Chapter Summaries

Xu Qingjia’s soul wandered into the Netherworld, where he met the remnant of Electrolux and learned that the realm’s aura nourished him instead of eroding him. After eight hours, a powerful force pulled him back into his body in Mingdu, though he was left dazed about what had happened.

• Xu Qingjia woke in the Netherworld and discovered that he could move through its strange, dark sea.
• Xu Qingjia met Electrolux, who explained that the Netherworld held the souls of the dead and that Xu Qingjia’s soul had arrived there without dying.
• Electrolux revealed that the Netherworld’s aura nourished Xu Qingjia and that staying near him protected Electrolux from erosion.
• Xu Qingjia and Electrolux traveled against the flow of souls while searching for a way back to the living world.
• After eight hours, a powerful force dragged Xu Qingjia beneath the Nether Sea, and he suddenly awoke in his bedroom in Mingdu.

After discovering the Book of Life and Death in his Sea of Consciousness, Xu Qingjia went to his martial soul awakening ceremony expecting to awaken the silver moon. The book answered the ceremony with a divine decree naming him the Yanluo Heavenly Son, and his awakening erupted into a force that overwhelmed the silver moon.

• Xu Qingjia explored his Sea of Consciousness and found the unresponsive Book of Life and Death at its center.
• Xu Qingjia reunited with Ye Xinglan, then joined his parents and guests in the hall for the awakening ceremony.
• Xu Ye began the ceremony, and Xu Qingjia awakened the silver moon martial soul.
• The Book of Life and Death suddenly turned its pages, formed a divine tablet, and branded Xu Qingjia with the decree naming him one of the Ten Yama Kings, the Yanluo Heavenly Son.
• Nether energy surged from Xu Qingjia, swallowed the silver moon’s radiance, and revealed the phantom of an ancient Ghost Gate behind him.

Xu Qingjia awakened the Yama martial soul and concealed its divine nature while his family celebrated his innate full soul power. As Ye Xinglan claimed his attention, Tang Hao and Ah Yin discovered that Netherworld aura was disrupting their effort to refine the Plane Spirit and resolved to continue their plans once they suppressed it.

• Xu Qingjia reassured Shen Xi and Xu Ye after his Yama martial soul awakened, then let Xu Ye present an official explanation to the guests.
• Xu Ye suspected Xu Qingjia possessed a trace of divinity, while Xu Qingjia learned that he needed a divine domain to become a true god.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi awakened powerful martial souls with innate full soul power, and Xu Yucheng asked Xu Qingjia to spar after he obtained a soul spirit.
• Ye Xinglan blocked a noble daughter from approaching Xu Qingjia and led him out of the hall by the hand.
• Netherworld aura struck Tang Hao twice and disrupted his effort to refine the Plane Spirit, prompting him to ask Ah Yin to help suppress it.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin discussed their plans to destroy the Golden Tree, control the Douluo Plane, and eventually use the Silver Dragon King to help Linlin become the Dragon God.

Gu Yue explained her plan to recover the Golden Dragon King's origin and seize control of the human world, while warning Di Tian that the origin might be bait. The chapter left Di Tian alarmed by Gu Yue’s discovery of pure Netherworld laws and their possible connection to the supposedly slain King of the Netherworld.

• Gu Yue told Di Tian that the Silver Dragon King had regained less than one percent of her former strength and needed to restore it before pursuing revenge or creating a Divine Realm.
• Gu Yue revealed that she had sensed the Golden Dragon King's origin on the Douluo Plane and suspected it could be a trap set by human gods, but insisted she would reclaim it herself.
• Gu Yue explained that she had split into herself and Na'er, who carried thirty percent of her origin and the Silver Dragon Spear, so they could infiltrate human society from two directions.
• Gu Yue said she also intended to control the human world because another powerful world was trying to invade the Douluo Plane.
• Gu Yue described sensing exceptionally pure Netherworld laws, and Di Tian realized they resembled the power of the King of the Netherworld, whom the Dragon God had supposedly killed.

Gu Yue considered the unknown Netherworld presence a potential threat and split herself in two to investigate the gods-level mysteries. In Mingdu, Xu Qingjia discovered that the Book of Life and Death recorded his life and could reveal detailed information about people he had encountered.

• Gu Yue listed possible origins for the Netherworld beings and decided she had to investigate them herself, trusting that she could absorb Na'er if necessary.
• Ye Xinglan warned Xu Qingjia to run faster if he was ever taken at swordpoint again, and Xu Qingjia teased her before agreeing to practice swordplay with her.
• Xu Qingjia practiced with Ye Xinglan for over two hours, then returned to his bedchamber and activated a soul-powered shielding device.
• Xu Qingjia entered his Sea of Consciousness and opened the Book of Life and Death, which recorded his transmigration, Netherworld encounter, and appointment as Yanluo Heavenly Son.
• Xu Qingjia discovered that the Book of Life and Death could display detailed records of people he had encountered, consuming energy to do so, and realized it could also erase accounts.

Xu Qingjia explored the Book of Life and Death’s powers and planned to cultivate, gather faith, and establish his path to godhood while considering how to prevent the bombing of Shrek City. He left his room to find his parents, who were waiting with dinner.

• Xu Qingjia considered the costs of altering lifespans and decided to build his strength before testing the Book of Life and Death on a soft bone rabbit.
• He learned that establishing the Underworld and appointing subordinate gods required faith, devotional offerings, or merit, then set cultivation and gathering faith as his priorities.
• Xu Qingjia reflected on the coming Abyssal war and the planned bombing of Shrek City, suspecting the Federation and other powers had helped arrange the disaster.
• He decided to seek his parents’ help with faith gathering and his cultivation path.
• Xu Qingjia left his bedroom and found his parents waiting with a table of steaming dishes.

After Xu Qingjia broke the Federation’s spiritual power record for six-year-olds, his parents gave him rare treasures to support his cultivation. He learned that a hundred-thousand-year mermaid leg soul bone could help him double-cast soul skills.

• Xu Qingjia meditated after a lavish meal, then tested his spiritual power and scored 251.
• Shen Xi told Xu Qingjia that his score broke the Federation’s record for six-year-olds.
• Xu Ye and Shen Xi gave Xu Qingjia a necklace holding five Sea Princess’s Mermaid’s Tears, explaining how their family had obtained them.
• Xu Ye presented Xu Qingjia with a hundred-thousand-year mermaid leg soul bone from the Shen Family.
• Shen Xi explained that the soul bone’s fixed Mermaid Control skill summoned a mermaid spirit to help Xu Qingjia cast soul skills at half the spiritual power cost.

Xu Qingjia’s parents discussed the Soul Bones available to him before Xu Ye sensed divinity in his son’s Yama Martial Soul. Xu Qingjia explained that he had received the Martial Soul through an inheritance from the Netherworld, and the conversation ended with his parents telling him about the infamous Evil Soul Master Ha Luosa.

• Xu Ye offered Xu Qingjia a rare Silver Dragon Head Soul Bone, but Xu Qingjia declined it and other Soul Bones.
• Xu Ye enveloped Xu Qingjia’s sleeping palace in spiritual energy and revealed that he had sensed divinity in his son’s Martial Soul.
• Xu Qingjia displayed his Yama Martial Soul and told his parents that a divine emissary of the Underworld King had given him an inheritance from the Netherworld.
• Xu Ye and Shen Xi considered whether Ha Luosa could be connected to the inheritance, then dismissed the possibility.
• Xu Ye told Xu Qingjia about Ha Luosa’s massacres and his claim to be the Underworld King, and Xu Qingjia condemned him.

Xu Qingjia revealed the powers and dangers of his Yama martial soul’s Underworld domain to Xu Ye and Shen Xi. His parents agreed to cultivate his faith carefully by establishing a religious order while keeping him focused on training.

• Xu Qingjia explained that Yama was a righteous Nether God and unveiled his Underworld domain, which suppressed outsiders, replenished his strength, and could expand through the Ghost Gate.
• Xu Qingjia warned that opening the Ghost Gate without preparation would flood Mingdu and eventually Douluo Star with Netherworld qi, so he would need to control its flow.
• Xu Ye and Shen Xi questioned Xu Qingjia about the Underworld King's Divine Envoy, and Xu Ye warned him not to trust the envoy too easily.
• Xu Qingjia said the envoy had given him the Book of Life and Death and instructed him to gather faith, while claiming the martial soul supplied the rest of his knowledge.
• Xu Qingjia proposed founding a religious order for the Yanluo Heavenly Son and attracting ordinary people with charitable goods; Xu Ye and Shen Xi agreed to handle the matter of faith.

Xu Qingjia discussed a plan to establish his faith with Xu Ye and Shen Xi, then absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Mermaid Right Leg Bone. After awakening its Mermaid Duet skill, he prepared to visit the Spirit Pagoda to find a soul spirit.

• Xu Qingjia and his parents selected a plan for spreading his religion, while Xu Ye asked about soul spirits with death attributes.
• Xu Qingjia began absorbing the Mermaid Right Leg Bone as Shen Xi watched over him.
• Golden light expanded and transformed Xu Qingjia's Sea of Consciousness as he absorbed the soul bone for one day and two nights.
• Xu Qingjia awoke taller and stronger, ate a meal to recover his depleted energy, and discovered his new soul skill, Mermaid Duet.
• Xu Qingjia told Shen Xi he wanted a mental-type soul spirit and urged her to take him to the Spirit Pagoda, but she first proposed testing his mental power.

Xu Qingjia visited the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda with Shen Xi to choose his first soul spirit, while reflecting on his Xu Family ancestry and the Sun Moon Empire’s history. With help from his second uncle, Xu Shengqun, he chose a rare four-thousand-year pure mental Evil Eye soul spirit despite the risk of its age.

• Shen Xi gave Xu Qingjia the Sun Moon Crown, and his spiritual power tested at 404 after he bound it.
• Xu Qingjia and Shen Xi traveled to the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda, where he considered his Xu Family lineage and the family’s grievances against Spirit Ice Douluo and the Tang Sect.
• Xu Shengqun greeted Shen Xi and Xu Qingjia, then searched the Spirit Pagoda’s records for soul spirits connected to life, death, or lingering spirits.
• Xu Qingjia asked for a pure mental Evil Eye, and Xu Shengqun offered a four-thousand-year specimen available at the branch or a suitable hundred-year one from headquarters.
• Xu Qingjia chose the four-thousand-year Evil Eye, and Shen Xi confirmed they would take it.

Xu Qingjia bonded with a spiritual Evil Eye, broke through to Soul Master, and cultivated to just below rank nineteen. After naming his new soul spirit Nether Moon and learning her two-part soul skill, he headed with Xu Shengqun and Shen Xi to the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform to test it in combat.

• Xu Qingjia bonded with the Evil Eye, whose spiritual origin expanded his Sea of Consciousness and whose soul ring helped him cross into Soul Master.
• Xu Qingjia used Mystic Water Pills to cleanse his body and compressed his rapidly rising soul power until it settled just short of rank nineteen.
• Xu Qingjia named his soul spirit Nether Moon and discovered her soul skill had two effects: Soul Hook targeted souls, while Spirit Lock suppressed energy and immobilized bodies.
• Xu Qingjia told Xu Shengqun and Shen Xi that he wanted to try actual combat, and they took him to the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Xu Qingjia arrived at the virtual platform and prepared to enter its simulated primeval forest.

Xu Qingjia entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and used his spiritual abilities to kill soul beasts, including a nearly thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider. Elsewhere, Na'er arrived in Mingdu on a mission from Gu Yue, hungry and without travel money, and learned someone had appeared nearby.

• Xu Qingjia killed two Wind Baboons with Soul Lock and Soul Hook, gaining a small increase in his soul ring and soul spirit ages.
• Xu Qingjia hunted more soul beasts in the jungle while an eight-hundred-to-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider watched him.
• Xu Shengqun and Shen Xi observed the encounter as Xu Qingjia defeated the Man Faced Demon Spider with his soul skills and Mermaid Duet.
• Xu Qingjia left the platform after his spiritual power weakened and more than half his soul power was spent; Xu Shengqun praised his feat.
• Na'er wandered hungry through Mingdu, grumbling about Gu Yue sending her on a mission without travel money or clear directions.
• The Silver Dragon scale pendant told Na'er that someone had appeared nearby, while she crouched by the roadside with hunger.

Xu Qingjia and Shen Xi found the hungry Na'er outside their home and took her in, while Shen Xi mistook her story for evidence of child trafficking and ordered a citywide crackdown. Xu Qingjia consulted the Book of Life and Death, learned Na'er was an avatar of the Silver Dragon King sent to investigate a Netherworld-like aura, and joined his family for dinner as he considered what to do next.

• Shen Xi and Xu Qingjia found Na'er near their gates, and Xu Qingjia offered her food and learned her name.
• Na'er said her mother had sent her from a place full of trees through a pitch-black place, prompting Shen Xi to suspect child trafficking and invite her home.
• Shen Xi called the Mingdu Enforcement Bureau and ordered a major crackdown on traffickers while Xu Qingjia checked Na'er's identity in the Book of Life and Death.
• The Book of Life and Death revealed that Na'er was the Silver Dragon King's avatar, sent to investigate an aura resembling the Netherworld, and that she had a protective seal and a Silver Dragon Reverse Scale.
• Na'er ate dinner with Shen Xi, Xu Ye, and Xu Qingjia as Xu Qingjia wondered how to handle her.

Xu Qingjia’s family welcomed Na’er after she said she did not want to return home, and her martial soul awakening revealed extraordinary talent. After settling into the household, Na’er offered Xu Qingjia a snack and insisted he should call her big sister.

• Shen Xi questioned Na’er about her home, but Na’er could only describe a remote cabin surrounded by huge trees.
• Na’er refused to go home, and Shen Xi invited her to stay with the family; Xu Qingjia agreed.
• Xu Qingjia accepted Na’er’s offer of one bite of her candied hawthorn, and the family decided she could remain.
• Shen Xi performed Na’er’s martial soul awakening, revealing a silver spear and innate full soul power.
• Shen Xi took Na’er to bathe and buy clothes, then Na’er brought Xu Qingjia skewers and offered to protect him if he called her big sister.

Xu Qingjia began adapting his family’s meditation method with help from the Book of Life and Death, while Na'er settled into her new home and reported to Gu Yue that her mission was going well. The chapter left Xu Qingjia experimenting with cultivation and Na'er asleep, determined to make him call her Big Sister.

• Xu Qingjia teased Na'er about their height, gave her sour plum drink, and prepared a bed for her.
• Xu Qingjia studied meditation methods and used the Book of Life and Death to track the effects of his experiments modifying his ancestral method.
• Na'er enjoyed her comfortable bed and delicious food, then remembered Gu Yue’s mission and spoke with her through the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale.
• Na'er told Gu Yue that she had infiltrated a powerful family and agreed to keep gathering information and watch for the Netherworld's aura.
• Na'er fell asleep dreaming of roast lamb leg and potato chips.

Xu Qingjia improved his meditation method, visited the Netherworld, and asked Electrolux to teach him soul cultivation. After returning to Mingdu, he exercised and took a medicinal bath before receiving a message from Xinglan.

• Xu Qingjia completed a custom version of the Sun Moon Meditation Method that increased his cultivation and soul recovery speeds by about twenty percent.
• Xu Qingjia entered the Netherworld with the Book of Life and Death, checked Na'er’s condition, and reunited with Electrolux.
• Xu Qingjia explained that he could not safely open the Ghost Gate yet and asked Electrolux to teach him powerful methods of cultivating the soul.
• Electrolux agreed to create a high-level, attributeless spiritual cultivation method for Xu Qingjia after testing his soul’s attributes.
• After eight hours in the Netherworld, Xu Qingjia returned, exercised, and took a medicinal bath before going to breakfast.
• Xu Qingjia saw a message that Xinglan wanted to visit, while the smell of food woke a little white-haired bundle.

Tang Hao blamed the Plane Spirit for another damaging passage between the Netherworld and the Douluo Plane, while Xu Qingjia shared breakfast with Na'er in Mingdu. Ye Xinglan arrived and misunderstood their closeness, then learned Na'er had been adopted before Shen Xi came to visit.

• Tang Hao raged over a second passage between the Netherworld and the Douluo Plane, then decided it showed the Plane Spirit was near defeat.
• Na'er woke up and joined Xu Qingjia for breakfast, enthusiastically eating the food he offered.
• Ye Xinglan arrived to share news about her Soul Spirit and froze when she saw Xu Qingjia eating with Na'er.
• Ye Xinglan asked who Na'er was, and Xu Qingjia said his parents had adopted her after she was sold to human traffickers.
• Ye Xinglan felt pity for Na'er and ate with her and Xu Qingjia before Shen Xi arrived.

Shen Xi asked Xu Qingjia about his future profession, and he explained that he would focus on cultivating his Martial Soul rather than taking up a second profession. He proposed that Nether Moon train as a Soul Engineer, while hinting that he might someday obtain Four-Word Battle Armor through a Divine Craftsman.

• Shen Xi welcomed Ye Xinglan and watched her challenge Xu Qingjia to another match after they acquired their Soul Spirits.
• Shen Xi asked Xu Qingjia whether he had chosen a second profession, and he said he intended to focus entirely on cultivating his Martial Soul.
• Xu Qingjia explained that his goal was to reach a legendary level, and Shen Xi accepted his choice because she believed his God-Level Martial Soul might make it possible.
• Ye Xinglan questioned Xu Qingjia about giving up a second profession, and he joked that he could bring back a Divine Craftsman to make him Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Xu Qingjia summoned Nether Moon and suggested that she become a Soul Engineer, arguing that her intelligence and unusual thought structure suited the profession.

Xu Qingjia arranged for Nether Moon to study human knowledge and soul engineering, then accepted Ye Xinglan’s challenge to a duel. Their fight began with Ye Xinglan striking Xu Qingjia’s Soul Lock Chain, which suppressed the energy behind her sword attack.

• Shen Xi explained that soul beasts could theoretically become soul engineers, but their instincts made sustained study difficult.
• Xu Qingjia decided to hire Nether Moon a tutor and later arrange professional soul-engineering lessons for her.
• Shen Xi took Na'er to the Spirit Pagoda to obtain a soul spirit, while Xu Qingjia chose a preschool teacher for Nether Moon.
• Ye Xinglan insisted on their promised match after learning Xu Qingjia had reached rank eighteen by absorbing a soul bone.
• Xu Qingjia and Ye Xinglan summoned their martial souls and began fighting in the courtyard.
• Ye Xinglan dodged Xu Qingjia’s Soul Lock Chain and struck it with Sword God Star, but the chain suppressed the energy of her attack.