Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming showed Jiang Dongjun three Soul Tools he had made, including the spiritual attack firearm Horror. Jiang Dongjun prepared to send his Yin Spirit through the Light of Time and Space that night, leaving instructions to protect his body in case he did not return soon.

• Jiang Ming explained the two-sided tiger jade plaque’s spiritual defenses, and Jiang Dongjun began charging it.
• Jiang Ming demonstrated the fifth-rank Golden Light Sword, which Jiang Dongjun tested with his thoughts and found could unleash sword qi and dazzling light.
• Jiang Ming introduced Horror, a fifth-rank spiritual attack Soul Tool that fired bullets capable of inducing wounds, worry, fear, sorrow, or resentment.
• Jiang Dongjun told Jiang Ming to guard his physical body and, if his Yin Spirit did not return, seek a place for it beneath the Golden Tree on Sea God Island.
• Jiang Dongjun decided to activate the Light of Time and Space that night and take his Yin Spirit on its first journey.

Jiang Dongjun entered seclusion in a fortified basement and activated the Light of Time and Space, which carried him through the River of Time and revealed a parallel Douluo world. He arrived ten thousand years after the Douluo II era, at the start of his journey into the Douluo III world.

• Jiang Dongjun prepared supplies and four soul tools for his crossing, then said goodbye to Jiang Ming in the workshop basement.
• Jiang Dongjun vanished with his leather backpack, while Jiang Ming wondered whether his son had made a spatial shift and might become a god.
• Jiang Dongjun traveled along the River of Time and witnessed the history of the Douluo World, from the Creator God and Dragon God through the later eras.
• The Light of Time and Space revealed a parallel timeline in which Huo Yuhao became the protagonist of the Douluo II era.
• The Light of Time and Space carried Jiang Dongjun ten thousand years beyond the Douluo II node and plunged him into the parallel world.

Jiang Dongjun arrived in Aolai City and followed a higher-dimensional aura to the silver-haired Na'er, whom he recognized as the Silver Dragon King. After Na'er said she felt close to him, Jiang Dongjun began forming a plan for how to approach her.

• The Light of Time and Space brought Jiang Dongjun to a moonlit beach and reported that world anchoring had reached 1%.
• Jiang Dongjun sensed a moving higher-dimensional aura nearby and followed it toward Aolai City.
• Jiang Dongjun spotted silver-haired Na'er walking along the road and recognized her as the Silver Dragon King.
• Na'er looked directly at Jiang Dongjun's Yin Spirit, and he prepared to flee if she or Tang Hao and Ah Yin posed a threat.
• Na'er asked who Jiang Dongjun was and said she felt close to him, prompting him to devise a plan for their future dealings.

Jiang Dongjun persuaded Na'er to stay away from Aolai City by showing her how a tempting attraction could lead to danger, then took her fishing to make the lesson concrete. Na'er began to fear that she and every other living being on Douluo Star were caught as bait for the Sea God.

• Jiang Dongjun told Na'er that their shared loneliness made him feel close to her, and warned that Aolai City could lead her into a disastrous fate.
• Na'er admitted that she felt drawn toward the city, but agreed to leave with Jiang Dongjun for grilled fish.
• Jiang Dongjun flew Na'er to the beach, where she introduced herself as Na'er and learned that his name was Dongjun.
• Jiang Dongjun took Na'er fishing and used a piece of bait and a caught yellow croaker to illustrate how an alluring temptation could become a trap.
• Na'er wondered if she was a fish, and Jiang Dongjun said that all life on Douluo Star had been the second Sea God's fish since he took his throne twenty thousand years earlier.

Jiang Dongjun used fishing metaphors to hint at Na'er's danger and promised to help her, then cared for her while preparing to bring back soul guidance technology. He returned from Douluo Dalu III with a soul guidance battery and told Jiang Ming it contained the secrets of Sealed Milk Bottle technology.

• Jiang Dongjun compared the planet's powerful beings to fish and told Na'er she was a dangerous, valuable fish, while intending for her other personality to remember his warning.
• Jiang Dongjun and Na'er went ashore, where he paid for the fish and took Na'er to a pastry shop and an inn; he arranged care for her and promised to return.
• After Na'er fell asleep, Jiang Dongjun traveled to Aolai City, stole a soul guidance battery from a machinery factory, and left Dawn Silver Ingot as compensation.
• Jiang Dongjun returned to his physical body after a little over three shichen and told Jiang Ming that the battery held the unprotected secrets of Sealed Milk Bottle technology.

Jiang Dongjun showed his father the Soul Guidance Battery, prompting Jiang Ming to recognize its transformative potential and agree to help him master its technology. Jiang Dongjun then planned how to build power and prepare for travel between worlds before returning to the inn near Aolai City, where he resumed meditation while Na'er slept.

• Jiang Ming examined the Soul Guidance Battery, tested its energy with a Flashlight Soul Tool, and learned it could be charged by nature or a Soul Master's power.
• Jiang Dongjun told Jiang Ming he wanted to govern the continent and change its chaotic state, and Jiang Ming agreed to study the battery while warning him to become Shrek Academy's master and seek godhood first.
• Jiang Dongjun considered the dangers of the Divine Realm and the limits of his world-crossing ability, then wrote a list of supplies and cultivation methods to obtain.
• Jiang Dongjun activated the Light of Time and Space and returned to the inn near Aolai City, where Na'er remained asleep.
• Jiang Dongjun retrieved the gold block from the proprietress and meditated until dawn, planning to coordinate his rest between the two worlds.

Jiang Dongjun taught Na'er about money and told her stories while arranging a new identity for them. After leaving her asleep at the inn, he sold rare metals, obtained a Storage Bracelet, and forged documents that would let them enter Aolai City's orphanage.

• Jiang Dongjun took Na'er to the morning market, where she learned how to use money and he protected her from curious or hostile people.
• Na'er asked to go to school, so Jiang Dongjun promised to arrange an identity and entertained her with a localized retelling of Journey to the West.
• After Na'er fell asleep, Jiang Dongjun sold redfeather copper and orangeline silver at the Blazing Wind Workshop and traded blackcloud iron for a Storage Bracelet.
• Jiang Dongjun possessed an administrative officer at the Aolai City Police Station and fabricated identity documents for himself and Na'er.
• Jiang Dongjun planned to visit the orphanage that night and alter the memories of three children so they would believe he and Na'er had lived with them.

Jiang Dongjun established Na’er's fabricated identity and began preparing to make their backstory convincing in Aolai City. After planting memories among Li Mei’s acquaintances and the orphanage director, he noticed a flaw in his plan.

• Jiang Dongjun gave Na'er an identity document and told her she had lived with Li Mei before they fled an orphanage together.
• Jiang Dongjun took Na'er out for a celebratory meal, then told her more stories from Journey to the West before she went to sleep.
• Jiang Dongjun returned to Douluo II, received the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart secret technique and fasting pills, and considered adapting the technique to train his yin spirit.
• Jiang Dongjun used his yin spirit to alter the memories of Li Mei’s acquaintances and the orphanage director, establishing that Li Mei had adopted five children and that two had run away.
• Jiang Dongjun’s plan continued, but a flaw appeared in the operation.

Jiang Dongjun investigated the Earl's Gang in Aolai City and discovered that its true leader was an Evil Soul Master who had imprisoned Li Fu. He planned to save the boy and found valuable mecha storage equipment in the gang's workshop.

• Jiang Dongjun realized Li Fu had been illegally adopted by the Earl's Gang and decided to investigate the gang and its black-market dealings.
• The Light of Time and Space condensed one drop of soul liquid from the Silver Dragon King's blessings, motivating Jiang Dongjun to keep caring for Na'er.
• Jiang Dongjun possessed an accountant at the Earl's Properties office and learned that Delong, a four-ring Vampire Bat Evil Soul Master, secretly controlled the gang.
• Jiang Dongjun entered Delong's workshop, found Li Fu caged and abused, and learned that the boy had resisted drinking human blood.
• Jiang Dongjun resolved to save Li Fu and discovered a belt with two storage compartments large enough to hold yellow-rank mecha.

Jiang Dongjun attacked Delong with Horror and a Level Five shotgun, killing the Evil Soul Ancestor in his office. He then turned to the trapped Li Fu, still needing to find a way to rescue him.

• Jiang Dongjun collected valuable mech components, books, tools, and blueprints from the workshop, but left the three mechs and Li Fu’s cage alone.
• Jiang Dongjun retrieved his storage bracelet and used Horror to stun Delong, then implanted an illusion that made Delong believe federal forces were attacking.
• Delong activated his fourth Soul Ring and transformed into blood-shadow bats to escape the imagined destruction.
• Jiang Dongjun fired a golden-flamed shotgun blast that burned the bats, forcing Delong to re-form and leaving him exposed.
• Jiang Dongjun shot Delong again with Horror, then blasted him with repeated shotgun shells until Light of Time and Space began harvesting fortune and merit.

Jiang Dongjun raided Delong’s hideout in Douluo III, escaped with two mecha and other spoils, then returned to Douluo II to refine his Martial Soul and test his Heart Separation Control Secret Art. He discovered that his body could cultivate the Great Sun Visualization Method while his Yin Spirit operated elsewhere, achieving dual-threading.

• Jiang Dongjun sent a Tinplate Puppet through Delong’s office, collected the safe and Storage Soul Tools, and shot Xue Zhensha when he rushed into the mecha workshop.
• The puppet took a Promotion-Stage Mecha and Xue Zhensha’s Melee Mecha, wounded Xue Zhensha, and left Li Fu locked in his cage before Jiang Dongjun escaped.
• Back at the inn, Jiang Dongjun hid the Storage Belt, returned books and blueprints to Douluo II, and counted his fortune and merit gains, including eighty drops of Soul Liquid from Delong.
• Jiang Dongjun spent fifteen drops of Soul Liquid to increase the Brilliant Golden Fireball’s density and improve his Great Sun Visualization Method.
• Jiang Dongjun separated thoughts from his Yin Spirit and directed the consciousness in his body to visualize the Great Sun Visualization Method while his Yin Spirit remained outside.
• Jiang Dongjun realized that his body could cultivate in Douluo II while his Yin Spirit acted in another world.

Jiang Dongjun uncovered evidence and valuable spirit objects among Xue Zhensha's and Delong's possessions while Jiang Ming copied and concealed the advanced knowledge his son had brought back. After several days of preparing, Jiang Dongjun left Aolai City with Na'er to begin a new life.

• Jiang Ming inspected Jiang Dongjun's Engraving Knives and documents, then decided to copy the papers and destroy the originals while claiming their knowledge came from an ancient inheritance.
• Jiang Dongjun reassured Na'er that they would leave dangerous Aolai City and eventually find her a home and school.
• Jiang Dongjun searched Xue Zhensha's and Delong's belongings, found ledgers implicating local figures, and planned to send copies to authorities in Aolai City and Eastsea City.
• Jiang Dongjun identified Delong's dried thousand-year Bloodthorn Fruit as a bloodline-energy replenishing spirit object and kept it for future trades.
• Jiang Dongjun distributed copies of the ledgers, confirmed that his and Na'er's fabricated identities remained undiscovered, and left Aolai City with Na'er.

Jiang Dongjun brought Na'er safely to Eastsea City and used his increased world-anchoring progress to bring his true body into Douluo III, delighting Na'er with his return. After arranging for the ledger to reach four authorities, he returned to Douluo II, unaware that someone there had made a move involving his physical body.

• Jiang Dongjun avoided the train and entered Eastsea City with Na'er by way of a cargo truck and secluded alleys.
• The Light of Time and Space reported 5% world-anchoring progress, allowing Jiang Dongjun to bring his true body into Douluo III with an increased carrying limit.
• Jiang Dongjun revealed his solid, warm true body to Na'er, who embraced him and asked him to tell a story.
• After Na'er fell asleep, Jiang Dongjun returned to Douluo II and split the original ledger among the Eastsea City Executive Residence, the Mecha Brigade office, the Police Station, and the court.
• Jiang Dongjun planned to find an adoptive family for himself and Na'er, unaware someone in Douluo II had made a move involving his physical body.

A seven-colored seed formed from a thousand years of Douluo Plane fortune entered Jiang Dongjun’s Sea of Consciousness, triggering an era of hardship for the plane. As powerful figures reacted and Tang San plotted to find the hidden Child of Fortune, another transfer student arrived at Shrek City Elementary Soul Master Academy, though someone never went to school.

• The Douluo Plane’s will turned a vast portion of its fortune into a seven-colored seed and sent it into Jiang Dongjun’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Mu En, Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, Di Tian, the Silver Dragon King, and other powerful beings sensed that the plane’s fortune had sharply declined.
• Mu En worried about the plane’s decline and resolved to find a successor for his Dragon Core, while Long Xiaoyao saw an opportunity for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian that both humans and soul beasts would suffer from the decline, then ordered him to exploit the weakened human world and search for the plane’s chosen target.
• Tang San condemned the plane’s will for spending its fortune and resolved to let it nurture the hidden Child of Fortune until he could harvest him.
• Several days later, a transfer student arrived at Shrek City Elementary Soul Master Academy, but someone did not go to school.

Jiang Dongjun discovered that a rainbow-colored Plane Seed had entered his Sea of Consciousness and had the Light of Time and Space seal and assimilate it. He then began searching Eastsea City for a suitable adoptive family for Na'er and found Ouyang Zixin among the candidates.

• Jiang Dongjun returned from the Douluo III World and discovered a rainbow-colored seed in his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Light of Time and Space revealed the seed as a Plane Seed formed from Douluo Star's future fortune, then swallowed and sealed it for assimilation.
• Jiang Dongjun reflected on the burden of the stolen fortune and resolved to help Douluo Star recover by introducing new systems and technologies.
• Jiang Dongjun shared breakfast with Na'er in Eastsea City, then returned her to the Inn and promised to take her out that afternoon.
• Jiang Dongjun possessed a Police Station employee and searched population records for a suitable adoptive household for Na'er.
• Jiang Dongjun found Ouyang Zixin, a young Soul Master at Eastsea Academy, among the qualifying candidates.

Jiang Dongjun searched for a suitable foster family for Na'er and arranged for them both to live with Ouyang Zixin and her mother in Eastsea City. With Na'er settled and enrolled in school, he turned his attention to finding a backer and planning his own rise.

• Jiang Dongjun took Na'er shopping and won her a Snow Woman doll before returning with her to the inn.
• Jiang Dongjun assessed foster families as a Yin Spirit and chose Ouyang Zixin's home, offering financial support without using illusions to influence them.
• Jiang Dongjun explained to Na'er that they needed to follow the rules and live with a family so she could attend school and have a normal childhood.
• Ouyang Zixin's mother accepted the arrangement, and the adoption was finalized after Jiang Dongjun gave officials a convincing account of their circumstances.
• Ouyang Zixin met Na'er and Jiang Dongjun at home, and Na'er was enrolled in Eastsea Academy's affiliated division.
• Jiang Dongjun declined enrollment for now and planned to pursue opportunities in competitions while seeking a backer.

Jiang Dongjun went to the Blacksmith Association to begin forging, believing the craft could suit his fire-attribute martial soul and support his cultivation and future plans. He learned that private instruction from a master blacksmith was prohibitively expensive, so he asked how to join the association’s public beginner classes.

• Jiang Dongjun followed his map to the Blacksmith Association after Na'er and Ouyang Zixin entered Eastsea Academy.
• Jiang Dongjun explained to himself why he had chosen forging, including its potential links to his martial soul, Yin Spirit cultivation, and future advances in materials and soul engineering.
• Jiang Dongjun asked a receptionist to arrange a practical plan for learning forging, and she described the association’s nominal-disciple packages under certified blacksmiths.
• Jiang Dongjun asked about lessons from a Level Five Master Blacksmith and instruction without a master-disciple relationship, but the receptionist said private master instruction required recommendations and at least ten million Federal Credits or valuable offerings.
• Jiang Dongjun asked about public classes, and the receptionist told him he could enroll in the association’s beginner training program for three thousand Federal Credits a year.

Jiang Dongjun explored the Blacksmith Association’s trainee facilities and won Elder Zheng’s attention with fine wine. He asked the old blacksmith to demonstrate Hundred Refinement so he could study the process, and the demonstration was about to begin.

• Jiang Dongjun completed his trainee-card paperwork and bought forging materials, hand ointments, and a pair of tungsten steel hammers at a discount.
• Jiang Dongjun toured the noisy underground training hall and learned how trainees used its forging stations and received instruction.
• Jiang Dongjun decided to seek guidance from the drinking old man rather than learn by watching the other trainees.
• Jiang Dongjun gave Elder Zheng a jar of fine wine, and Elder Zheng agreed to teach him and promised to help him learn Thousand Refinement if he supplied more.
• Jiang Dongjun asked Elder Zheng to demonstrate Hundred Refinement on snowflake iron while he watched with an observational Soul Skill.
• Elder Zheng and Jiang Dongjun began preparing the snowflake iron at a forging station as other trainees gathered to watch.