Chapter Summaries

Tang San faced the Third Elder’s doubts about his ability to learn soul tool technology, then received a blueprint and an introductory book to study. He left with a day to prepare answers and growing interest in soul tools.

• Ning Fengzhi stopped the Third Elder from calling Tang San a replacement, but the Third Elder questioned Tang San’s knowledge of soul tool arrays.
• Tang San admitted he knew nothing about soul tools and insisted he would become the best soul engineer, prompting the Third Elder to explain the importance of precision.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Tang San to study under the Third Elder, then left to check on Tang San’s father’s recovery.
• The Third Elder gave Tang San a Level 1 Soul Tool blueprint and tested his understanding, but Tang San could not identify its purpose.
• The Third Elder let Tang San take the blueprint and gave him an introductory book, which sparked Tang San’s interest in soul tools.

Tang San began studying a Soul Tool blueprint at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Tang Hao left him there, while Jun Yi and Bibi Dong received surprising news from the sect. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong reading a letter saying Ning Fengzhi had found someone to replace Jun Yi.

• Tang San studied Introduction to Soul Tool and examined the Third Elder's blueprint, hoping to understand its mechanical principles.
• Ning Fengzhi assured Tang Hao that Tang San would receive Soul Tool instruction and cultivation guidance at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang Hao agreed to leave him there.
• The Third Elder gave Tang San half a year to inscribe the formation on the blueprint and told him to manage his own time.
• Jun Yi joked with Bibi Dong about handing leadership of his future faction to Sister Xue'er while he remained its nominal leader.
• A Soul Master delivered an urgent letter from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Bibi Dong read that Ning Fengzhi had found someone to replace Jun Yi.

Jun Yi dismissed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s plan to have Tang San develop advanced Soul Tools and left Bibi Dong to handle the sect’s affairs while he worried about establishing his own sect. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Tang San began studying Soul Tools and learned that Ning Rongrong had been deeply affected by her breakup with Jun Yi.

• Jun Yi read that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had resumed making Soul Tools and planned for Tang San to develop more advanced models, but he believed Tang San could not succeed.
• Bibi Dong offered to handle Jun Yi’s affairs if he stayed beside her, and Jun Yi agreed.
• Ning Rongrong summoned Tang San to dinner, appearing thin and lifeless as she led him from the forging room.
• After Tang San returned from washing, Ning Rongrong left the meal early, and Ning Fengzhi explained that her distress over Jun Yi had lasted a long time.
• Tang San told Ning Fengzhi that he wanted to continue studying Soul Tools, and Ning Fengzhi arranged for him to cultivate with Sword Douluo in the mornings and study Soul Tools in the afternoons.
• Sword Douluo praised Tang San’s manners, prompting Bone Douluo to leave the dining room.

Tang San learned Soul Tool forging and magic-array inscription while the Third Elder lamented that Jun Yi had once excelled at the same work. After Sword Douluo announced that Rongrong had reached level fifty and would be taken to obtain a Soul Ring, the Third Elder told Tang San that his conflict with Sword Douluo stemmed from Jun Yi, leaving Tang San furious but determined to forge Soul Tools of his own.

• Tang San repeatedly failed at inscribing magic arrays as the Third Elder watched and remembered Jun Yi’s skill.
• Sword Douluo arrived, argued with the Third Elder over how he should be addressed, and announced that he would take Rongrong to obtain a Soul Ring.
• Tang San asked whether the dispute between the two elders involved him, and the Third Elder said it stemmed from Jun Yi and challenged him to match Jun Yi’s level at seven years old.
• After the Third Elder left, Tang San angrily hammered an iron block, then calmed down and began reforging it using Tang Sect methods while considering how to combine Soul Tools with Hidden Weapons.
• The Third Elder watched from outside and judged that Tang San was not qualified to replace Jun Yi.

Jun Yi successfully condensed his first Asura God Ring after enduring a fierce clash of divine powers. As his body finished transforming, Bibi Dong rushed into his room and found him naked.

• Jun Yi entered his Sea of Consciousness and pulled the first God Ring from the Asura God's statue with guidance from the Ice Dragon King.
• The black-and-gold God Ring merged with Jun Yi as he endured a crushing force, an energy storm, and a destructive golden beam.
• Jun Yi completed the fusion, and the Asura Divine Power cleansed and transformed his body.
• Bibi Dong sensed the terrifying presence fade, rushed into Jun Yi's room, and found him naked.

After Jun Yi absorbed the Asura Demonic Sword's Divine Power and reached halfway to godhood, he reassured Bibi Dong when a joke about her age hurt her feelings. Bibi Dong kissed him, leaving Jun Yi shocked.

• Jun Yi told Bibi Dong he had broken through and explained that he had absorbed the Asura Demonic Sword's Divine Power to form a God Ring.
• Jun Yi let the drained Asura Demonic Sword crumble into dust, then hurriedly dressed after realizing Bibi Dong had seen him naked.
• Jun Yi called Bibi Dong an auntie, upsetting her, and apologized when he saw how dejected she became.
• Jun Yi reassured Bibi Dong that age was only a number, and she softened at his words.
• Bibi Dong kissed Jun Yi, who was stunned by the sudden kiss.

After Bibi Dong kissed Jun Yi and confessed that she liked him, Jun Yi was left confused by her feelings. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi proposed that Tang San marry Ning Rongrong, and Tang San agreed to consider it despite still grieving Xiao Wu.

• Bibi Dong kissed Jun Yi, confessed her feelings, and vanished, leaving him bewildered.
• Bone Douluo trained Tang San, who interpreted his coolness as rejection because of Jun Yi and used the insult of being a “defective product” as motivation.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Tang San to his study and suggested he develop a relationship with Ning Rongrong as a possible marriage alliance.
• Tang San refused at first because he still loved Xiao Wu, but Ning Fengzhi urged him to move on and consider Rongrong.
• Tang San told Ning Fengzhi he would give the proposal serious consideration.

The Five Great God Kings debated whether Jun Yi posed a threat to the Divine Realm, and decided to observe him rather than erase him. Asura God agreed to monitor Jun Yi and sent a strand of divine sense toward the Douluo Continent.

• Asura God argued that Jun Yi’s many kinds of Divine Power and the presence of the three great Dragon Kings made him dangerous, while the Godess of Kindness and the God of Life urged the others to give him a chance.
• The God of Evil warned that Jun Yi could become another God King, but the God of Destruction defended him as someone who valued his loved ones and protected others.
• The God of Destruction proposed that the Five Great God Kings continue observing Jun Yi, and Asura God accepted responsibility for monitoring him.
• Asura God returned to his temple, split off a strand of divine sense, and sent it toward the Douluo Continent.
• Asura God privately resented Jun Yi for disrupting his plans and taking the fortune he had intended for the “son of destiny.”

Jun Yi sensed that the Divine Realm was watching him and received divine power from the Dragon Kings for protection. Meanwhile, a blood-colored light entered Tang San and filled him with a powerful force that he could not control.

• Jun Yi sensed danger in his room, and the Ice Dragon King identified the watcher as Asura God Divine Sense.
• The Ice Dragon King reassured Jun Yi that the Divine Realm could not act against him freely, and the Light Dragon King and Ice Dragon King lent him divine power.
• Jun Yi wondered whether Tang San had drawn the gods’ attention.
• Tang San’s formation engraving failed, and the Third Elder left after seeing the shattered metal.
• Tang San resolved to keep practicing, but a blood-colored light entered his body and gave him a force that made his surroundings slow and his body tremble beyond his control.

The Asura God chose Tang San as his successor and merged Asura Divine Power into him, greatly increasing his strength. Tang San resolved to cultivate toward inheriting the Asura God Position, with the Asura God directing him to seek the inheritance artifact in Slaughter City when the time was right.

• The Asura God appeared before Tang San and explained that he had chosen him as his successor.
• Tang San agreed to inherit the Asura God Position, and the Asura God merged his divine power into Tang San.
• Tang San awakened with greatly increased strength, and his Soul Power rose to level 50 as his Blue Silver Grass and Soul Rings transformed.
• The Asura God Divine Sense told Tang San to go to Slaughter City and retrieve the inheritance divine artifact when the time was right.
• Tang San thanked the Asura God and resolved to raise his cultivation and eventually seek revenge against Jun Yi.

Jun Yi revealed to Bibi Dong that the King of Slaughter was Tang Chen and explained his plan to defeat him, seize Slaughter City, and block Tang San’s path to godhood. He left for Slaughter City alone after Bibi Dong reluctantly accepted that she could not stop him, warning her to carry out the Soul Hunting Plan soon.

• Jun Yi told Bibi Dong that Tang Chen had been possessed by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King after the Rakshasa God's interference, and shared his theory that the Asura God was paving the way for Tang San.
• Bibi Dong learned that Jun Yi had been the black-clad man who saved Zhu Zhuqing and the person who helped Yan and Xie Yue in Mist Grand Canyon.
• Jun Yi revealed that he intended to kill Tang Chen, take control of Slaughter City, and cut off Tang San's chance to inherit godhood.
• Jun Yi told Bibi Dong that his illness was essentially cured by his God Ring and tried to put their feelings aside, but Bibi Dong insisted she would go with him.
• Jun Yi persuaded Bibi Dong to remain behind and fulfill her duties as Pope, then urged her to carry out the Soul Hunting Plan soon before vanishing to confront his enemies among the gods.

Jun Yi confronted the King of Slaughter in Slaughter City and used his Soul Power despite the city's restrictions. After piercing the King of Slaughter, Jun Yi fought and killed the Nine-Headed Bat that emerged from his body.

• The King of Slaughter sensed Jun Yi entering the city lord's mansion and confronted him, while Jun Yi declared he had come to kill him.
• Jun Yi used golden attacks and a magic formation to fight the King of Slaughter, who questioned how Jun Yi could use Soul Skills in Slaughter City.
• Jun Yi pierced the King of Slaughter with his light sword, causing a Nine-Headed Bat to emerge from his body.
• The Nine-Headed Bat tried to flee, but Jun Yi pinned him with pressure and pierced him with the light sword, killing him.

Tang Chen awakened fully after Jun Yi helped him, then the two fought to test their strength. Though Tang Chen’s poison-weakened body fell behind, he brought out his Clear Sky Hammer and prepared to show Jun Yi its power.

• Jun Yi waited as Tang Chen awakened and regained his consciousness, then recognized him as Senior Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen thanked Jun Yi for helping him awaken, but Jun Yi declared that he had come to take Tang Chen’s life.
• Tang Chen and Jun Yi exchanged attacks with the Asura Demonic Sword and Jun Yi’s crimson sword of light, while people in Slaughter City gathered to investigate their battle.
• Jun Yi gained the advantage as Tang Chen’s old injuries and poison weakened him, and Tang Chen admitted that his body was failing.
• Tang Chen summoned his crimson Clear Sky Hammer and continued fighting Jun Yi, declaring that he would demonstrate why it was the world’s number one Tool Martial Soul.

Tang Chen fought Jun Yi in Slaughter City, but Jun Yi survived his Great Sumeru Hammer through Elementalization and gained the upper hand. Tang Chen detonated his Soul Rings to increase his strength, ending the chapter as his body swelled and only his red Soul Ring remained.

• Tang Chen used the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Jun Yi emerged unscathed from its impact through Elementalization.
• Jun Yi overwhelmed Tang Chen in their renewed clash, struck his shoulder, and knocked him to the ground.
• Tang Chen detonated his first black Soul Ring and struck Jun Yi from behind, forcing him back and making him spit blood.
• Tang Chen explained that his demigod body could withstand Ring Detonation and detonated three more black Soul Rings.
• Tang Chen unleashed Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, then detonated his remaining four black Soul Rings as his body more than doubled in size.

Jun Yi defeated Tang Chen, but the Asura God took control of Tang Chen’s body and confronted him over the Asura Demonic Sword. Jun Yi revealed his backup plan, summoning the Ice Dragon King and Light Dragon King, who began fighting the Asura God in Slaughter City.

• Jun Yi restrained Tang Chen and wounded him with Gamma Knife, ice blades, and KROOM before knocking him down.
• Tang Chen died, and the Asura Demonic Sword appeared; then Tang Chen’s corpse rose under the Asura God’s control and seized the sword.
• Jun Yi confronted the Asura God, who said Jun Yi had disrupted his plans and challenged him to a fight.
• Jun Yi revealed that Slaughter City had been sealed with Divine Power and summoned the Ice Dragon King and Light Dragon King.
• The Asura God attacked the Ice Dragon King, while the Light Dragon King joined the battle and struck at the Asura God.

Tang Chen was reduced to dust by the Light Dragon King, leaving the Asura God Divine Sense to fight the Light Dragon King and the Ice Dragon King. As its strength waned, the Asura God Divine Sense began swelling to self-destruct, and the Light Dragon King warned the Ice Dragon King to watch out.

• The Asura God Divine Sense used Tang Chen’s body to battle the Light Dragon King and the Ice Dragon King, but the body could not withstand their attacks.
• The Light Dragon King struck Tang Chen with a beam of light, reducing him to dust and leaving only the Asura God Divine Sense.
• The Asura God Divine Sense fought both Dragon Kings with a scarlet phantom sword, repeatedly blocking their attacks as its strength weakened.
• The Asura God Divine Sense declared that its divine sense could never be captured and began swelling, prompting the Light Dragon King to warn that it was going to self-destruct.

Jun Yi absorbed the Asura God Divine Sense’s self-destruction, strengthening his God Ring, but learned the Asura Demonic Sword had returned to the Asura God. Meanwhile, Tang San completed his first Level 1 Soul Tool and went to meet the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s sect master.

• The Light Dragon King and Ice Dragon King attacked the Asura God Divine Sense as it began to self-destruct, but Jun Yi trapped the blast in his ROOM space and absorbed its energy, raising his Soul Power Level to 74.
• Jun Yi asked the two Dragon Kings about the missing Asura Demonic Sword, and the Ice Dragon King explained that the Asura God Divine Sense had recalled it to the Asura God.
• Tang San showed the Third Elder his Level 1 Defense-Model Soul Tool, and the Third Elder apologized for having doubted him.
• The Third Elder told Tang San to take the Soul Tool to see the sect master, and Tang San left the forging room eager to prove himself as a Tang Sect disciple.

Tang San visited Ning Fengzhi after making a Class 1 defensive Soul Tool, and Ning Fengzhi proposed that he and Ning Rongrong become betrothed. After considering the proposal, Tang San agreed to give their relationship a chance, and Ning Fengzhi declared the betrothal settled.

• Tang San encountered Ning Rongrong, who called him Jun Yi's replacement and remained cold toward him.
• Tang San presented himself to Ning Fengzhi, who praised his quick success in making a Class 1 defensive Soul Tool.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San to consider a betrothal with Ning Rongrong and gave him time to decide.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that both Tang San and Ning Rongrong loved people they could not be with and urged Tang San to give them a chance at happiness.
• Tang San agreed to try, and Ning Fengzhi settled the betrothal.

Angered that his divine sense had been erased, the Asura God sent the God of Judgment to the mortal world to kill Jun Yi, promising him the God of Death’s Godhood. The God of Judgment confronted Jun Yi in Slaughter City and attacked him.

• The Asura God realized his divine sense monitoring Jun Yi had been erased and decided to send a deity after him.
• The Asura God summoned the God of Judgment and promised him the God of Death’s Godhood if he killed Jun Yi.
• The God of Judgment accepted the mission, and the Asura God concealed his presence before sending him to the mortal world.
• The God of Judgment arrived in Mist Grand Canyon and headed for Slaughter City while Jun Yi used Asura Divine Power to rebuild it.
• Jun Yi sensed the God of Judgment’s arrival, but the deity restrained him with pressure and demanded to know if he was Jun Yi.
• The God of Judgment gathered power in his palm and launched it at Jun Yi.

Jun Yi lured the God of Judgment into a secluded valley and tried to strip away the energy concealing his divine power, but the God of Judgment overpowered him. The God King of Goodness arrived and took the God of Judgment into custody, leaving Jun Yi alone in the valley.

• Jun Yi followed the Ice Dragon King's advice and fled Slaughter City, drawing the God of Judgment away from Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Jun Yi chose a valley for their battle and used a Light Speed Kick and a draining attack to extract the energy around the God of Judgment into a sphere.
• The God of Judgment struck Jun Yi into a mountain wall, wounded him, and seized him by the collar, declaring that he had lost.
• Jun Yi pointed out the God King of Goodness in the sky and pretended to be gravely injured as she descended.
• The God King of Goodness confronted the God of Judgment, who confessed and agreed to stand trial, then vanished with him.
• Alone in the valley, Jun Yi remarked that acting was exhausting.