Realm were real.
• Li Chen used the Teleportation Stele to take Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Wine Fox directly to Heaven Dou City, then agreed to visit Ye Lingling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yan led the group to Ye Lingling’s dormitory and called up to her window; Ye Lingling saw the strangers, told them to wait, and came downstairs.

Li Chen, Dugu Yan, and Wine Fox visited Li Chen’s restaurant before attending an auction, where Ning Fengzhi and Li Chen bid on twin beast-eared girls being sold in a cage. Li Chen suggested he could save the sisters with Wine Fox’s help, leaving Dugu Yan staring at him in surprise.

• Li Chen revealed his ownership of a popular Heaven Dou City restaurant and treated Dugu Yan and Wine Fox to its signature dishes.
• Dugu Yan suggested they visit the Heaven Dou Auction House, where they encountered Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
• After several lots were auctioned, the auctioneer presented twin sisters with beast ears and tails for sale.
• Ning Fengzhi bid to save the sisters, explaining that their souls had not yet been worn away.
• Li Chen raised the bid and indicated that Wine Fox could help save the girls.

Li Chen outbid a red VIP to win two enslaved girls and took them to Origin Village after giving them the names Red Heart Two and Red Heart Three. The next morning, Dugu Yan invited Ye Lingling to join their team for the Soul Master Tournament, and Li Chen offered her a Bottle o' Enchanting to raise her soul power.

• Li Chen kept raising his bid until the red VIP backed down, then collected the two girls from the auction.
• Li Chen brought the girls to his courtyard, named them Red Heart Two and Red Heart Three, and ordered Liu Liujiao to arrange for them to wash and have a room.
• The next morning, Wine Fox took the girls to Origin Village while Li Chen and Dugu Yan went with Dugu Bo to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yan visited Ye Lingling and asked her to transfer schools and join their Soul Master Tournament team, revealing that she had reached level forty-three.
• Li Chen placed a Bottle o' Enchanting before Ye Lingling and said it could raise her soul power without side effects.

Li Chen discovered that the limit on Nine Heart Begonia soul masters came from a contract he could alter, and offered to help the Ye family if they joined Heaven Beyond Heaven. After organizing new resources and planning a playing-card business, he received an unexpected visit from Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling's mother.

• Li Chen analyzed Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia and found a world contract limiting the number of its soul masters to two, which he believed his martial soul could change.
• Li Chen offered to remove the limit on the condition that the Ye family join Heaven Beyond Heaven, and Ye Lingling said she needed to consult her mother.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left with Dugu Bo's help to withdraw from the academy, while Li Chen returned to his courtyard.
• Li Chen summoned Shang Lu and explained several card games, then ordered him to arrange a custom deck and prepare the playing-card business.
• Li Chen used creative mode to obtain and sell supplies, including spawners, spawn eggs, Iron Golems, hay bales, Redstone blocks, and Nether wart.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling arrived at Li Chen's courtyard with Ye Lingling's mother.

Li Chen changed Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia limit, apparently lifting the Ye Family’s curse, but the alteration triggered a lightning tribulation over Heaven Dou City. As powerful Titled Douluos approached, Li Chen attacked them to keep them from interfering.

• Li Chen changed the Nine Heart Begonia limit in Ye Lingling’s palm from two to nine, while Ye Shutong watched.
• Purple-black thunderclouds gathered over Heaven Dou City, and Li Chen realized Ye Lingling and Ye Shutong had been marked by the tribulation.
• Xue Qinghe sent Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to investigate, while Ning Fengzhi dispatched Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
• Dugu Bo flew to Li Chen’s courtyard, where Li Chen explained that changing the limit had angered the world’s will.
• Li Chen entered the thunderclouds and used Wither Skeleton Skulls to injure the approaching Titled Douluos.
• Li Chen fired Cursed Lasers at Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, disintegrating their clothes and the soul power within their bodies.

Li Chen struck a deal with the world consciousness to free his martial soul from the Divine Realm’s restrictions in exchange for helping it escape the Divine Realm’s control. Back at Cloudtop Academy, he enrolled Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and began forming the academy’s first team for the Continental Soul Master Tournament.

• Li Chen negotiated with the world consciousness, which agreed to meet him again when he reached level 99 after he demanded it fuse with his martial soul and take the Heavenly Dao’s place.
• Ye Shutong agreed that the Ye family would join Heaven Beyond Heaven, and Liu Liujiao escorted her to relocate to Origin.
• Li Chen returned to Cloudtop Academy with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo, then added Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the tournament team selection.
• Dugu Yan defeated the strongest selected student, who then challenged Number Five and lost; Li Chen identified the defeated student as Zhou Yang and advised him to use his strengths.
• Ye Lingling won the support-system contest, and Li Chen congratulated the new team members and promised each an Enchanted Golden Apple and two stacks of Bottles o' Enchanting.

Ye Shutong toured Origin Village and learned about its unusual buildings, creatures, portals, and defenses while awaiting Sky City’s completion. Meanwhile, Li Chen created a rank structure for Heaven Beyond Heaven and began planning whom to recruit before the soul master tournament.

• Liu Liujiao introduced Ye Shutong to Brown Robe, who explained that the Ye clan would stay in the Communal Sleeping Quarters until Sky City was finished.
• Brown Robe showed Ye Shutong the quartz blocks, portals to the Nether and The End, Iron Golems, and Monster Spawners, leaving her astonished by Origin Village.
• Li Chen established five mineral-based ranks for Heaven Beyond Heaven, tied promotions to contribution points, level, and ability, and assigned armor and weapons as rank symbols.
• Li Chen listed potential recruits, including the Breaking Clan, Lou Gao, Shi Nian, and several academies, while ruling out the Strength Clan.
• Li Chen decided to prioritize recruitment and use the approaching soul master tournament to find talented candidates.

Li Chen took Cloudtop Academy’s new team into the Sword Mountain Range to hunt Soul Rings, then sent Villagers to recruit Shi Nian. The chapter ended with Shi Nian mocking the offer from Cloudtop Academy and asking what it could give him.

• Dugu Yan led the team through the mountains and chose a three-thousand-year-old Iron-Armored Rhino for Zhao Yan’s Soul Ring.
• The team’s poor coordination let the rhino injure Zhao Yan and send Zheng Fei flying, so Dugu Yan and the support students helped turn the fight around.
• Li Chen knocked the fleeing rhino unconscious, told Zhao Yan to absorb its Soul Ring, and left the rest of the hunt to the team.
• Shang Lu sent A Da, Fei Wuqiu, and Wei Wuqiu to recruit Shi Nian from Canghui Academy.
• A Da invited Shi Nian to join Cloudtop Academy, and Shi Nian laughed at the unfamiliar academy before asking what it could offer him.

Shi Nian considered A Da’s offer to join the Emerald Merchant Guild’s side while keeping an eye on Cloudtop Academy. At the Soul Master Tournament in Haagen-Dazs City, Li Chen bought Cloudtop Academy a qualification spot for four million Gold Soul Coins.

• A Da offered Shi Nian new theoretical knowledge, Soul Bones, immortal herbs, and the position of vice dean if he joined, and Shi Nian agreed to consider it.
• Shi Nian sensed that A Da’s two companions were Soul Saints and decided to watch Cloudtop Academy during the tournament.
• Two months later, the Soul Master Tournament began, and Li Chen let Wine Fox compete for Cloudtop Academy on the condition that she only appeared in the finals and concealed her Soul Rings.
• A servant summoned Li Chen to a meeting where the King of Haagen-Dazs’s finance minister announced that one of the division’s two qualification spots would be auctioned.
• Li Chen bid four million Gold Soul Coins, outlasting the other academy leaders, and the finance minister declared Cloudtop Academy had advanced.