Chapter Summaries

Ming Zhao relaxed in Star Luo City, where Meng Hongchen became infatuated with him after seeing him. He considered using her status to gain access to Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, then decided to pursue the idea for amusement and leverage.

• Ming Zhao enjoyed food and sightseeing in Star Luo City while watching the Soul Fighting Tournament as a spectator.
• Meng Hongchen spotted Ming Zhao, fell in love with his appearance, and hurried after him when he disappeared.
• Ming Zhao identified Meng Hongchen as Jing Hongchen’s granddaughter and considered exploiting her affection to obtain Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• Ming Zhao weighed stealing the shells himself against manipulating Meng Hongchen, then decided to play with her feelings and give Jing Hongchen a great-grandson.

Ming Zhao decided to toy with Meng Hongchen and waited for her while disguised as a cold, white-haired swordsman. Meng Hongchen found him again, paid for his food, and accepted a chicken leg from him, leaving their awkward first meeting turning warm.

• Ming Zhao summoned a paper figure to possess him and took on the appearance of Ji Juechen with Chen Zifeng's Soul Chasing Sword.
• Meng Hongchen spotted Ming Zhao and hurried over to greet him, delighted to have found him again.
• Ming Zhao answered coldly and let Meng Hongchen struggle to find something to say.
• When Ming Zhao's charcoal-grilled chicken was ready, Meng Hongchen reflexively paid the vendor for it.
• Ming Zhao offered Meng Hongchen a chicken leg, and she accepted it with a smile, covering his hand with hers.

Ming Zhao and Meng Hongchen spent an afternoon together, and Meng invited him to the Sun Moon Empire and her academy. After she parted from him and told Xiao Hongchen that she had found her Mr. Right, Ming Zhao planned how to manipulate Meng and win Xiao’s trust.

• Meng Hongchen introduced herself to Ming Zhao, befriended him, and invited him to the Sun Moon Empire and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Ming Zhao said he would consider the invitation, agreed to watch Meng’s matches, and parted from her.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted Meng after she returned, and she told him that Zhao Ming was the Mr. Right she had dreamed of.
• Ming Zhao considered how to gain Xiao Hongchen’s trust by opposing Shrek and decided to hide his identity as an Evil Soul Master.
• Ming Zhao planned to corrupt Meng Hongchen and turn her into an Evil Soul Master.

Ming Zhao watched the Soul Fighting Tournament and identified Yu Mengdi as a promising recruit for his demonic path. The academies finished entering the arena, and Ming Zhao left the story planning to build a group of Deadly Sin Douluo and choose his own title.

• Ming Zhao entered the arena through the Soul Masters' VIP entrance and blocked out the spectators' noise with Soul Power.
• Ming Zhao used his mental power to help Meng Hongchen find him, then intimidated Xiao Hongchen with a trace of spiritual pressure.
• Ming Zhao spotted Yu Mengdi of Tianzheng Academy and decided her envy made her a promising Fallen Angel recruit.
• Ming Zhao marked Yu Mengdi with spiritual power and considered recruiting followers to embody the Seven Deadly Sins.
• Ming Zhao wondered why the Seven Deadly Sins Gods served the God of Destruction and considered choosing his own title.

Ming Zhao chose the title Evil God Douluo and watched the tournament while considering Soul Tools and searching for recruits. As the championship match approached, he grew closer to Meng Hongchen and kept his plans hidden from the Sun Moon Team.

• Ming Zhao decided to call himself Evil God Douluo and planned to kill Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu for their origins when he pursued godhood.
• Ma Rulong led the Sun Moon Team to an overwhelming opening victory, drawing Ming Zhao's interest in his Soul Tools and the Sword of Judgment.
• Ming Zhao found few promising recruits among the tournament teams and concluded he would need to seek talent at Shrek.
• Meng Hongchen frequently visited Ming Zhao, and he encouraged her growing affection while Xiao Hongchen watched in frustration.
• The tournament progressed through its rounds and neared the final championship match.

After the Sun Moon Team won the tournament, Ming Zhao told Meng Hongchen that Shrek's teams had died while hunting an Evil Soul Master, easing her frustration over their championship being dismissed. The two grew intimate as Meng Hongchen teased Ming Zhao, leaving their roles as hunter and prey uncertain.

• The Sun Moon Team defeated the Star Luo Team and won the tournament, with Ma Rulong using the Sword of Judgment during the final.
• Xiao Hongchen vowed to crush Shrek in the next tournament after hearing people dismiss the Sun Moon Team's title.
• Meng Hongchen embraced Ming Zhao and lamented that the team had not beaten Shrek Academy head-on.
• Ming Zhao told Meng Hongchen that Shrek's teams and their teacher had died in the Ming Dou Mountain Range while hunting an Evil Soul Master.
• Meng Hongchen laughed at Shrek's fate, then teased Ming Zhao as their moment together grew intimate.

Ming Zhao secretly altered Meng Hongchen with evil-path genes, then gave her two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones containing hidden spiritual imprints. Meng Hongchen accepted the gifts, unknowingly beginning her transformation into Ming Zhao’s first god-chosen.

• Ming Zhao gently injected Meng Hongchen with evil-path genes that would gradually alter her soul, Martial Soul, and views.
• Ming Zhao held Meng Hongchen and prepared a second measure to deepen his influence over her.
• Ming Zhao brought out the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass Left Arm Bone and Infernal Delicate Apricot Right Arm Bone, both Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Ming Zhao revealed the Soul Bones’ ice and fire attributes and placed them in Meng Hongchen’s hands as a gift.
• Meng Hongchen accepted the Soul Bones without knowing that hidden spiritual imprints inside them would further bind her to Ming Zhao.

Ming Zhao gave Meng Hongchen two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and explained that they could strengthen or evolve her ice and fire attributes. After Meng Hongchen offered him her Level 9 defensive Soul Tool, he returned it to her and lifted her into the air before she fell asleep.

• Ming Zhao persuaded Meng Hongchen to accept two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones as proof of his sincerity to her family.
• Ming Zhao said the Soul Bones could raise Meng Hongchen’s ice and fire attributes to Ultimate level or possibly evolve her Martial Soul.
• Meng Hongchen offered Ming Zhao her Level 9 Defensive Soul Tool, Red Dust Protection, but he pressed it back onto her and told her to keep it.
• Ming Zhao used his Soul Power to let Meng Hongchen fly around the room as the setting sun lingered outside the window.
• Ming Zhao lowered the tired Meng Hongchen onto the bed, and she fell asleep smiling.

Xiao Hongchen found out that Meng Hongchen had spent the night with Ming Zhao and feared she had been forced, but she assured him she had chosen Ming Zhao willingly. She showed Xiao a matching pair of hundred-thousand-year Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire Soul Bones from Ming Zhao, and he reluctantly accepted her decision as she said Ming would visit her after they returned to Mingdu.

• Xiao Hongchen woke from his distress and collapsed when Meng Hongchen returned to the hotel looking happy.
• Xiao Hongchen accused Ming Zhao of forcing Meng Hongchen and drew a Class 8 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell, but Meng disarmed him and said she had acted willingly.
• Xiao Hongchen questioned whether Meng had truly chosen Ming Zhao, and she insisted she loved him and would never regret her choice.
• Meng Hongchen showed Xiao the two hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones Ming Zhao had given her, displaying their Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire attributes.
• Xiao Hongchen's anger faded as he accepted the Soul Bones as convincing proof, while Meng explained that Ming Zhao would visit her when they returned to Mingdu.

After seeing Meng Hongchen off, Ming Zhao hunted down the Zhengtian Academy Team on its journey home and surrounded them with a terrifying supernatural display. Yu Mengdi suspected he had targeted the team because of her Angel Martial Soul.

• Xiao Hongchen accepted that Ming Zhao might genuinely value Meng Hongchen and left her to decide what to do about their grandfather.
• The Sun Moon Team departed for the Sun Moon Empire, while Ming Zhao used his spiritual mark on Yu Mengdi to track down the Zhengtian Academy Team.
• As Zhengtian Academy traveled home after placing in the top eight, the daylight dimmed and an ominous chill spread through their carriages.
• Ye Wuqing and the others found the sky gray, the sun glowing purple, and ghostly wedding and funeral processions surrounding them.
• The Zhengtian Team panicked when they realized Ming Zhao had come for them, while Yu Mengdi suspected he had targeted her Angel Martial Soul.

Yu Mengdi watched Ming Zhao erase her team and confront her with two beautiful spirits, the Ghost Bride and Li Ya. He drew out Yu Mengdi’s jealousy and desire to be the most beautiful woman on Douluo Continent, leaving her openly embracing her hateful feelings.

• Yu Mengdi hid in her carriage as the screams of her teacher and teammates faded, and the blood-red light dissolved everything around her.
• Yu Mengdi saw the Ghost Bride and Li Ya beneath the blood-red moon and felt amazement turn to jealousy.
• Ming Zhao appeared beside Yu Mengdi and asked what she was thinking, holding her face so she could not look away.
• Yu Mengdi admitted she was jealous of the two women and wanted to become more beautiful than everyone.
• Yu Mengdi vented her desire to be the most beautiful woman on Douluo Continent and felt satisfied after exposing her true self.

Ming Zhao manipulated Yu Mengdi’s fear and envy until she embraced her dark side and became a fallen angel. He planned to use the Immortal Herb Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to make her even more beautiful and establish her as his first Divine Chosen of Original Sin.

• Ming Zhao showed Yu Mengdi a dark reflection of herself and provoked her envy by insisting she could never be beautiful while rejecting her true self.
• Yu Mengdi smashed through the mirror and embraced her reflection, allowing Ming Zhao’s envy-filled source energy to merge with her.
• Yu Mengdi’s angel wings turned black as her Soul Power rose, and she became a fallen angel bearing the sin of envy.
• Ming Zhao recalled how fear, the deaths of Zhengtian Academy’s students and teachers, and the beauty of Zhang Lexuan and Li Ya had led Yu Mengdi to envy.
• Ming Zhao planned to give Yu Mengdi the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and make her his loyal first Divine Chosen of Original Sin.

Ming Zhao turned Yu Mengdi into his submissive Divine Chosen of Original Sin, then pursued the Sun Moon Team and recovered his Sword of Judgment. The team blamed the Star Luo Empire for Ma Rulong’s murder and fled, hoping to report the attack to their dean.

• Yu Mengdi awakened as a Fallen Angel, accepted Ming Zhao’s dress, and pledged to submit to him forever.
• Ming Zhao bestowed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone upon Yu Mengdi and took her with him to pursue the Sun Moon Team.
• Ming Zhao attacked Ma Rulong at the team’s camp, killed him with a single slap, and took his Storage Soul Tools.
• Ming Zhao confirmed that one of the Soul Tools contained the Sword of Judgment and flew away.
• Elder Ma and Lin Xi blamed the Star Luo Empire for Ma Rulong’s death, but Elder Ma ordered the team to escape and report the attack to their dean.

Ming Zhao took Yu Mengdi away to absorb an Immortal Herb, while Jing Hongchen learned that Ma Rulong had been murdered and his Soul Tools stolen. Jing Hongchen reached an agreement with the Sun Moon Emperor, then returned home to find Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen sitting silently in the dark.

• Yu Mengdi called Ming Zhao wicked, and he ordered her to learn from his cruelty before taking her away to absorb an Immortal Herb.
• Xiao Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that a Titled Douluo had killed Ma Rulong and stolen his Storage Soul Tool on the journey home.
• Jing Hongchen ordered ten times the usual compensation and a grand funeral for Ma Rulong, and promised to carve his epitaph.
• Jing Hongchen decided the Sun Moon Empire would avenge Ma Rulong, then went secretly to the imperial palace to reach an agreement with the Sun Moon Emperor.
• Jing Hongchen returned home after dark and found Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen sitting at opposite ends of the sofa with the lights off.

Jing Hongchen learned that Meng Hongchen had fallen in love with Ming Zhao and feared she had been deceived, but two extraordinary Soul Bones convinced him that Ming Zhao was sincere. He accepted Meng Hongchen’s choice and looked forward to meeting Ming Zhao when he came to Mingdu.

• Meng Hongchen told Jing Hongchen she was in love, and Jing Hongchen angrily blamed Xiao Hongchen for not watching over her.
• Jing Hongchen stopped when Meng Hongchen revealed two powerful Soul Bones and said Ming Zhao had given them to her.
• Jing Hongchen examined the Soul Bones, recognized their extraordinary power, and agreed that they could strengthen or evolve Meng Hongchen’s Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul.
• Jing Hongchen told Meng Hongchen to keep her eyes open and avoid regretting her choice.
• Meng Hongchen said Ming Zhao planned to visit her in Mingdu, and Jing Hongchen looked forward to meeting him.

Ming Zhao spent time with Yu Mengdi, whose Martial Soul Mutation and Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone had greatly improved her appearance and cultivation. After helping her obtain a Sixth Soul Ring in the Evil Demon Forest, he remained frustrated that no Soul Bone had dropped.

• Ming Zhao favored Yu Mengdi in a hotel room and noted that her cultivation had risen to rank sixty after her Martial Soul Mutation and absorption of the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Ming Zhao waited for Yu Mengdi to recover, then left the Star Luo Empire with her for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ming Zhao chose a thirty-four-thousand-year-old Dark Evil Tyrant in the Evil Demon Forest as Yu Mengdi's Sixth Soul Ring.
• Yu Mengdi gained the spiritual attack Soul Skill Fallen Angel's Scream, which also inflicted darkness-attribute spiritual corrosion and aggravated her target's jealousy and irritability.
• Ming Zhao questioned whether Yu Mengdi's deadly sin was truly envy and cursed the world when no Soul Bone dropped.

Ming Zhao brought Yu Mengdi to Mingdu, where he heard about the Sun Moon Empire’s clashes with Dai Hao and the empire’s reactions to the tournament. He then took Yu Mengdi to the Ordinary Alliance to see whether Shangguan Wei'er had recruited Ye Guyi.

• Yu Mengdi soothed Ming Zhao’s anger after she absorbed her Soul Ring, and he took her through a spatial gate to Mingdu.
• The Sun Moon Empire bombarded Dai Hao’s forces with Level 7 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, then its Imperial Dragon and Dreadclaw Soul Engineer legions routed the Northwest Army Group and forced Dai Hao to retreat into the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Xu Jiawei punished Dai Hao after his defeats, while the Sun Moon Empire halted its attacks rather than risk starting a war early.
• Ming Zhao heard Sun Moon Empire citizens discuss the border clashes, the Sun Moon Team’s victory, and Shrek Academy’s absence from the tournament.
• Ming Zhao took Yu Mengdi to the Ordinary Alliance to check whether Shangguan Wei'er had recruited Ye Guyi.

Ming Zhao confirmed that Ye Guyi was being trained by the Ordinary Alliance and secretly marked her, planning to corrupt her later. He returned to his Mingdu courtyard with Yu Mengdi, where he warned her against challenging his authority and ordered her to wait for him hungry.

• Ming Zhao searched the Ordinary Alliance and found Shangguan Wei'er managing its affairs while Ye Guyi practiced carving a Core Array in a research facility.
• Ming Zhao decided to leave Ye Guyi alone for now, secretly branded her Sea of Consciousness, and departed with Yu Mengdi.
• Ming Zhao brought Yu Mengdi to his secluded courtyard in Mingdu, where Nana greeted him and offered to prepare dinner.
• Yu Mengdi grew jealous of Nana, but Ming Zhao threatened to erase her if she touched his possessions or forgot her place.
• Ming Zhao ordered Yu Mengdi to wash and wait for him without dinner, and she obeyed gratefully.

Ming Zhao convinced Jing Hongchen that he was the last survivor of the Tang Sect’s Breaking Clan and a lone wanderer. Jing Hongchen believed his story and welcomed him into the Sun Moon Empire under his protection.

• Ming Zhao met Jing Hongchen, who praised his apparent Soul Power cultivation and asked why he had claimed to be a lone wanderer.
• Ming Zhao brought up the Tang Sect and revealed a spear, leading Jing Hongchen to suspect he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Ming Zhao claimed the spear was the Breaking Clan’s Soul Breaking Spear and described the Tang Sect’s decline and the Breaking Clan’s destruction.
• Jing Hongchen concluded that Ming Zhao was the Breaking Clan’s sole survivor, believed his story, and invited him to make the Sun Moon Empire his home.
• Jing Hongchen promised to protect Ming Zhao as long as he treated Meng Hongchen well, and Ming Zhao agreed.