Chapter Summaries

On the day of his Martial Soul Awakening, Xiao Chen—an Earth transmigrant raised by Spirit Pagoda deputy master Leng Yaozhu—resolved to break free of Tang San’s control over Douluo’s fate. His awakening unleashed a black pillar of light and revealed innate full soul power.

• Leng Yaozhu brought Xiao Chen to the Spirit Pagoda for his six-year-old Martial Soul Awakening.
• Xiao Chen recalled how Tang San had manipulated Douluo’s history and decided to become an unpredictable force outside his plans.
• Leng Yaozhu reassured Xiao Chen that she would protect him regardless of which martial soul he awakened.
• The deacon began the ceremony, and Xiao Chen entered the Awakening Array.
• The Awakening Stone erupted in black light as a storm of soul power swept the venue, and the deacon exclaimed that Xiao Chen had innate full soul power.

Xiao Chen awakened the Wither as a dark-attribute Martial Soul with innate full Soul Power, alarming Wang Yuntao and Leng Yaozhu. Leng Yaozhu kept the unprecedented Martial Soul’s details from Spirit Pagoda headquarters, while Xiao Chen kept his Command Block Martial Soul hidden.

• Xiao Chen’s awakening unleashed an icy black pillar of Soul Power, leaving Wang Yuntao and Leng Yaozhu shocked.
• Xiao Chen summoned the Wither, whose three skulls caused the room’s potted plants to wither, and named it as his Martial Soul.
• Leng Yaozhu asked whether Xiao Chen could control the Wither, and he assured her that it obeyed him.
• Leng Yaozhu instructed Wang Yuntao to record the Wither as a dark-attribute Martial Soul with innate full Soul Power, then refused to report it to headquarters.
• Xiao Chen concealed his Command Block Martial Soul, dismissed the Wither, and promised Leng Yaozhu he would monitor his power.

After Xiao Chen awakened his Wither Martial Soul, Leng Yaozhu took him to choose his first Soul Spirit from the Spirit Pagoda’s collection. He rejected three powerful darkness Soul Spirits and chose a three-hundred-year Evil Eye, leaving him to begin attuning to it.

• Leng Yaozhu brought Xiao Chen to the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit storage room and explained the importance of choosing his first Soul Spirit.
• Leng Yaozhu offered Xiao Chen three top-tier hundred-year darkness Soul Spirits, but Xiao Chen said they were not right for him.
• Xiao Chen spotted a dim white Evil Eye Soul Spirit and chose it for its unusual spiritual abilities and its independence from the Dragon Kings’ pressure.
• Leng Yaozhu accepted Xiao Chen’s choice and gave him the three-hundred-year Evil Eye Soul Spirit.
• Xiao Chen touched the Evil Eye’s halo, felt its spiritual power sharpen his senses, and noticed that it was not behaving itself in his Sea of Consciousness.

Xiao Chen forced the defiant Evil Eye Soul Spirit to submit by unleashing his Wither Martial Soul, then formed a contract with it. He gained his first Soul Skill and rose to rank 13 Soul Power, leaving Leng Yaozhu amazed by his progress.

• Leng Yaozhu told Xiao Chen to settle his mind and stabilize his foundation after the Evil Eye entered his body.
• The Evil Eye mocked Xiao Chen and attacked his consciousness to test whether he deserved to be its host.
• Xiao Chen activated his Wither Martial Soul, crushing the Evil Eye’s spiritual attacks and frightening it into submission.
• Xiao Chen and the Evil Eye formed an irreversible Soul Spirit Contract, and a hundred-year soul ring appeared around him.
• The Evil Eye’s spiritual power raised Xiao Chen from rank 10 to rank 13, impressing Leng Yaozhu as Xiao Chen opened his eyes with his first Soul Skill gained.

Xiao Chen demonstrated his first soul skill, Wither Head, to Leng Yaozhu, revealing its powerful damage and multiple effects that weakened even a Level 98 Super Douluo. Leng Yaozhu warned him not to become obsessed with his martial soul’s power, while Xiao Chen privately resolved to investigate why his hidden Command Block resisted appearing.

• Leng Yaozhu asked Xiao Chen to demonstrate Wither Head in a private training room.
• Xiao Chen summoned a black skull and detonated it against Leng Yaozhu, whose soul power, stamina, and strength began to drain.
• Leng Yaozhu dispersed the mist with her overwhelming soul power and was shocked by the skill’s stacked weakening effects.
• Xiao Chen explained how Wither Head continuously drained soul power, reduced stamina, and weakened its target.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Xiao Chen not to become obsessed with his martial soul’s power, and he assured her he could control it.
• Xiao Chen privately planned to uncover why his hidden Command Block resisted manifesting in the Douluo world.

Xiao Chen studied the Command Block hidden in his Sea of Consciousness and suspected its Minecraft power could challenge Tang San’s plans. Deep within the Douluo Plane, Tang Hao sensed the plane authority he controlled draining away and roared in fury, convinced an unknown enemy was sabotaging the plan.

• Xiao Chen entered meditation to investigate why his Command Block Martial Soul resisted appearing.
• He found the Command Block in his Sea of Consciousness wrapped in chaotic strings of Minecraft commands and wondered whether he could be a creator god.
• Xiao Chen grew confident that the Command Block, possibly combined with the Wither Storm, could oppose Tang San’s plans.
• Tang Hao continued suppressing the Douluo Plane’s consciousness while holding its authority beneath the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao noticed the plane authority draining rapidly despite the continent being peaceful and suspected interference from another plane.
• Tang Hao roared across the Douluo Plane, demanding to know who was sabotaging Tang San’s ten-thousand-year plan.

After three months of cultivation, Xiao Chen encountered the hungry silver-haired Na'er in Shrek City and realized she was a split from the Silver Dragon King. Leng Yaozhu agreed to adopt Na'er into the Spirit Pagoda, and the three headed back together.

• Xiao Chen cultivated for three months after finding that the Command Block’s commands remained sealed.
• Leng Yaozhu took Xiao Chen for a walk in Shrek City, where he spotted Na'er begging for food and bought her a chicken leg.
• Xiao Chen recognized Na'er as a split from the Silver Dragon King, though he wondered how she had appeared before Gu Yuena split.
• Na'er noticed two men watching her and feared they had come to take her back, then asked Leng Yaozhu to adopt her.
• Leng Yaozhu saw Na'er's Silver Dragon Spear and invited her to join the Spirit Pagoda, and Na'er eagerly accepted.

Na'er settled into the Spirit Pagoda beside Xiao Chen, while he realized that the Silver Dragon King had split earlier than expected and worried that Gu Yue might attack Tang Wulin. The next morning, Leng Yaozhu introduced Xiao Chen and Na'er to Battle Armor's four core professions and asked them to choose secondary professions, leaving Na'er looking to Xiao Chen for guidance.

• Leng Yaozhu brought Xiao Chen and Na'er into the Spirit Pagoda, where Xiao Chen arranged a bedroom for Na'er beside his own.
• After bathing, Na'er learned she would attend lessons and cultivate with Xiao Chen starting the next day.
• Xiao Chen reasoned that the Silver Dragon King had split early and feared that Gu Yue would attack Tang Wulin if she discovered the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core inside him.
• The next morning, Leng Yaozhu explained the roles of Mecha Designer, Blacksmith, Mecha Manufacturer, and Mecha Mechanic, then asked Xiao Chen and Na'er to choose secondary professions.
• Na'er looked to Xiao Chen to decide what profession she should choose, while Xiao Chen already had an answer in mind.

Xiao Chen chose forging as his secondary profession, while Na'er switched from forging to mecha repair after hearing Xiao Chen call it an easy job. Leng Yaozhu accepted their choices, gave them stacks of textbooks, and said she would recommend Xiao Chen to a forging teacher once he showed talent.

• Xiao Chen firmly chose forging despite Leng Yaozhu warning him that it was difficult and physically demanding.
• Na'er first chose forging to follow Xiao Chen, then chose mecha repair after he joked that repairers had little work to do.
• Leng Yaozhu accepted both choices, and the Spirit Pagoda's staff brought them stacks of textbooks that left Na'er bewildered.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that specialized instructors would teach their professions and promised to recommend Xiao Chen to a forging teacher if he showed talent.
• Xiao Chen recognized that Leng Yaozhu might introduce him to Zhen Hua, the era's only Divine Blacksmith.

Xiao Chen completed Hundred Refinement with a single hammer strike, revealing that he could see Command Block code on the finished metal. The anomaly caused planar authority to dissipate faster, leaving Tang Hao furious and unable to identify who was interfering with his plans.

• Na'er abandoned her difficult mecha repair lessons and went to the forging room to see whether Xiao Chen was exhausted from blacksmithing.
• Zhou Ming taught Xiao Chen the basics of Hundred Refinement and asked him to complete thirty steady hammer strikes.
• Xiao Chen struck the metal once and purified it into Hundred Refined Metal, while seeing a Minecraft command appear on its surface.
• Zhou Ming praised Xiao Chen as a forging genius, but only Xiao Chen noticed the command code.
• Na'er watched in disbelief as Xiao Chen succeeded, while Tang Hao sensed his planar authority draining faster and angrily demanded to know who was disrupting his plan.

After Xiao Chen achieved Hundred Refinement with one hammer strike, Leng Yaozhu arranged for him to be tested and enter the Spirit Ascension Platform. His mental power measured 255, far surpassing Na'er's 100, leaving Leng Yaozhu astonished.

• Xiao Chen achieved Hundred Refinement with a single hammer strike, shocking Zhou Ming, while Na'er complained that forging was easier than her mecha mechanic studies.
• Zhou Ming reported Xiao Chen's forging talent to Leng Yaozhu, who wrote to Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua seeking instruction for him.
• Leng Yaozhu took Xiao Chen and Na'er to the testing area before their planned visit to the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Na'er tested her mental power at 100 and proudly challenged Xiao Chen to take his turn.
• Xiao Chen's test reached 255, stunning Na'er and leaving Leng Yaozhu amazed by both children's abilities.

Xiao Chen and Na'er entered the Spirit Ascension Platform for combat training, where Xiao Chen discovered that his Wither Martial Soul could drain the vitality of nearby plants and absorb their spiritual energy. As he ventured deeper to find stronger Soul Beasts, a Mandala Snake attacked, leaving Leng Yaozhu poised to stop the training.

• Leng Yaozhu explained how the Spirit Ascension Platform worked and guided Xiao Chen and Na'er into separate pods.
• Xiao Chen and Na'er appeared in different parts of the virtual forest, and Xiao Chen activated his Wither Martial Soul.
• Xiao Chen's aura rapidly withered nearby plants, whose spiritual energy flowed into him, while Leng Yaozhu watched in disbelief.
• Xiao Chen found the energy from the weak plants negligible, withdrew his aura, and headed deeper into the forest to seek older Soul Beasts.
• A Mandala Snake lunged at Xiao Chen, and Leng Yaozhu prepared to intervene because she feared the Soul Beast could injure him.

Xiao Chen killed a three-thousand-year-old Mandala Snake with his Wither Martial Soul, shocking Leng Yaozhu, who had been ready to end his trial. After the snake’s energy strengthened his Evil Eye Soul Spirit past seven hundred years, Xiao Chen decided there was little reason to keep hunting in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Xiao Chen faced a three-thousand-year-old Mandala Snake while Leng Yaozhu watched anxiously from the monitoring room.
• Xiao Chen unleashed his Wither Martial Soul, whose aura froze the Mandala Snake with fear.
• Xiao Chen used Wither Head to strike the snake, and the attack drained its vitality and killed it within seconds.
• Leng Yaozhu relaxed after seeing Xiao Chen defeat the powerful Soul Beast without injury.
• The Mandala Snake’s spiritual energy flowed into Xiao Chen and raised his Evil Eye Soul Spirit beyond seven hundred years.
• Xiao Chen withdrew his Martial Soul, decided further hunting would waste time, and thought briefly about Na’er’s safety.

Xiao Chen flew across the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform on Wither and rescued Na'er from a pack of Wind Baboons, pushing his Soul Spirit past the thousand-year mark. Na'er greeted him with delighted affection, leaving Xiao Chen puzzled by her behavior despite her Silver Dragon King memories.

• Xiao Chen rode Wither through the air to search for Na'er and spotted her surrounded by more than twenty Wind Baboons, including a thousand-year Wind Baboon King.
• Na'er used Silver Dragon's Wrath to kill three Wind Baboons, but the rest attacked her from every direction and left her unable to react.
• Xiao Chen sent Wither Heads raining down on the pack, killing all the Wind Baboons and absorbing their spiritual energy to advance his Soul Spirit past a thousand years.
• Xiao Chen landed beside Na'er, who hugged his arm and greeted him joyfully, while he wondered why the Silver Dragon King was acting so affectionate.

Xiao Chen and Na'er advanced their Soul Spirits to the thousand-year level in the Spirit Ascension Platform, then returned to Leng Yaozhu, who praised them and warned them not to become conceited. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Yue spoke with Di Tian about Na'er and resolved to act personally to obtain the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core.

• Xiao Chen and Na'er broke through the thousand-year limit for their Soul Spirits after defeating the Wind Baboons, and Xiao Chen's first Soul Ring turned purple.
• Xiao Chen and Na'er left the Spirit Ascension Platform and returned to their physical bodies in the Spirit Ascension Pods.
• Leng Yaozhu congratulated the two on their breakthroughs and warned them to stay diligent and humble.
• Di Tian knelt before Gu Yue and apologized for failing to bring Na'er back.
• Gu Yue told Di Tian that Na'er's power would eventually return to her and said she would personally seek the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core.

Four years later, Xiao Chen completed Thousand Refinement with a single hammer blow and received his fourth-rank blacksmith badge from Zhou Ming, who admitted he could no longer teach Xiao Chen practical forging. Na'er greeted Xiao Chen outside the forging room and excitedly announced that she had good news to share.

• Xiao Chen purified a piece of blue gestation copper through Thousand Refinement with one hammer strike.
• Zhou Ming awarded Xiao Chen a fourth-rank blacksmith badge and said he had nothing more to teach him in practical forging.
• Xiao Chen thanked Zhou Ming for four years of instruction and left the forging room with his new badge.
• Na'er rushed to Xiao Chen, clung to his arm, and teased him about always being a little child with him.
• Xiao Chen guessed Na'er had a favor or secret to share, and she confirmed she had good news.

Na'er persuaded Xiao Chen to accompany her on a Spirit Pagoda mission to assess a newcomer in Eastsea City. Xiao Chen realized the newcomer was likely Gu Yue and agreed to support Na'er, setting the stage for the Silver Dragon King’s first meeting there.

• Na'er told Xiao Chen that Leng Yaozhu had assigned her to assess a newcomer and invited him to come along.
• Xiao Chen noted that Na'er was already strong enough to handle the mission alone and wondered why she needed his help.
• After connecting the timing and location, Xiao Chen guessed that the assessment would take place in Eastsea City and involve Gu Yue.
• Xiao Chen recalled his failed attempts to summon the Command Block and his discovery of the code /gamemodesurvival.
• Na'er pleaded with Xiao Chen to help her with her first official mission, and he agreed to accompany her to Eastsea City.

Xiao Chen and Na'er received Leng Yaozhu’s permission to travel to Eastsea City, where Na'er planned to assess Gu Yue. As they rode the Soul Guidance Train, Xiao Chen sensed hidden malice and stayed alert while Na'er confidently anticipated victory.

• Na'er and Xiao Chen asked Leng Yaozhu for permission to travel to Eastsea City, and she approved while reminding them to keep cultivating.
• Leng Yaozhu prepared travel permits and tickets, and Xiao Chen and Na'er boarded the Soul Guidance Train to Eastsea City.
• Xiao Chen sensed an ominous presence aboard the train and discreetly prepared for danger.
• Xiao Chen asked whether Na'er could defeat the newcomer in Eastsea City, and Na'er confidently said she would win with his support.
• Xiao Chen closed his eyes and spread his senses throughout the train while Na'er imagined defeating Gu Yue.

Xiao Chen and Na'er were traveling by train when Wang Chen, a Five-Ring Soul King and evil soul master, stormed into their carriage and threatened the passengers. Xiao Chen held back while assessing whether Wang Chen had accomplices, ready to protect Na'er.

• Na'er fell asleep on Xiao Chen's shoulder as he monitored the train for a lingering evil aura.
• A wave of killing intent swept through the carriage and woke Na'er; Xiao Chen warned her that it was strong.
• Wang Chen kicked open the carriage door, entered with a Soul Tool Gun, and ordered the passengers not to move.
• Xiao Chen sensed that Wang Chen was a Five-Ring Soul King whose bloodthirsty bear martial soul fueled his evil cultivation.
• Wang Chen announced that he planned to drain the passengers' blood to advance his cultivation and join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xiao Chen restrained his killing intent and watched for possible accomplices before deciding how to act.

Xiao Chen defeated the Bloodthirsty Bear Evil Soul Master Wang Chen after confirming he had no accomplices on the train. Wang Chen lost consciousness as Xiao Chen’s Soul Sand Devour consumed his remaining strength and consciousness.

• Xiao Chen questioned Wang Chen and concluded that the Evil Soul Master was acting alone.
• Xiao Chen secretly struck Wang Chen from behind with three Wither Heads, then possessed his Martial Soul and hit him with three more.
• Wang Chen activated Bloodthirsty Bear, but Xiao Chen trapped him with his second Soul Skill, Soul Sand Devour.
• Xiao Chen dismissed his doubts about being an Evil Soul Master and let the Soul Sand overwhelm Wang Chen until he lost consciousness.