Chapter Summaries

Xu Qingjia defeated Ye Xinglan in their sparring match and made her call him big brother until she could beat him. After Ye Xinglan mentioned Tang Sect techniques, Xu Qingjia offered to teach her cultivation arts from his family, though he planned to ask Electrolux for permission first.

• Xu Qingjia used his Soul Lock Chain to bind Ye Xinglan, dispel her soul skill, and win their sparring match.
• Xu Qingjia and Ye Xinglan agreed that she would call him big brother until she beat him, after which he would call her big sister.
• Ye Xinglan said her slower reactions and weaker soul spirit held back her progress, then suggested learning Tang Sect arts.
• Xu Qingjia warned that joining the Tang Sect would make it difficult to leave and offered to teach Ye Xinglan other cultivation arts instead.
• Ye Xinglan worried that she was an outsider who could not learn Xu Family techniques, and Xu Qingjia said he would seek Electrolux's permission to teach her.

Xu Qingjia clarified that he wanted Ye Xinglan to become his retainer so he could share a spiritual power cultivation technique with her, and Shen Xi approved. Na'er then challenged Xu Qingjia to a fight after obtaining a powerful soul spirit.

• Ye Xinglan mistook Xu Qingjia's offer to make her one of his own for a marriage proposal and panicked when she ran into Shen Xi.
• Shen Xi soothed Ye Xinglan and asked whether Xu Qingjia had bullied her, and Ye Xinglan explained his offer.
• Xu Qingjia clarified that he meant for Ye Xinglan to become his retainer, and Shen Xi agreed after hearing why he wanted to share his cultivation technique.
• Na'er challenged Xu Qingjia, revealing her thousand-year silver dragon soul spirit and 123 points of spiritual power.
• Ye Xinglan reacted with shock to Na'er's soul ring, while Shen Xi praised Na'er's extraordinary abilities.

Xu Qingjia and Na'er fought to decide who would be the older sibling, with Na'er eventually winning through her spear skill and endurance. After they both ran out of strength, they wrestled on the grass and continued teasingly pinching each other's cheeks while Ye Xinglan watched.

• Shen Xi refereed the sibling-rank battle as Ye Xinglan watched, and Na'er summoned her Silver Dragon Spear to face Xu Qingjia.
• Na'er used Silver Dragon Break and her spear intent to smash through Xu Qingjia's Soul Lock Chains, impressing Shen Xi and Ye Xinglan.
• Xu Qingjia escalated the fight with Soul Hook and Spirit Lock and his Mermaid Control soul bone skill, while Na'er pushed through the mermaid's song and the chains.
• After several minutes, Na'er outlasted Xu Qingjia and pounced on him, claiming victory and demanding that he call her Big Sister Na'er.
• Xu Qingjia reversed their positions and pinned Na'er, but they ended up gently pinching each other's cheeks as Ye Xinglan watched.

Xu Qingjia and Na'er sparred, and Na'er reluctantly called him big brother after he won. Later, Electrolux offered Xu Qingjia a powerful soul cultivation method and recalled a famed knight from his era.

• Xu Qingjia and Na'er tussled until he called their fight a draw, prompting Na'er to shyly call him big brother before retreating to the bedchamber.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Na'er after recovering, but Na'er defeated her with her superior spear intent and won her admiration.
• Xu Qingjia reached soul power level nineteen and teased Na'er about needing to cultivate harder to catch up.
• That night, Na'er told Gu Yue that her search for Xu Qingjia was going smoothly despite feeling guilty about the day's events.
• In the Netherworld, Electrolux told Xu Qingjia about the Heavenly Dipper Big Dipper Steps and offered him the advanced soul cultivation method The Call of the Times.

Electrolux taught Xu Qingjia soul cultivation methods, which Xu Qingjia shared with his family and Ye Xinglan. Three months later, Xu Qingjia had reached the Spirit Sea Realm, while Na'er complained that her spiritual power was lagging behind.

• Electrolux taught Xu Qingjia the Heavenly Dipper Big Dipper Steps and two soul cultivation methods, including the top-tier technique Xu Qingjia named "Soul Calisthenics."
• With Electrolux's permission, Xu Qingjia taught his parents the techniques and told them his martial soul had given them to him; the family agreed to credit Xu Ye with creating them.
• Xu Qingjia taught Ye Xinglan and Na'er the techniques; Ye Xinglan learned the footwork but could not master "Soul Calisthenics," while Na'er learned it more easily.
• Three months later, Xu Qingjia tested his spiritual power in Mingdu and found it had reached 521, the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Na'er, whose spiritual power was only 200, accused Xu Qingjia of hiding something good and argued with him over eating potato chips on his bed.

Xu Qingjia teased Na'er into calling him big brother, then helped her get ready for a day of academic exams. While Na'er and Nether Moon worked on different test papers, Xu Qingjia summoned Zhao Youji to test his second Soul Skill, Conviction.

• Xu Qingjia tricked Na'er into wheedling him for snacks, then provoked her into a fight that ended when he gave up his portion of braised pork hock.
• Xu Qingjia braided Na'er's hair and told her she would eventually need to learn to tie it herself.
• After breakfast, Xu Qingjia announced that Na'er would take an academic exam and brought out a separate, easier paper for Nether Moon.
• Na'er and Nether Moon began their exams while Xu Qingjia went to the courtyard to meet Zhao Youji.
• Xu Qingjia summoned his Judge's Brush and used his second Soul Skill, Conviction, to test its effects on Zhao Youji.

Xu Qingjia tested the negative effects of his Judge's Brush on Zhao Youji and himself, discovering that its judgments could impose harmful conditions but not beneficial enhancements. Meanwhile, Tang Ziran became a white-robed disciple of the Netherworld Judgment Order and brought home news of the stipend that would help support his family.

• Xu Qingjia inflicted Battle Lust on Zhao Youji, who struggled to control his urge to fight before Xu Qingjia sent him to collect his reward.
• Xu Qingjia tested Study Obsession, Hyperthymesia, and Strength on himself, finding each judgment imposed a negative or temporary effect.
• Xu Qingjia marked Na'er and Nether Moon's test papers and gave both of them excellent scores.
• Tang Ziran accepted a white robe and became an official disciple of the Netherworld Judgment Order, receiving a monthly stipend of twelve hundred Federation credits.
• Tang Ziran returned home to Lang Yue and Tang Wulin and explained that his new position would help the family afford food.

Tang Ziran explained the Netherworld Judgment Order’s teachings to Lang Yue and Tang Wulin, and the family decided to visit its church for supplies. As followers’ faith awakened Xu Qingjia’s divine manifestation, the Book of Life and Death absorbed the flood of information and recorded countless new names.

• Tang Ziran reassured Lang Yue that the Netherworld Judgment Order was different from other faiths and explained that retired administrators led churches in several cities.
• Tang Ziran described the order’s four teachings, which encouraged reflection, justice, and accountability for one’s deeds.
• Lang Yue decided to visit the church for its food distribution, and Tang Wulin offered to go with her.
• Followers’ faith gathered across the eastern coast and flowed into Xu Qingjia’s Divine Domain, where it strengthened his divine manifestation.
• Xu Qingjia sensed that he was closer to completion and heard a torrent of followers’ thoughts.
• The Book of Life and Death absorbed the thoughts and recorded countless new names, silencing the clamor in Xu Qingjia’s ears.

Two and a half years passed as Tang Wulin neared Soul Power rank nine, while Xu Qingjia continued growing his Divine Domain in the Netherworld. Xu Qingjia prepared to open the Ghost Gate and bring Electrolux back to the living world, considering how to secure an alliance and protect himself.

• Tang Wulin completed his daily confession, accepted eggs from an Official Believer, and counted the coins he had saved toward obtaining a Soul Spirit.
• A Purple-Clad Woman calling herself Demon Dragon entered the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda branch with a little girl, while Leng Yaozhu rejected her father's marriage arrangement and considered taking a disciple.
• After three years of repeated interruptions, Tang Hao told Ah Yin to contact Xiao San and ask him to act in the physical world.
• Xu Qingjia used the Book of Life and Death to send his soul to the Netherworld, where he continued absorbing its aura into his Divine Domain alongside Electrolux.
• Xu Qingjia decided to open the Ghost Gate to return Electrolux to the living world and considered seeking an alliance with Gu Yue while strengthening his protection and influence.

Xu Qingjia searched the Nether Sea with the Book of Life and Death for souls to appoint as ghost officers, while investigating why so many souls remained trapped there. He ended the search by finding the spirits of Yu Xiaogang, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.

• Xu Qingjia entered the Nether Sea alone and used the Book of Life and Death to capture and inspect souls for potential ghost officers.
• Xu Qingjia released unsuitable souls and continued searching for candidates with exceptional strength or a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Qingjia noticed that souls grew more fragmented the deeper he descended and wondered why reincarnation had failed for so many of them.
• Xu Qingjia rejected Long Xiaoyao as a candidate and continued screening hundreds of thousands of souls without finding a suitable pair.
• Xu Qingjia captured the true spirits of Yu Xiaogang, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.

Xu Qingjia chose Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to become Black and White Impermanence, using the Book of Life and Death to rebuild their ghost-god bodies in the Netherworld. As they transformed, he urged Electrolux to return to the mortal world with him so his fading fragment of divine sense could recover.

• Xu Qingjia selected Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo for their powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill and released the other remnant souls, keeping Yu Xiaogang as well.
• Xu Qingjia invoked divine investiture and named Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo Black and White Impermanence.
• Xu Qingjia sent their true spirits into the Netherworld, where the Nether Sea's energy gathered around them and formed two enormous cocoons.
• Xu Qingjia explained that their new ghost-god bodies would reach their limits at once but would bind them to the Book of Life and Death.
• Xu Qingjia told Electrolux that his divine-sense fragment was losing its remaining essence and urged him to return to the mortal world for recovery.

Na'er learned that the Netherworld's aura was nearby and followed her Silver Dragon Reverse Scale toward its source. The signal led to Xu Qingjia, her mission's target, but she hid her alarm behind a request for food and teased him about what he had done alone in his room.

• Gu Yue warned Na'er that the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale had sensed the Netherworld nearby and ordered her to investigate carefully.
• Na'er followed the scale's guidance through the Xu Family estate and realized the target was in the bedroom beside hers, where Xu Qingjia lived.
• Xu Qingjia found Na'er wandering barefoot in the corridor and gently asked what was wrong.
• Na'er concealed her suspicions by saying she was hungry, and Xu Qingjia ordered snacks and afternoon tea from the kitchen.
• Xu Qingjia teased Na'er about seeking him out for comfort, and Na'er denied it before accusing him of secretly doing something dirty in his room.

Xu Qingjia teased Na'er until she blushed, then let her record him saying he loved her most. Ye Xinglan arrived and found them in an awkward position, bringing an urgent message that Xu Qingjia asked her to explain.

• Na'er offered Xu Qingjia her stockings if he called her Big Sister Na'er, and he teased her until she backed against the wall.
• Xu Qingjia took a photo of Na'er expecting a wall pin, and she tackled him and demanded his phone.
• Na'er threatened to stomp on Xu Qingjia until he agreed to make it up to her, then recorded him saying he would always love Little Sister Na'er the most.
• Xu Qingjia sensed someone approaching, but Na'er ignored his warning until Ye Xinglan appeared at the Bedchamber doorway.
• Xu Qingjia asked the panting Ye Xinglan what urgent business had brought her to find them.

Xu Qingjia, Na'er, and Ye Xinglan went to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after Shrek students insulted its students and defeated them in a public contest. Xu Qingjia confronted Cai Yue'er over her defense of their behavior and ended with a pointed remark about her past romantic humiliation.

• Ye Xinglan told Xu Qingjia and Na'er that Shrek students had kicked down the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's door and insulted its students, and Xu Qingjia agreed to go there.
• Yu Diheng defeated the final Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy fighter, securing Shrek Academy's victory in the contest.
• Ning Yaoyao and Tang Hao mocked the defeated students, while the referee challenged Cai Yue'er to address her students' conduct.
• Cai Yue'er defended the insults as a way to motivate the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students through shame.
• Xu Qingjia confronted Cai Yue'er and asked whether she had advanced her cultivation by watching the man who rejected her spend time with other women.

Xu Qingjia publicly challenged Cai Yue'er after she insulted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and ordinary people, and Shen Xi joined him in raising the stakes. Cai Yue'er accepted a three-against-one wager, unaware of the confidence behind the mother and son's smiles.

• Xu Qingjia mocked Cai Yue'er over her private affairs and condemned her for humiliating students in the name of motivation.
• Cai Yue'er called students from other academies and ordinary people trash, and Xu Qingjia challenged her students to fight for a three-day kneeling wager.
• Shen Xi appeared and offered to kneel in Xu Qingjia's place if he lost, then revealed that he was her son.
• Xu Qingjia removed his concealing soul tool and showed the crowd his rank-thirty-five soul power.
• Shen Xi challenged Cai Yue'er to let Xu Qingjia fight all three of her students after they recovered, and Cai Yue'er accepted.

Xu Qingjia fought Shrek’s three students alone, revealing overwhelming strength and using his soul skills to subdue them. The match ended with Yu Diheng struck by Tang Hao’s tracking hammer, while Cai Yue’er watched her students’ humiliation.

• Cai Yue’er accepted Xu Qingjia’s three-on-one challenge after Shrek’s students recovered, and she ordered them to beat him badly.
• Yu Diheng insulted Xu Qingjia’s companions, and Xu Qingjia defeated his Dragon Transformation punch with a single blow before revealing three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Xu Qingjia used Soul Lock to bind Yu Diheng, while Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer failed to reach him and Ning Yaoyao collapsed after Xu Qingjia’s Judge’s Brush struck her.
• Xu Qingjia used Mirror of Sin to create Tang Hao’s Sin Shadow and then released Yu Diheng into the path of Tang Hao’s tracking Clear Sky Hammer.
• The Clear Sky Hammer struck Yu Diheng, and his scream echoed through the venue as the audience recoiled.

Xu Qingjia defeated Shrek Academy’s team single-handedly, leaving Yu Diheng and Tang Hao badly injured, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won. When Cai Yue'er resisted honoring her wager, Shen Xi confronted her with the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, while Xu Qingjia began plotting to eliminate Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect as future threats.

• Xu Qingjia used Tang Hao’s attack to cripple Yu Diheng, then mocked Tang Hao for supposedly striking his own teammate.
• Xu Qingjia’s Sin Shadow fought Tang Hao, and Xu Qingjia defeated him with Soul Lock while avoiding his hammer attack.
• The referee declared the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner, and the crowd celebrated Xu Qingjia’s one-against-three victory.
• Elder Shen ordered his allies to make Cai Yue'er kneel, but Cai Yue'er refused to honor the wager and released her Super Douluo power.
• Shen Xi trapped Cai Yue'er inside the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield and challenged her for threatening the academy.
• Xu Qingjia explained the shield’s power to Ye Xinglan and White-Haired Dumpling, then secretly resolved to destroy Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect to protect himself.

Shen Xi defeated Cai Yue'er after Cai endangered the students, and Elder Shen intervened to defend the Federation and summon Xu Qingjia and his companions. The public backlash against Shrek intensified, while Qiangu Dongfeng resolved that Shrek had to be eliminated and dismissed Xu Qingjia's potential.

• Shen Xi emerged victorious over Cai Yue'er, carrying her out with her limbs crippled, and rebuked her for unleashing soul power near the students.
• Elder Shen arrived and warned Cai Yue'er that Shrek could march on Mingdu if it dared, then called Xu Qingjia and the other two youngsters to come with him.
• Viewers condemned Shrek's arrogance during the livestream, while leaders of other powers worried that Shrek could become a hegemonic force like Spirit Hall.
• Qiangu Dongfeng watched the public comments in the Spirit Pagoda headquarters and declared that Shrek had to be eliminated.
• A hoarse voice praised Xu Qingjia's talent, but Qiangu Dongfeng dismissed it and insisted that Sun Zhangting had the makings of a True God.

Qiangu Dongfeng and the Ghost Emperor secretly advanced their plan to attack Shrek City, while Xu Qingjia impressed Elder Shen with his cultivation. After his family left the nursing home, Xu Qingjia privately offered his grandfather a chance at immortality.

• The Ghost Emperor met with Qiangu Dongfeng and proposed making Xu Qingjia the Holy Cult's Holy Son, but they agreed not to provoke the Shen and Xu Families before securing God-Slaying Fixed Soul Cannon Shells.
• The Ghost Emperor secretly planned to use Shrek City's population for the Holy Cult's Heaven-Deceiving Grand Formation, while Qiangu Dongfeng pursued his own goal of controlling the Federation through the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xu Qingjia, Na'er, and Ye Xinglan demonstrated their abilities to Elder Shen, who praised their cultivation and potential.
• Xu Qingjia declined a reward from the academy, then stayed behind after his family prepared to leave and asked Elder Shen whether he wanted to live forever, claiming he had a connection in the Netherworld.

Xu Qingjia showed Elder Shen that his Yama martial soul could use faith to extend another person’s lifespan, then demonstrated the ability by giving his grandfather roughly a year of life. He left Elder Shen impressed and suggested that expanding his religious order would make the power of faith easier to gather.

• Xu Qingjia told Elder Shen that his Yama martial soul could spend faith to extend a living person’s allotted lifespan.
• Xu Qingjia asked Elder Shen to test the ability, and Elder Shen agreed despite doubting that it could work on a Quasi-God.
• Xu Qingjia used one unit of faith, and the Book of Life and Death recorded that Elder Shen’s lifespan had increased by 361 days while some hidden injuries healed.
• Elder Shen felt the change and asked whether the ability burdened Xu Qingjia and how much faith it consumed.
• Xu Qingjia claimed the faith cost took a little over half a year to gather and suggested that a wider religious order would accelerate its collection.