Chapter Summaries

Jing Shanshan awakened twin Martial Souls, Angel and Gate of Babylon, and discovered that Qian Renxue’s consciousness resided within his Angel Martial Soul. Qian Renxue pleaded with him to visit the Worship Hall and change the future, and Jing Shanshan agreed for reasons she could not understand.

• Jing Shanshan awakened the top-tier Angel Martial Soul, then revealed the Gate of Babylon as his second Martial Soul, with full innate Soul Power.
• Jing Shanshan hid his cherished book inside the Gate of Babylon and explored the Martial Souls he could use with his limited Soul Power.
• Jing Shanshan spoke with Qian Renxue, who said she had once been the Angel God and had come from the future.
• After hearing people praise his talent and mention Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue realized she might have returned to the past and urged Jing Shanshan to find Qian Daoliu at the Worship Hall.
• Jing Shanshan rejected Qian Renxue’s offers of power and future knowledge, but then agreed to go to the Worship Hall, leaving her confused.

Jing Shanshan rejected Qian Renxue’s suggestion to sneak into Spirit Hall headquarters through a drainage hole and instead attacked its entrance to force an audience with the Great Enshrined. After the Great Enshrined broke his giant sword Martial Soul, he recognized Jing Shanshan as a six-year-old child and froze.

• Jing Shanshan told Qian Renxue that he wanted to see the consequences of her confronting Spirit Hall’s Great Enshrined.
• A guard refused to announce Jing Shanshan at the headquarters’ main gates, so Qian Renxue guided him to a hidden drainage opening.
• Jing Shanshan refused to crawl through the opening and returned to the main gates, where he summoned numerous tool Martial Souls to attack four Soul King guards.
• Jing Shanshan summoned a giant black sword and sent it crashing toward the Supreme Pontiff Hall.
• The Great Enshrined appeared and broke the giant sword in two with a punch, then froze when he saw Jing Shanshan at the gates.

Jing Shanshan reached Qian Daoliu and revealed that Qian Renxue had something to tell him, briefly restraining the Great Enshrined with his Martial Soul before leaving with an Angel Clan token. Qian Daoliu realized something had happened to Qian Renxue and turned his anger toward Bibi Dong.

• Enshrined Jia escorted Jing Shanshan to Qian Daoliu after the child demanded to meet the Great Enshrined.
• Jing Shanshan told Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue's consciousness within his Martial Soul wished to speak to him.
• Jing Shanshan's chains and shackles briefly restrained Qian Daoliu, but Qian Daoliu broke free and asked what Qian Renxue wanted to tell him.
• Qian Daoliu gave Jing Shanshan an Angel Clan token and said his identity could be that of an outside nephew of the clan.
• After Jing Shanshan left, Qian Daoliu concluded that something had happened to Qian Renxue and confronted Bibi Dong from afar.

Qian Daoliu confronted Bibi Dong over the twelve-year Nation-Stealing Plan and demanded that Qian Renxue be recalled. After he left, Bibi Dong suspected something had happened to Qian Renxue and ordered Ghost Douluo to investigate who had recently approached Qian Daoliu.

• Qian Daoliu summoned Bibi Dong to the Elders' Hall to discuss the Nation-Stealing Plan.
• Bibi Dong admitted she had carried out the plan for twelve years and defended continuing it.
• Qian Daoliu accused Bibi Dong of wasting Qian Renxue's time on a dangerous mission and demanded that she be brought back.
• Bibi Dong questioned Qian Daoliu's sudden change of attitude and suspected something had happened to Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong called Ghost Douluo and ordered him to investigate who had recently approached Qian Daoliu.

Qian Daoliu considered the mystery of Jing Shanshan’s abilities and tried to keep Bibi Dong from learning about him while he investigated Qian Renxue’s consciousness. After leaving Spirit Hall, Jing Shanshan privately struggled with his fear of death, then stiffened when Hu Liena and Yan found him.

• Qian Daoliu concluded that Bibi Dong was not focused on the Nation-Stealing Plan and wondered why Qian Renxue’s consciousness had appeared inside Jing Shanshan’s Martial Soul.
• Qian Daoliu considered whether Jing Shanshan possessed three Martial Souls and recognized Ghost Douluo’s presence outside, then arranged to delay revealing the child’s situation to Bibi Dong.
• Jing Shanshan left Spirit Hall headquarters without acknowledging the four Soul Kings who had previously been defeated by him.
• In an abandoned warehouse district, Jing Shanshan shook and cried as he recalled Qian Daoliu’s sword nearly killing him, then composed himself and resolved to grow stronger.
• Hu Liena and Yan arrived, discovered Jing Shanshan in the deserted spot, and prompted him to spread golden ripples through the space.

Jing Shanshan disguised himself as a masked six-year-old and met Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, presenting himself as a talented child named Shi Lang. After learning who Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue were, he began planning to use another Martial Soul to win their interest.

• Jing Shanshan wore the Faceless and Formless mask, which concealed his identity and made his appearance seem natural to others.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue found Jing Shanshan in an abandoned warehouse, and he claimed it was his secret base.
• Jing Shanshan introduced himself as Shi Lang and said he was six, had innate full Soul Power, and wielded a greatsword Martial Soul.
• Hu Liena and the others grew interested in recruiting Shi Lang after hearing that his parents were ordinary people and he had strong talent.
• Jing Shanshan prepared to demonstrate a greatsword Martial Soul from the Gate of Babylon to impress the Golden Generation.

Jing Shanshan demonstrated his flame-absorbing greatsword to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, then accepted Hu Liena’s offer to help him find his first soul ring. After Hu Liena left him at Spirit Hall’s Central Library, Jing Shanshan removed his mask and Qian Renxue asked anxiously how things had gone.

• Yan challenged Jing Shanshan to absorb his flames, and Jing Shanshan snuffed them out with his greatsword without being harmed.
• Yan tried to attack again, but Xie Yue stopped him and Hu Liena shielded Jing Shanshan; Yan eventually backed down.
• Hu Liena learned that Jing Shanshan’s greatsword stored flames in its guard gem and invited him to join their trip to the Soul Hunting Forest in seven days.
• Jing Shanshan accepted Hu Liena’s offer and went with her to Spirit Hall’s Central Library to research his first soul ring.
• After Hu Liena left, Jing Shanshan removed his mask in a deserted corner, and Qian Renxue asked how the visit had gone.

In Spirit Hall’s central library, Qian Renxue learned that Jing Shanshan’s grandfather knew about her presence and that the year was 2643. As Jing Shanshan explained the problems with his Gate of Babylon, Qian Renxue considered targeting Yu Xiaogang, then struggled to believe Jing Shanshan’s claims about the martial soul.

• Jing Shanshan told Qian Renxue that her grandfather knew about her, and said it was the year 2643 of the Douluo Calendar.
• Qian Renxue realized Tang San might be vulnerable during this period and considered killing Yu Xiaogang instead of confronting Tang San’s powerful protector.
• Jing Shanshan searched Spirit Hall’s central library for information about martial souls and found Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul unhelpful.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Jing Shanshan was preparing for his first soul ring, and he explained that he had twin martial souls, including the Gate of Babylon.
• Jing Shanshan described its low-soul-power limitations, enormous consumption, and the difficulty of cataloguing its contents, leaving Qian Renxue incredulous.

Jing Shanshan used a Shadow Doll Puppet from Gate of Babylon to give Qian Renxue a body and show her his second Martial Soul. After witnessing its vast collection of prototypes, Qian Renxue reconsidered his potential, but she could not help with his Soul Power problem.

• Jing Shanshan used the Shadow Doll Puppet to create a duplicate of Qian Renxue so she could see while the Angel Martial Soul was withdrawn.
• Jing Shanshan showed Qian Renxue the countless Martial Soul prototypes stored inside Gate of Babylon and explained its powers.
• Qian Renxue realized Gate of Babylon's potential could surpass the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and wondered why Jing Shanshan was absent from her future knowledge.
• Qian Renxue said she could not solve Jing Shanshan's Soul Power problem, then asked what had happened while she was gone.
• Jing Shanshan recounted his clash with Qian Daoliu, and Qian Renxue lamented that the Chains of Heaven and Heavenly Punishment Shackles had been damaged.

Jing Shanshan learned how to detonate a Tool Martial Soul for a burst of Soul Power and heard Qian Renxue’s plan to obtain God-Given Soul Rings through divine trials. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue to contact Jing Shanshan, unaware that they had already met him.

• Qian Renxue explained that Martial Souls stored in Jing Shanshan’s Gate of Babylon could regenerate and taught him a technique to detonate one for a temporary surge of Soul Power.
• Jing Shanshan mastered the technique through mental simulations and resolved to grow stronger so he could turn God-Given Soul Rings into King-Given Soul Rings and eventually smash the gods.
• Qian Renxue suggested Jing Shanshan seek a god’s inheritance and complete nine divine trials to obtain God-Given Soul Rings for his Gate of Babylon Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong summoned Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue, ordered them to win the Continental Soul Master Tournament, and told them to investigate the green-haired nephew newly arrived at the Worship Hall.
• Bibi Dong told the three to contact Jing Shanshan, a blond child with full Innate Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, and Xie Yue replied that they had already met him.

Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue to befriend Jing Shanshan and help him obtain his first Soul Ring, while Jing Shanshan struggled to hide that he and Shi Lang were the same person. As he pondered how to keep the two identities separate, Qian Renxue appeared before him.

• After learning that Shi Lang had innate full Soul Power and blond hair, Bibi Dong suspected a connection to Qian Daoliu but decided the child seemed different from the arrogant blond child with twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue to bring the arrogant child along and deepen their friendship with him.
• At Jing Shanshan's home, he demanded that Hu Liena and the others serve him, but his father chased him outside with a rattan cane.
• Hu Liena told Jing Shanshan's mother that Spirit Hall would take him to obtain his first Soul Ring in seven days, and his parents insisted that he accept the help.
• After learning the visitors had left, Jing Shanshan agreed to his parents' plan but worried that Hu Liena would discover he was also Shi Lang.
• Late that night, Jing Shanshan sat up with a sacred presence around him, and Qian Renxue appeared and waited for him to speak.

Qian Renxue asked Jing Shanshan to let her visit Heaven Dou City to handle matters concerning Prince Xue Qinghe, and he agreed without asking about the future. Seven days later, Jing Shanshan prepared to obtain his first Soul Ring as Qian Renxue joined Hu Liena’s group, where three talented students waited impatiently for him to arrive.

• Qian Renxue asked Jing Shanshan for a temporary body so she could visit Heaven Dou City and handle matters concerning Prince Xue Qinghe, and Jing Shanshan agreed without wanting to hear about future events.
• Seven days later, Jing Shanshan slicked back his blond hair and headed to Spirit Hall headquarters to obtain his first Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue, controlling the Shadow Doll Puppet as the masked child Shi Lang, met Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, and new students Zhou Ding, Chen Feng, and Liu Yaya.
• Zhou Ding and the other students grew resentful when Hu Liena said one more child had yet to arrive, while Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue watched their reactions.
• A blond child approached Spirit Hall headquarters with measured steps.

Jing Shanshan used his kingship crown to suppress Zhou Ding, Chen Feng, and Liu Yaya, then joined Hu Liena's group as they set out for the Star Dou Great Forest. An unidentified figure watched them leave and wondered whether Jing Shanshan and “Shi Lang” were the two children Bibi Dong had mentioned.

• Jing Shanshan ignored Zhou Ding, Chen Feng, and Liu Yaya, then told Hu Liena to leave with him.
• Zhou Ding attacked Jing Shanshan with his great strength vajra bear martial soul, but Jing Shanshan's kingship crown forced him, Chen Feng, and Liu Yaya to their knees with gravity.
• Yan approached Jing Shanshan and endured the crown's increasing gravity until Jing Shanshan released its effect and allowed him to speak.
• Qian Renxue warned Jing Shanshan that suppressing Yan had cost him soul power, and Jing Shanshan said his martial soul had recovered.
• Hu Liena led the group out through Spirit City's north gate toward the Star Dou Great Forest, while an unidentified figure watched them and asked if Jing Shanshan and “Shi Lang” were the children Bibi Dong had mentioned.

Jing Shanshan and Hu Liena’s group reached the Star Dou Great Forest to find first Soul Rings for the children. When the group found a Qian Jun Ant nest, they realized they needed Jing Shanshan’s powerful Martial Soul to handle the ants, and he demanded that they beg him.

• A hidden man decided that babysitting was his main task and followed Hu Liena’s group after noticing Jing Shanshan’s confusion.
• After seven days of travel, Hu Liena’s group arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest and discussed the children’s first Soul Rings.
• Hu Liena assigned Zhou Ding, Chen Feng, and Liu Yaya to the first batch of Soul Rings, while “Shi Lang” would go in the second batch because his suitable Soul Beast was rare.
• The group found a Qian Jun Ant nest, and Zhou Ding rushed toward it before Chen Feng stopped him and warned that the ants’ numbers made charging dangerous.
• Chen Feng and the others considered their abilities inadequate for clearing the ants, then turned toward Jing Shanshan, who told them to beg him.

Chen Feng’s team tried to draw out the Qian Jun Ants, but Zhou Ding was badly injured and Liu Yaya’s sound-based control barely stalled the swarm. As Qian Renxue fought to protect the others, Jing Shanshan revealed a glowing bronze cauldron that lured the ants toward him.

• Chen Feng proposed a plan to draw away the worker ants while Zhou Ding attacked the nest, Liu Yaya controlled the field, and “Shi Lang”-Qian Renxue provided support.
• Chen Feng lured the worker ants away, and Zhou Ding smashed the nest entrance, bringing dozens of Qian Jun Ants out, including three likely hundred-year ants.
• The hundred-year ants struck Zhou Ding and sent him rolling, while Liu Yaya froze the worker ants with her Jade Flute and “Shi Lang”-Qian Renxue shielded her.
• Chen Feng struggled to break through the worker ants, and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan watched as “Shi Lang”-Qian Renxue tried to stabilize the fight.
• Jing Shanshan revealed a glowing bronze cauldron that lured the humans and ants toward him, then mocked Zhou Ding and the others as the swarm charged his way.

Jing Shanshan used the Spirit-Luring Cauldron to draw a huge swarm of Qian Jun Ants, forcing Qian Renxue's "Shi Lang" to drive them back with Ember Devouring while the group escaped. Afterward, Yan gave the injured Zhou Ding a hundred-year Qian Jun Ant for his Soul Ring, but Xie Yue sensed that something was watching them.

• Jing Shanshan watched the Spirit-Luring Cauldron draw Qian Jun Ants toward him and regretted letting Qian Renxue's "Shi Lang" act, since damage to the puppet would be reflected onto his real body.
• Xie Yue ordered the group to retreat as the cauldron's attraction drew nearby Soul Beasts, and Qian Renxue's "Shi Lang" unleashed Ember Devouring to scatter the ant swarm and create a wall of fire.
• Xie Yue carried Liu Yaya and Qian Renxue's "Shi Lang" as the group fled, and Hu Liena later asked about the cauldron and Jing Shanshan's unknown Martial Soul.
• Hu Liena advised Jing Shanshan on cultivating his Twin Martial Souls, but he refused to hear her advice and called himself a king.
• Yan gave Zhou Ding a gravely injured hundred-year Qian Jun Ant for his Soul Ring, and Zhou Ding thanked "Shi Lang" for saving his life.
• Xie Yue told Hu Liena that he felt something was watching them.

After helping the children obtain Soul Rings, Jing Shanshan decided that the Gate of Babylon would absorb the first one, while he continued considering how to create a God-Given Soul Ring. As the group prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, a terrifying presence emerged from the silent woods, leaving them facing an unknown threat.

• Zhou Ding absorbed a hundred-year Qian Jun Ant Soul Ring, broke through to rank twelve, and gained the Vajra Ant Strength Soul Skill.
• Chen Feng and Liu Yaya obtained Soul Rings, while Jing Shanshan told Qian Renxue that the Gate of Babylon would absorb the first Soul Ring.
• Jing Shanshan questioned whether divine power and divinity could be recreated to make a God-Given Soul Ring, but Qian Renxue could not explain what divinity was.
• After nearly a week without finding a hundred-year Red Gold Yan Dragon, Hu Liena decided the group would leave the Star Dou Great Forest to rest.
• Yan noticed that the forest had fallen unnaturally silent, and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan formed a protective triangle around the children.
• A terrifying, evil presence erupted from a thicket, where dark red slit pupils and a barbed, bony tail appeared.

Hu Liena and her companions were ambushed by a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which Qian Renxue identified as an extinct Soul Beast. As Jing Shanshan realized it had singled him out, Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived but recognized the tiger as a sixty-thousand-year threat.

• Qian Renxue identified the Soul Beast as a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that grew stronger by devouring humans and Soul Beasts.
• Hu Liena urged her companions to flee while she, Xie Yue, and Yan tried to hold the tiger back.
• Jing Shanshan stayed behind and prepared the holy Martial Souls in his Gate of Babylon, while Qian Renxue shielded him after sensing the tiger target him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked the tiger with his golden chrysanthemum petals, but it dodged with ease.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized the enemy as a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and prepared to use his Soul Martial True Body.

Chrysanthemum Douluo fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to protect Hu Liena and the others, but the beast drew him into its strange domain. He found himself in a barren world with his Soul Skills sealed and his body seemingly returned to childhood as the tiger approached.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized the sixty-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and ordered Hu Liena, Qian Renxue, Jing Shanshan, and the others to flee.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar and Ninth Soul Skill to intercept the tiger’s attack, but the beast broke through his golden tornado with a lightning sphere.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger charged Chrysanthemum Douluo and opened a black hole that trapped him with its gravitational pull.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo tried to destroy the black hole with his blade petals, but the tiger transported him into a barren domain.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo discovered that his Soul Power remained but he could not use his Soul Skills, and that his body looked like it had returned to childhood as the tiger approached.

Jing Shanshan and Qian Renxue returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring for the Gate of Babylon. Qian Renxue defeated a Rock-Breathing Tortoise with Jing Shanshan’s buffs and began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan fought after both were reduced to child-sized bodies, and Yue Guan struggled to hold his ground.
• Jing Shanshan rushed back into the Star Dou Great Forest, and Qian Renxue followed while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan chose to retreat.
• Jing Shanshan rode Vimana with Qian Renxue and searched for a Rock-Breathing Tortoise to provide a temporary Soul Ring for the Gate of Babylon.
• Jing Shanshan buffed Qian Renxue with dozens of support-type Martial Souls and sent her to defeat a roughly two-hundred-year-old Rock-Breathing Tortoise.
• Qian Renxue killed the tortoise, then began absorbing its yellow Soul Ring and felt its power slow her body while gradually strengthening her meridians.