Chapter Summaries

Jing Liu unleashed a devastating sword strike that froze the Mountain Moving Ape and carved a vast gorge through the Star Dou Great Forest, after which Lu Jingming used his Withering Spiral to kill it. Zhang Lexuan finished absorbing the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s soul ring and offered its soul bone to Lu Jingming.

• Jing Liu froze the Mountain Moving Ape with a powerful sword strike that left a several-thousand-meter gorge across the forest.
• Lu Jingming flew to the Mountain Moving Ape and pierced its Soul Beast core with his first Soul Skill, Withering Spiral, whose decomposition power eroded Jing Liu’s Ultimate Ice.
• Zhang Lexuan woke after successfully absorbing the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s soul ring and showed Lu Jingming her eight soul rings, including a new blood-red one.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Lu Jingming the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s crystalline soul bone, which Lu Jingming recognized as a valuable torso bone.

Lu Jingming gave Zhang Lexuan the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, then absorbed the Mountain Moving Ape’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Jing Liu concealed their presence in the Star Dou Great Forest. He succeeded in gaining two fifth Soul Skills, and Zhang Lexuan finished refining her Soul Bone.

• Lu Jingming insisted that Zhang Lexuan refine the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s torso bone, and she accepted it.
• Jing Liu observed Zhang Lexuan’s devotion to Lu Jingming, while Lu Jingming declared that he would never give up on what he wanted.
• Jing Liu warned that Di Tian might react to the deaths of two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and urged Lu Jingming to absorb his Soul Ring quickly.
• Lu Jingming used Black Abyss White Flower’s authority of withering to destroy the Mountain Moving Ape’s remnant soul and absorbed its Soul Ring by repairing his damaged meridians with the Power of Creation.
• Zhang Lexuan completed her Soul Bone refinement as Lu Jingming finished absorbing the Soul Ring and gained two Hundred-Thousand-Year fifth Soul Skills.

Lu Jingming and Zhang Lexuan left the Star Dou Great Forest after collecting the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts’ remains, and Zhang Lexuan described the four powerful skills she had gained. As they reached the forest’s edge, a vast spiritual force swept toward them from a distant source.

• Lu Jingming stored the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s and Mountain Moving Ape’s corpses and kept the Mountain Moving Ape’s left arm soul bone for later.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lu Jingming about her two Hundred-Thousand-Year soul skills, Twin Moon Burial Void and Moon God Descent, and the two skills from her torso soul bone, Moon Void Concealment and Moonlight Domain.
• Zhang Lexuan’s cultivation rose to level eighty-four after she refined the soul ring and soul bone.
• Lu Jingming, Zhang Lexuan, and their companion reached the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, where they sensed a powerful spiritual-force wave coming from more than a hundred li away.

Lu Jingming and Jing Liu witnessed the tremendous phenomenon caused by Huo Yuhao obtaining Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux, then found Huo Yuhao unconscious beside Beibei and Tang Ya. Lu Jingming recognized the Child of Destiny and reflected on how Sea God Tang San had derailed his fate.

• A massive Mental Shock and strange sky-wide phenomenon revealed that Huo Yuhao was obtaining Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux.
• Lu Jingming decided he had no desire to gain Sky Dream Ice Silkworm or house another consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Jing Liu sensed that the powerful presence was only a remnant soul and lost interest in fighting it.
• Lu Jingming, Zhang Lexuan, and Jing Liu headed toward the phenomenon and found Beibei and Tang Ya beside an unconscious Huo Yuhao and a dead Wind Baboon.
• Beibei and Tang Ya watched Lu Jingming's group warily, while Lu Jingming recognized Huo Yuhao as the Child of Destiny and considered how Sea God Tang San had altered his fate.

Lu Jingming reflected on how Sea God Tang San had seized the Douluo Continent’s destiny and prevented others from ascending, then left Huo Yuhao alone. After Lu Jingming and his companions departed, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recovered from its fear.

• Lu Jingming reasoned that Tang San had taken Huo Yuhao’s destiny and monopolized the Douluo Continent’s power to prevent new gods from rising.
• Lu Jingming concluded that shorter lifespans and the difficulty of gathering faith had also kept the continent from producing gods for ten thousand years.
• Lu Jingming admired Yun Ming’s extraordinary cultivation and suspected his talent threatened Tang San’s plans.
• Lu Jingming, Jing Liu, and Zhang Lexuan left without interfering with Huo Yuhao or taking his opportunities.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sighed with relief after Lu Jingming’s group departed.

Huo Yuhao woke after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fused with him, while the newly awakened Electrolux quietly observed the unfamiliar world. Lu Jingming planned to enter the unfolding conflict under an alias, and Gu Yue learned that he and Zhang Lexuan had killed two of her subordinates in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Huo Yuhao woke and learned that two people had been watching over him as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warily observed Electrolux’s gray orb of light.
• Electrolux reflected on arriving in an alternate world and encountering a powerful being with divine consciousness.
• Tang Ya and Beibei checked on Huo Yuhao after Lu Jingming and his group departed, and Huo Yuhao woke to greet them.
• Lu Jingming told Zhang Lexuan that hidden protectors had accompanied Beibei and Tang Ya, then considered using an alias to join the conflict while holding an Ice Blue Gemstone.
• Gu Yue was stunned to learn that Lu Jingming and Zhang Lexuan had each absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring by killing two of her subordinates.

Gu Yue challenged Lu Jingming in the Simulated Universe to test his strength, but he defeated her despite her Silver Dragon Spear. Afterward, Lu Jingming met Keqing in Haiyuan City and found her working overtime again, leaving their chance to spend time together unresolved.

• Gu Yue challenged Lu Jingming to a simulated fight, hoping to learn more about his abilities, and San Yueqi warned him not to bully her.
• Lu Jingming and Gu Yue fought with their soul rings and weapons; Gu Yue revealed the Silver Dragon Spear, but Lu Jingming defeated her after ten minutes.
• Zhigeniao used her resonance with Gu Yue to help restore Gu Yue's spirits after she died in the simulation.
• Lu Jingming left Saint Freya Academy and found Keqing working in Haiyuan City, where she criticized him for neglecting his duties as City Lord.
• Keqing continued pushing herself and her staff through long overtime shifts, despite the excellent pay and benefits she provided.

Lu Jingming pulled Keqing away from work for a meal at a seafood restaurant, where he had arranged to serve her favorite Golden Thread Shrimp Balls. Keqing relaxed enough to enjoy the food, while Lu Jingming wondered whether Ganyu could help her work less.

• Keqing tried to leave to handle more matters, but Lu Jingming insisted that the day belonged to him and led her to the food street.
• Golden Guards cleared a path as citizens recognized Lu Jingming and Keqing holding hands and cheered for them.
• Lu Jingming took Keqing and Miko to a seafood restaurant he had chosen for its Golden Thread Shrimp Balls, secretly arranging for the chef to recreate the dish from Keqing's world.
• Keqing ate the meal Lu Jingming ordered for her and Miko, accepting his concern without bringing up returning to work.
• Lu Jingming considered summoning Ganyu to help Keqing, then worried about what would happen if the two overtime enthusiasts worked together.

Lu Jingming spent the day exploring Haiyuan City with Keqing, then tried to enter her bedroom, but she sent him away. He went to Zhang Lexuan’s room instead, where he settled in to bathe and change.

• Lu Jingming set aside worries about True Power and spent the day holding Keqing’s hand as they explored Haiyuan City.
• At a bookstore, Lu Jingming recognized Castorice’s novels and recalled that she never wrote endings for them.
• When Lu Jingming tried to follow Keqing into her bedroom, she blocked him and shut the door on him.
• Lu Jingming considered visiting the others and decided Zhang Lexuan was most likely to let him stay.
• Zhang Lexuan opened her door, and Lu Jingming walked in, took her bath towel, and found men’s pajamas in her wardrobe.

Lu Jingming persuaded Zhang Lexuan to try a new intimate act, and she reluctantly agreed, though she refused to repeat it the next morning. After breakfast, Lu Jingming left for the alternate space above Haiyuan City.

• Lu Jingming stopped Zhang Lexuan from helping him as usual and asked her to try something new.
• Zhang Lexuan hesitated but eventually agreed, and the two spent the night together.
• In the morning, Zhang Lexuan recalled the night and refused Lu Jingming's request to do it again.
• Lu Jingming settled for his usual help, and Zhang Lexuan went to make breakfast.
• Lu Jingming finished breakfast, said goodbye to Zhang Lexuan, and headed to the alternate space above Haiyuan City.

Lu Jingming and Black Tower anchored a Parallel World that turned out to be the Douluo Continent from ten thousand years earlier, where Tang San and the others were beginning at Shrek Academy. Unable to send living people through the temporary channel, Lu Jingming sent modified Simulated Universe Login Devices instead, and the chapter ended with Chrysanthemum Douluo presenting one to the Pope in Spirit Hall.

• Black Tower showed Lu Jingming the newly anchored Parallel World, and he recognized it as the world of the first Douluo Continent story.
• Black Tower explained that the Thousand Realms Equinox lacked enough Honkai Energy to open a channel for living organisms, but Soul Tools could pass through.
• Lu Jingming decided to influence the new world by deploying a specially modified Simulated Universe to gain True Power while cautiously testing whether the Gods were watching.
• Black Tower opened a temporary Imaginary Channel, and Lu Jingming tossed his prepared Simulated Universe Login Devices through it.
• In Spirit City, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan showed the Pope a Login Device and explained that it let users enter an illusory dream world by injecting Soul Power.

Bibi Dong learned that a mysterious Soul Tool let Soul Masters fight in a virtual world for rewards, including increased soul ring age. After Yue Guan explained how the rewards worked, Bibi Dong suspected the Soul Tool was part of a god’s inheritance trial and decided she wanted to test it herself.

• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan whether Spirit Hall had tested the newly emerged Soul Tool.
• Yue Guan reported that defeated users lost some spiritual power, while victorious users could improve their attributes, Soul Power Level, or soul ring age.
• Bibi Dong grew wary when she heard that a Second Ring Soul Grandmaster had raised a ten-year soul ring to a hundred-year one.
• Yue Guan explained that greater rewards went to Soul Masters who defeated enemies far above their level, and that the soul ring reward followed a mutual-destruction victory over a Soul Elder.
• Bibi Dong concluded that the Soul Tool might be a god’s inheritance trial and grew eager to test it herself.

Bibi Dong tested the virtual Soul Tool and was swiftly defeated by the simulated Jing Liu, whose sword strike convinced her that the unknown sword immortal truly existed. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Chen Xin also faced Jing Liu and broke through to Rank 97 after witnessing her swordsmanship, prompting Ning Fengzhi to seek more Soul Tools.

• Bibi Dong entered Single-Player Mode and chose Snow Moon Douluo Jing Liu as her opponent.
• Jing Liu defeated Bibi Dong with a single sword strike, leaving her shaken and convinced that Jing Liu was real.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Chrysanthemum Douluo and wondered whether Qian Daoliu could withstand Jing Liu's attack.
• Chen Xin removed the Soul Tool after losing to Jing Liu and broke through from Rank 96 to Rank 97.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that witnessing Jing Liu's sword path had helped him break through.
• Ning Fengzhi resolved to gather more Soul Tools, while Gu Rong asked to try one himself.

Lu Jingming left the girls at the beach and traveled with Chang Li to Star Luo City to persuade the Star Luo Royal Family to move the upcoming Soul Master competition to Haiyuan City. He knew the negotiations would be difficult because the tournament brought major political, military, and economic benefits to its host.

• Lu Jingming watched San Yueqi and the other girls play volleyball, then caught and returned a powerful shot that frightened San Yueqi.
• Zhigeniao took the sleeping Miko from Lu Jingming, and he left the beach after saying he would be away from Haiyuan City for a while.
• Lu Jingming and Chang Li entered Star Luo City after completing a simple registration process.
• Lu Jingming prepared to use his connection with Xu Jiujiu and Chang Li's negotiating skills to ask the Star Luo Royal Family to move the 2024 competition to Haiyuan City.
• Lu Jingming recognized that the empires had strong reasons to compete for hosting rights, making his request exceptionally difficult.

Lu Jingming and Chang Li visited the Star Luo imperial palace to persuade Emperor Xu Jiawei to move the Soul Master Competition to Haiyuan City, and Lu Jingming planned to use cooperation in Soul Tool technology as leverage. The meeting began with Xu Jiawei and Song Ying, whose shocked gaze fixed on Chang Li.

• Xu Jiujiu met Lu Jingming and Chang Li at the imperial city gates and agreed to bring them before the emperor.
• Xu Jiujiu and Chang Li quickly grew close, while Manyi urged Lu Jingming to visit the princess more often.
• Lu Jingming noticed the Star Luo Empire’s interest in Soul Tools and decided he could offer cooperation to help secure the competition venue.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced Lu Jingming and Chang Li to Emperor Xu Jiawei and Song Ying in a palace side hall.
• Song Ying stared at Chang Li in shock as the visitors entered.

Lu Jingming met Emperor Xu Jiawei and Sky Eagle Douluo Song Ying to discuss Haiyuan City, but Chang Li’s Vermilion Bird Martial Soul became the focus of their meeting. Song Ying saw a chance to evolve his Martial Soul, while Xu Jiawei resolved to bind Lu Jingming and Haiyuan City to the Star Crown Sect.

• Lu Jingming greeted Xu Jiawei and Song Ying, and Xu Jiawei warmly welcomed him and Chang Li to discuss Haiyuan City.
• Song Ying asked whether Chang Li possessed the True Phoenix Martial Soul, and Chang Li revealed that her Martial Soul was the Vermilion Bird.
• Song Ying realized Chang Li’s pure-blooded divine beast Martial Soul could provide the phoenix essence blood he needed to evolve his Six-winged Sky Eagle Martial Soul.
• Xu Jiawei considered how Haiyuan City could strengthen the Star Luo Empire and the declining Star Crown Sect against the Sun Moon Empire and the White Tiger Duke lineage.
• Xu Jiawei decided to use Xu Jiujiu’s relationship with Lu Jingming to bring them together in marriage and secure an alliance with Haiyuan City.

Lu Jingming and Chang Li negotiated with Xu Jiawei for Haiyuan City to host the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, and Sky Eagle Douluo broke through to Rank 98 with Chang Li’s help. During a month in Star Luo City, Xu Jiujiu and Lu Jingming grew romantically close, leaving their relationship beyond its former ambiguous boundaries.

• Chang Li offered the tournament proceeds, ten aerial Soul Tool warships, and a portion of Soul Tool Technology in exchange for Haiyuan City hosting the tournament.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to the arrangement, granting Haiyuan City new territory and asking Chang Li to help Sky Eagle Douluo advance in exchange for his favor.
• Chang Li entered seclusion to condense phoenix essence blood and assist Sky Eagle Douluo, while Xu Jiujiu showed Lu Jingming around Star Luo City.
• After a month, Sky Eagle Douluo used Chang Li’s essence blood and Southern Bright Leaving Fire to break through to Rank 98.
• Xu Jiujiu and Lu Jingming grew increasingly intimate, and Xu Jiujiu reflected on how little of her final boundary she had managed to preserve.

Lu Jingming bid farewell to Xu Jiujiu and returned to Haiyuan City, where he organized preparations for the Soul Master Competition and discovered a chance to enter a Parallel World's Simulated Universe. At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong gave Tang San and the others Login Devices, and the group prepared to enter the virtual world.

• Xu Jiujiu spent the night with Lu Jingming before he left for Haiyuan City with Chang Li, who teased him about his relationship with the princess.
• Lu Jingming kissed Chang Li during their journey, and she retreated but treated the kiss as a reward and warned him not to expect another so easily.
• Lu Jingming returned to Haiyuan City, assigned Keqing to oversee a massive tournament venue, and mobilized the Golden Guard to recruit a city guard army.
• Lu Jingming received notice that someone had encountered his virtual data body in a Parallel World's Simulated Universe and chose to investigate.
• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong gave Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and the others Login Devices, and Dai Mubai explained how the Simulated Universe worked.
• Tang San and the others became eager to enter the Simulated Universe and claim its rewards.

The Shrek Seven Devils advanced through the Simulated Universe’s Team Challenge Mode and faced Lu Jingming, a Level 37 Soul Elder whose strength and skill surprised them. After Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked, Tang San and the others coordinated a counterattack, but Lu Jingming remained confident as their attacks closed in.

• Yu Xiaogang warned the Shrek Seven Devils that poor performance in Team Challenge Mode would mean doubled training, and the group entered the Simulated Universe with Flender and Yu Xiaogang watching.
• Tang San and the others cleared several early stages, claimed their rewards, and noticed their abilities improving before they encountered a lone opponent, Lu Jingming.
• Tang San examined Lu Jingming’s information and saw that he was a Level 37 Soul Elder with the martial souls Black Abyss and White Flower.
• Lu Jingming confidently challenged the seven, then dodged Xiao Wu’s attack and struck her hard with his spear, prompting Tang San to catch her with Blue Silver Grass.
• Zhu Zhuqing launched a rapid assault, but Lu Jingming evaded her attacks until Tang San restrained him with vines, allowing Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to attack from different sides.
• As Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fireline converged on him, Lu Jingming smiled and said the fight was finally getting interesting.

Lu Jingming overwhelmed the Shrek team in the Simulated Universe with his unusual soul rings and Decomposition Power. After killing several of them, he faced Tang San, whose Hidden Weapons also failed to reach him.

• Lu Jingming's scarlet lightning dispersed Ma Hongjun's and Dai Mubai's attacks, shocking the team with his two purple and one black soul rings.
• Lu Jingming killed Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai with Withering Spiral after Dai Mubai tried to shield her.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San tried to stop Lu Jingming with Charm, Spider Web Restraint, and a coordinated attack, but his lightning decomposed the web and resisted Ma Hongjun's fire.
• Lu Jingming killed Ma Hongjun with a kick and pierced Xiao Wu with his spear, prompting Tang San to charge at him in grief and fury.
• Tang San unleashed his Hidden Weapons, including Dragon Whisker Needles, but Lu Jingming decomposed them before they could reach him.