Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hai, revealed as Jiang Chuan, and Xue Linglong fought five Heaven Dou Empire Titled Douluos who sought to kill them for their power and treasures. Though their soul tools and techniques stalled the attackers, both were badly pressured when a blazing red light suddenly approached.

• Vina identified Jiang Hai as Jiang Chuan and urged five Titled Douluos to attack, offering them his Level 9 Soul Tools while claiming his soul bones for the group.
• Du Busi and the other Titled Douluos launched their soul skills against Jiang Hai, while he used the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, Magnetic Cave Heaven, coffins, and soul tools to defend himself.
• Xue Linglong wounded Azure Sky Douluo Luo Lie and then faced the other four Titled Douluos, but their combined assault forced her back and stained her dress with blood.
• Du Busi overwhelmed Jiang Hai, breaking through his Azure Light Flight and forcing him to cough blood as the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo healed him.
• A blazing red light approached the battlefield as Jiang Hai and Xue Linglong remained in grave danger.

Jing Hongchen joined Jiang Hai and Xue Linglong in battle against Du Busi and the Heaven Dou Titled Douluos, helping turn the fight in their favor. Jiang Hai trapped three opponents and drew the octagonal mysterious ice grass’s Heavenly Tribulation down on them, leaving their fate uncertain.

• A sudden red blast forced Azure Sky Douluo Luo Lie to use Seed Rebirth and flee as a vulnerable seed.
• Jing Hongchen arrived and attacked Du Busi with the Hongchen Fan and other Soul Tools while Jiang Hai moved to support Xue Linglong.
• Jiang Hai struck Heaven-Shaking Douluo with the Fate-Reversing Blade and used eight phantom coffins to seal him, but Earth Douluo broke the formation as Wind Ape and Shui Feiluan joined the fight.
• Jiang Hai wounded Wind Ape with the Fate-Reversing Blade, which drained his blood and filled his mind with murderous thoughts.
• Vina sent up a signal for reinforcements, and Jing Hongchen urged the others to finish the battle quickly.
• Jiang Hai restrained Earth Douluo with Flame Ban and used Ten Thousand Thunders Heavenly Prison to draw the octagonal mysterious ice grass’s Heavenly Tribulation onto Heaven-Shaking Douluo, Earth Douluo, and Wind Ape.

Jiang Hai and his allies escaped Du Busi after Jiang Hai killed Heaven-Shaking Douluo, then flew toward the Far North with Jing Hongchen. Jiang Hai confirmed that he was also Jiang Chuan and explained how he had joined the Illustrious Virtue Hall before later entering the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Jiang Hai killed Heaven-Shaking Douluo with the Fate-Reversing Blade and stored his body in the Bronze Coffin as Du Busi tried to stop him.
• Jiang Hai, Jing Hongchen, and their allies fled as reinforcements arrived from Heaven Dou City, and Du Busi redirected his attack to save the wounded Wind Ape Douluo.
• Du Busi organized a pursuit with five powerful Titled Douluos after Vina revealed Jiang Hai's strength and asked them to avenge Heaven-Shaking Douluo.
• Jiang Hai, Xue Linglong, and Jing Hongchen escaped on White Sea Eagle toward the Far North.
• Jing Hongchen asked whether Jiang Hai was Jiang Hai or Jiang Chuan, and Jiang Hai explained that Dragon Emperor Douluo had sent him to the Sun Moon Empire, where he studied at the Second Soul Engineer Academy and the Illustrious Virtue Hall.

Jiang Hai recruited Jing Hongchen into the Civilization Research Institute after the destruction of the Illustrious Virtue Hall. He and Xue Linglong then traveled toward Dongyang City before continuing to the Holy Spirit Cult to settle a personal grudge.

• Jing Hongchen explained that the Mingdu Explosion had destroyed much of the Illustrious Virtue Hall and left him without his former post.
• Jiang Hai invited Jing Hongchen to join the Civilization Research Institute, and Jing Hongchen agreed to protect it as long as it did not betray the nation.
• Jiang Hai told Jing Hongchen that he and Xue Linglong would travel to the Holy Spirit Cult to settle a personal grudge, then crossed the Far North on a White Sea Eagle with him.
• Jiang Hai, Xue Linglong, and Jing Hongchen arrived in Dongyang City, where the Civilization Academy’s admissions had drawn soul engineers and fueled the city’s growth.

Jiang Hai reunited with Long Ning and Ye Guyi at the Civilization Academy, then agreed to spar with Ye Guyi so she could judge whether he was truly an Evil Soul Master. Their battle began in the Soul Fighting Arena, where Jiang Hai countered Ye Guyi’s holy attacks and the fight remained unresolved.

• Long Ning greeted Jiang Hai as her master, and he congratulated her on becoming a Soul Master before thanking Ye Guyi for helping her obtain her first Soul Ring.
• Ye Guyi reminded Jiang Hai of his promise to help her find the Holy Spirit Cult and challenged him to a spar without Soul Tools.
• At the Soul Fighting Arena, Ye Guyi revealed her four-winged angel Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings, while Jiang Hai manifested eight coffins and seven Soul Rings, including three red ones.
• Ye Guyi attacked with her Angel Holy Sword and holy skills, but Jiang Hai’s coffins blocked her strikes and his Glazed Heart Mirror absorbed her sword qi.
• Jiang Hai charged with his Jade Coffin, and Ye Guyi stopped it with her Holy Light Spirit Array before Jiang Hai’s Ink Coffin intercepted her sword.

Jiang Hai defeated Ye Guyi with the Magnetic Cave Heaven soul tool technique and explained how soul tool techniques worked. The group left the arena, where Jing Hongchen learned the technique was a Level 9 domain soul tool technique and Jiang Hai revealed that Xue Linglong alone had mastered a Martial Soul Avatar soul tool technique.

• Jiang Hai caught the Ink Coffin and hurled it back at Ye Guyi, who countered with Angel True Body and Angel Dance.
• Jiang Hai trapped Ye Guyi inside the Magnetic Cave Heaven, where gravity and endless lightning weakened her until her strongest strike dissipated.
• Jiang Hai ended the spar and told Ye Guyi that the Magnetic Cave Heaven was a soul tool technique, then explained that his three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings also contributed to their strength gap.
• Ye Guyi resolved to learn soul tool techniques and catch up with Jiang Hai as the group left the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Jing Hongchen asked about the Magnetic Cave Heaven, and Jiang Hai identified it as a Level 9 technique refined from his Magnetic Field domain soul skill.
• Jiang Hai revealed that Xue Linglong was the only person who had mastered a Martial Soul Avatar soul tool technique, astonishing the group.

Jiang Hai welcomed Jing Hongchen to the newly established Civilization Research Institute and convened its first leadership meeting. The institute assigned heads to its remaining research areas, with the Communications Area to be offered to a representative from Shrek Academy.

• Jiang Hai brought his companions into the Civilization Research Institute, where they saw researchers debating and developing soul tools.
• Jiang Hai introduced Jing Hongchen as a new member, and the institute’s senior researchers welcomed him.
• Xuan Ziwen listed the eight research areas with confirmed heads and proposed creating a Law Enforcement Area under Li Qingfeng to handle security and logistics.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to lead the Mecha Area, while Qian Zhongwen and Yu Lang were proposed as acting heads of the Energy and Communications Areas.
• Jiang Hai proposed appointing a Sun Moon Empire representative to lead the Military Area and offering the Communications Area to a representative from Shrek Academy; the other leaders agreed.

Xuan Ziwen presented Jiang Hai with the Azure Dragon Radiance Armor, a peak Level 9 Soul Tool that let Jiang Hai fully unleash the power of his Blood Qi Soul Core. With the armor boosting his confidence, Jiang Hai set out with Li Qingfeng, Xue Linglong, and Ye Guyi to infiltrate the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters in the Evil Demon Forest before his identity was exposed.

• Xuan Ziwen and Jiang Hai discussed the coming war and Jiang Hai said he would probably support the Sun Moon Empire, then Xuan Ziwen led him to a gift.
• Xuan Ziwen revealed the Azure Dragon Radiance Armor, which he and four other Level 9 Soul Engineers had forged using the Azure Dragon Claw Left Leg Soul Bone and other rare materials.
• Jiang Hai tested the armor, using its Azure Dragon Claw to carve through diamond fine gold and discovering that it let his Lifebound Soul Tool unleash the Blood Qi Soul Core’s power.
• Jiang Hai joined Li Qingfeng, Xue Linglong, and Ye Guyi aboard the White Sea Eagle and told them they were heading for the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters in the Evil Demon Forest.
• Jiang Hai explained that his identity would soon be exposed and that they had to act while the cult’s strongest members were away, but he would not involve the Civilization Research Institute or risk provoking the Sun Moon Empire.

Jiang Hai infiltrated the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters with Xue Linglong, Ye Guyi, and Li Qingfeng, disguising their auras and passing the Fourth Elder. After showing his companions the cult’s history and his former residence, he split the group so Xue Linglong and Ye Guyi could target the formation nexus while he and Li Qingfeng headed for Great Elder Xi Men Tao.

• Jiang Hai brought the group through a concealed passage into the underground headquarters, using an evil-energy bracelet to hide Ye Guyi’s holy aura.
• The Fourth Elder, Shi Youming, recognized Jiang Hai and learned that he had reached seven rings; Jiang Hai introduced Xue Linglong as his beloved and the others as her attendants.
• Jiang Hai explained the Holy Emperor’s legacy and the Holy Spirit Cult’s history before returning to his old residence and placing Bloodthorn Flower inside the Bronze Coffin.
• Jiang Hai gave Xue Linglong an Elder Token and a map, directing her to the formation nexus while Ye Guyi protected her.
• Jiang Hai and Li Qingfeng set out for Xi Men Tao’s secluded cultivation site near the Demon Empress Blood Pool, intending to confront the Great Elder.

Jiang Hai infiltrated the Demon Empress Blood Pool and found Great Elder Xi Men Tao, who had survived his earlier death through the nine tribulations reincarnation cocoon. Their fight began after Xi Men Tao attacked Jiang Hai, who revealed powerful armor and the Fate-Reversing Blade.

• Jiang Hai and Li Qingfeng entered the Demon Empress Blood Pool using Level 9 Barrier-Breaking Soul Tools while the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters was lightly guarded.
• Li Qingfeng sensed a Limit Douluo and another powerful presence, then helped Jiang Hai locate the level 98 Super Douluo within the Blood Pool.
• Jiang Hai passed through the Heaven-Level Blood Pool and spotted a statue he suspected depicted the sleeping Demon Empress.
• Jiang Hai found Xi Men Tao cultivating in a blood pool and confronted him about surviving his previous death.
• Xi Men Tao revealed his nine tribulations reincarnation cocoon martial soul and attacked Jiang Hai, who blocked the blow with the Azure Dragon Radiance Armor and drew the Fate-Reversing Blade.

Jiang Hai fought Xi Men Tao at the Demon Empress Blood Pool, while Li Qingfeng attacked the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and confronted Ye Xishui. The battles continued as the cult activated its protective formation and Ye Xishui revealed her Bright Phoenix martial soul.

• Jiang Hai attacked Xi Men Tao with the Fate-Reversing Blade, but Xi Men Tao used the Black Tortoise Tribulation to repel him and send him crashing into the courtyard barrier.
• Xi Men Tao transformed into the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon and engulfed Jiang Hai in Destruction Dragon Breath, but Jiang Hai counterattacked with his Azure Dragon Claw.
• Jiang Hai and Xi Men Tao battled in dragon forms as the courtyard’s protective array shook, while Li Qingfeng began destroying the Earth-Level Demon Empress Blood Pool Courtyards with sword qi.
• Ye Xishui confronted Li Qingfeng, who struck at her with the Clear Wind Sword as the Holy Spirit Cult’s experts activated their protective formation.
• An explosion destroyed the Elder Palace, and Ye Xishui used Bright Phoenix Clone to reveal her twin martial souls; Li Qingfeng said she still could not stop him.

Li Qingfeng fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces while Xue Linglong and Ye Guyi confronted attackers near the ruined Elder Palace. At the Demon Empress Blood Pool, Jiang Hai battled Xi Men Tao, who completed his ninth reincarnation tribulation and emerged as a Limit Douluo.

• Ye Xishui summoned four Consecration Elders and the Fourth Elder to attack Li Qingfeng, forcing him to face six powerful opponents.
• Xue Linglong and Ye Guyi emerged from the Elder Palace ruins and engaged incoming enemies, with Ye Guyi heading east to confront an injured Titled Douluo.
• Xi Men Tao changed into a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and bit through Jiang Hai’s armor, tearing flesh from his thigh.
• Jiang Hai used his coffin martial soul to drain Xi Men Tao’s strength and revealed that he was avenging his father, whom Xi Men Tao had killed ten years earlier.
• Xi Men Tao recognized Jiang Hai as his victim’s son and began his ninth reincarnation tribulation.
• Xi Men Tao’s cocoon shattered, and he emerged with the power of a Limit Douluo.

Jiang Hai detonated the Sun Moon Divine Needle inside the Bronze Coffin to defeat Xi Men Tao, and the Demon Empress rescued him from the explosion. Meanwhile, Ye Guyi helped Li Qingfeng’s group by killing Evil Soul and completed her martial soul’s evolution into a Six-Winged Angel.

• Xi Men Tao used the Reincarnation Cocoon’s power to strike Jiang Hai with Limit Douluo strength and sent him crashing into the Bronze Coffin wall.
• Jiang Hai fused the Sun Moon Divine Needle’s sun and moon wheels and detonated the level 9 soul tool inside the sealed coffin, devastating both him and Xi Men Tao.
• The Demon Empress absorbed energy from the explosion, rescued the badly wounded Jiang Hai, and refused Xi Men Tao’s demand to hand him over.
• Xue Linglong and Ye Guyi joined Li Qingfeng’s fight against the six Titled Douluos, and Ye Guyi used holy power to expose Evil Soul’s weakness.
• Ye Guyi froze and killed Evil Soul, gaining power that raised her soul level to seventy-six and evolved her martial soul into the Six-Winged Angel.

Ye Guyi and Xue Linglong fought the Demon Empress while Jiang Hai, badly wounded, faced the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders. Jiang Hai and Xi Men Tao vanished into a spatial rift after Jiang Hai revealed his soul core, and Li Qingfeng unleashed a furious attack on the cult.

• Ye Guyi rescued Jiang Hai from Xi Men Tao, while Xue Linglong engaged the Demon Empress and Li Qingfeng fought the remaining Titled Douluos.
• The Fourth Elder confronted Jiang Hai over his betrayal, then attacked him with the Netherworld Sword when Jiang Hai remained silent.
• Xi Men Tao launched his Golden Dragon Spear at Jiang Hai, but Jiang Hai’s bloodline power bound Xi Men Tao after the spear struck his heart.
• The Fourth Elder used One Sword Cleaves Open the Netherworld to send Jiang Hai and Xi Men Tao into a collapsing spatial rift, where they disappeared.
• Li Qingfeng roared that the Holy Spirit Cult would pay and summoned his Clear Wind Sword, alarming Ye Guyi and the Demon Empress.

Li Qingfeng escaped the ruined Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters with Xue Linglong and Ye Guyi, while the survivors issued a massive bounty for the three fugitives. Jiang Hai survived the space storm but awoke in another world, where Jianan explained the history of the Longqinus Continent and offered to help him recover.

• Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to hunt Li Qingfeng, Xue Linglong, and Ye Guyi, offering each a Level 9 Soul Tool, one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Xue Linglong used the still-burning Flame of Civilization to insist Jiang Hai was alive, and Li Qingfeng explained that it was Jiang Hai's life-bound flame.
• Jiang Hai awoke in Jianan's home in East Dragon City, discovered his Blood Qi Soul Core was gone, and found that trying to summon his martial soul caused severe pain.
• Jianan told Jiang Hai that she and her grandfather had found and rescued him in the Abyss Plane, and explained that he was on the Longqinus Continent.
• Jiang Hai recognized the continent from memories of his previous life and listened as Jianan described its empires, cultivation ranks, and the Qin Emperor's victory over the Abyss a century earlier.

Jianan brought Jiang Hai to Floating Orchid Pavilion to meet Qin Xiaoxiao, hoping the Zither Sect prodigy could help restore his memories. After Jiang Hai met a powerful Plum Sect elder and learned more about Qin Xiaoxiao, she appeared and Jianan asked her to treat him.

• Jiang Hai noticed that the ancient writing on Floating Orchid Pavilion's plaque resembled writing from his previous life and reaffirmed that he wanted to restore his martial soul and blood qi soul core before seeking a way back to the Douluo Continent.
• Jianan led Jiang Hai into the pavilion, where Qin Xiaoxiao's zither music immersed the guests, but Jiang Hai used a Heart Mirror to resist its influence.
• Mei Yinian, an elder of the Plum Sect, met Jiang Hai on the second floor, assessed his strength, and invited him to visit the Plum Sect after Jianan explained that Jiang Hai had lost his memory.
• Jianan told Jiang Hai about Qin Xiaoxiao's talent and the crown prince Ye Donglong's pursuit of her, and Jiang Hai joked about the Qin Emperor's descendants.
• Qin Xiaoxiao appeared and warned Jiang Hai not to mock the Qin Emperor's supporters before Jianan asked her to use her zither music to help restore Jiang Hai's memories.

Jiang Hai admitted he had lied about losing his memory, and Qin Xiaoxiao used her zither music to ease his spiritual injuries and help him sense his damaged Martial Soul again. He decided to stay until he could repay Jianan, while Qin Xiaoxiao suggested that Jianan’s talents might suit water magic better than zither cultivation.

• Qin Xiaoxiao confronted Jiang Hai about his false memory loss, and he confessed that he had concealed the truth while recovering from his injuries.
• Jiang Hai said he planned to seek the spring of life and visit Zither City, but Jianan persuaded Qin Xiaoxiao to help him first.
• Qin Xiaoxiao played “Spring Snow,” easing Jiang Hai’s soul pain and allowing him to sense his shattered Bronze Coffin Martial Soul and the corpse of Xi Men Tao within it.
• Jiang Hai discovered that Xi Men Tao’s corpse was nourishing his damaged coffins and realized that powerful corpses might help restore his Martial Soul.
• Jiang Hai told Jianan he would stay until he repaid her for saving his life, and Qin Xiaoxiao suggested Jianan might be more suited to water magic than zither cultivation.

Jiang Hai defended Jianan’s choice to reject her arranged marriage and fought off Ye Donglong when he attacked him. After Ye Donglong left, Qin Xiaoxiao offered to help Jiang Hai find a weapon, and Jiang Hai asked where he could learn magic or martial arts.

• Jiang Hai reassured Jianan that no one would force her to marry Feng Nuo or practice water magic against her wishes.
• Ye Donglong arrived, insulted Jiang Hai, and attacked him with purple douqi, but Jiang Hai countered with a powerful punch.
• Ye Donglong drew the Azure Dragon Sword and unleashed the Three Bamboo Sword Arts, but Qin Xiaoxiao stepped between him and Jiang Hai before the fight could continue.
• Qin Xiaoxiao warned Jiang Hai to leave East Dragon City, but he refused and asked whether his favor to her was repaid.
• Qin Xiaoxiao offered to take Jiang Hai to find a weapon, and he asked where he could study magic or martial arts.

Jiang Hai asked Qin Xiaoxiao how he could learn magic and martial techniques, and she directed him to enroll at the East Dragon Magic and Martial Arts Academy with Jianan. In Qin Xiaoxiao’s hidden treasury, Jianan chose a magic staff and Jiang Hai chose the Silver Frostblade, despite Qin Xiaoxiao recommending a fire staff.

• Jiang Hai told Qin Xiaoxiao that he could not use the magic or martial techniques he had learned because his soul injuries had not healed.
• Qin Xiaoxiao explained the East Dragon Magic and Martial Arts Academy’s enrollment options and suggested Jiang Hai and Jianan take its entrance examination.
• Qin Xiaoxiao led Jiang Hai and Jianan into her underground treasury and let each of them choose one item.
• Jianan chose the Water’s Melody Magic Staff, while Jiang Hai examined the Flame-Burning Staff and the Silver Frostblade.
• Qin Xiaoxiao recommended the Flame-Burning Staff, but Jiang Hai chose the Silver Frostblade.

Jiang Hai reforged the Silver Frostblade into a Quasi-Divine Artifact, which Qin Xiaoxiao and Jianan named Fire's Sorrow, and received a spatial ring from Qin Xiaoxiao. The next day, he and Jianan arrived at East Dragon Magic and Martial Arts Academy, where she explained its campuses and eight elite departments.

• Jiang Hai used the Clear Wind Dagger to refine the Silver Frostblade for six hours, raising it to a Quasi-Divine Artifact.
• Qin Xiaoxiao and Jianan rejected Jiang Hai's proposed name, Fire's Unhappiness, and named the blade Fire's Sorrow.
• Qin Xiaoxiao lent Jiang Hai a spacious gemstone ring containing money, and Jiang Hai thanked her.
• The next day, Jiang Hai accompanied Jianan to East Dragon Magic and Martial Arts Academy, where they saw its vast grounds and crowds of prospective students.
• Jianan explained the academy's magic and warrior campuses and identified its eight elite departments, which had the toughest entrance assessments.