Chapter Summaries

Toji took Di Qiu'er to the Mingdu Auction House, where he bought her a Level 7 Flying Soul Tool and then bid aggressively on the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade. The Xishui Alliance elder challenged him over the blade, and Toji ended the chapter daring the elder to keep bidding or leave.

• Toji gave Di Qiu'er a black cloak and brought her into the Mingdu Auction House.
• Di Qiu'er summoned the Scarlet King to provide money, and Toji won a Level 7 Flying Soul Tool for over a million Gold Soul Coins.
• Toji bid on the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, drawing a rival bid from an elder of the Xishui Alliance.
• The Xishui Alliance elder identified himself and tried to intimidate Toji, but Toji raised his bid to three million Gold Soul Coins.
• Toji told the elder to keep bidding or get lost if he had no money.

Toji bought the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade at the auction and confronted Elder Nether Scorpion of the Xishui Alliance outside. Toji recognized the elder as someone who had fled the Heaven Dou Empire and unleashed his Qi and Blood, leaving the street poised for a fight.

• Toji outbid the Xishui Alliance elder for the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade and bought more heavenly treasures.
• Di Qiu'er accidentally activated the Flying Soul Tool, and Toji pulled her down before it carried her into the ceiling.
• Toji examined the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, suppressed its chilling presence, and stored it away.
• Outside the auction house, Toji let Di Qiu'er prepare to confront Elder Nether Scorpion and four black-robed figures blocking their path.
• Toji recognized Elder Nether Scorpion as someone who had fled the Heaven Dou Empire and unleashed his Qi and Blood, making his heartbeat overwhelm nearby passersby.

Toji and Di Qiu'er fought Elder Nether Scorpion and four Evil Soul Masters after they tried to absorb Toji's vigorous blood and Qi. Toji shattered Elder Nether Scorpion's Martial Soul Avatar with one strike, but when the Mingdu Defense Force arrived, Nether Scorpion fled and Toji chased him through their barrage.

• Elder Nether Scorpion ordered four black-robed Soul Masters to attack Toji and Di Qiu'er.
• Di Qiu'er revealed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and defeated the four black-robed Soul Masters, while Toji charged at Elder Nether Scorpion.
• Toji struck Elder Nether Scorpion through several buildings and reminded him of their encounter ten years earlier in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Elder Nether Scorpion transformed with his Seventh Soul Skill, but Toji broke his Martial Soul Avatar with one blow from Playful Cloud.
• Mingdu Defense Force Soul Engineers arrived and fired at Toji as Elder Nether Scorpion claimed Xishui Alliance protection and fled.
• Toji blocked the Soul Engineer barrage with Playful Cloud and pursued Elder Nether Scorpion down the street.

Toji pursued Elder Nether Scorpion and overwhelmed him despite his poison and the defense force’s intervention. He caught Elder Nether Scorpion in an underground water channel and prepared to torture him, while Elder Nether Scorpion insisted that killing and absorbing Toji’s parents had been an accident.

• Elder Nether Scorpion transformed into his martial soul avatar and attacked Toji with his poisonous soul skill, but Toji’s immunity to a hundred poisons let him smash through it and beat him into the ground.
• Defense force Soul Engineers bombarded Toji with Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, allowing Elder Nether Scorpion to flee, but Toji emerged unharmed.
• Toji’s roar shattered the Soul Engineers’ low-level Soul Tools, and his Dark Gold Dreadclaw killed their Level 7 captain when the captain tried to attack him.
• Toji chased after Elder Nether Scorpion and caught him in a dark alley, then slammed him through a wall into an underground water channel.
• Toji cornered Elder Nether Scorpion and threatened to torture him, while Elder Nether Scorpion protested that he had accidentally killed and absorbed Toji’s parents.

Toji tortured Elder Nether Scorpion for helping slaughter his family, while Elder Nether Scorpion tried to redirect his anger toward Shrek Academy. Toji rejected the scheme and made clear that Elder Nether Scorpion would pay for what he had done.

• Toji confronted Elder Nether Scorpion over his parents' deaths and began breaking his bones and fingers.
• Elder Nether Scorpion claimed Shrek had branded him an Evil Soul Master and driven him into killing people to survive.
• Elder Nether Scorpion revealed that a Five-Ring Soul King with a Ghoul Martial Soul had helped him and that they later sought refuge with the Xishui Alliance.
• Elder Nether Scorpion blamed Shrek Academy for the massacre and urged Toji to seek revenge against it.
• Toji refused to excuse Elder Nether Scorpion's actions and said the man had to answer for killing his parents.

Toji escaped Mingdu with the badly injured Elder Nether Scorpion after tricking him into believing he would be released. In the Jingyang Mountain Range, Toji smeared his energy-rich blood on Elder Nether Scorpion to attract Soul Beasts, leaving his promise deliberately unfinished.

• Toji dragged Elder Nether Scorpion through the underground waterways while avoiding the Mingdu Defense Force and learning about Xu Tianran from him.
• Toji offered to let Elder Nether Scorpion go if he stayed quiet during their escape, then stuffed him into a bag and carried him out of Mingdu.
• Toji brought Elder Nether Scorpion into the Jingyang Mountain Range and pulled him from the bag in a clearing.
• Toji cut his wrist and spread his energy-rich blood over Elder Nether Scorpion to draw nearby Soul Beasts toward them.
• Elder Nether Scorpion realized Toji had led him into danger and demanded that Toji honor his promise, but Toji began explaining that he had not said how he would let him go.

Toji let the Soul Beasts devour Elder Nether Scorpion, then returned to Mingdu with Di Qiu'er and purified the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade. As he absorbed the blade's life energy, his body began to change and his cultivation seemed poised to improve.

• Toji refused Elder Nether Scorpion's offer of information and concealed his presence, allowing a wolf pack to devour him.
• Di Qiu'er found Toji in the Jingyang Mountain Range and said she had killed the other four Evil Soul Masters.
• Toji and Di Qiu'er recognized the pack's Silvermoon Wolf King as the Soul Beast Huo Yuhao was destined to hunt for his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Toji dismissed the possibility of helping Huo Yuhao and returned to his Mingdu residence with Di Qiu'er to purify the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade.
• Toji purified the blade with his Qi and blood, then absorbed its life energy as golden markings appeared on his skin and nearby plants grew rapidly.

After absorbing the gold of life, Toji broke through to level fifty-five and transformed his weapon into the Blade of Life's Watch. He and Di Qiu'er planned to weaken the Xishui Alliance while preparing to hunt down another Evil Soul Master, and Toji offered to train her with Soul Tools.

• Toji absorbed the gold of life, broke through to level fifty-five, and greatly increased his physical strength and regeneration.
• Toji transformed the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade into the life-infused Blade of Life's Watch, which Di Qiu'er said might eventually become a divine weapon.
• Toji told Di Qiu'er that Elder Nether Scorpion's death had delayed their chance to approach Xu Tianran by about a year.
• Toji explained that they needed to gather intelligence before confronting the powerful Evil Soul Master with the Ghoul Martial Soul.
• Toji proposed using the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and the Ordinary Alliance to weaken the Xishui Alliance and help locate the Evil Soul Master.
• Toji offered to train Di Qiu'er with Soul Tools and equip her with Level 7 gear, but demanded payment before handing over her Flying Soul Tool.

Mingdu’s Soul Engineers were terrorized by a killer who murdered victims from Level 6 through Level 8 without triggering their Soul Tools or leaving clues. At a meeting of the empire’s Level 9 Soul Engineers, Jing Hongchen warned that the killer might wield an unknown power that countered their technology, and even they could be targets.

• The Soul Engineer Killer murdered dozens of Level 6 and Level 7 Soul Engineers over the course of a year, spreading fear throughout Mingdu.
• The killer assassinated a Level 8 Soul Engineer from the Illustrious Virtue Hall, prompting Mingdu to declare an emergency and strengthen its defenses.
• Kong Deming gathered nine Level 9 Soul Engineers in the imperial palace and asked Jing Hongchen for leads on the killings.
• Jing Hongchen reported that the victims showed no Soul Power fluctuations, had precise single-cut wounds, and had not detected their killer, even with detection Soul Tools.
• Jing Hongchen suggested that a traitor or an unknown power system might explain the murders and warned that the killer could eventually target Level 9 Soul Engineers.

After a Soul Engineer Killer murdered a Level 8 Soul Engineer and escaped, Kong Deming ordered the Sun Moon Empire to treat him as its most dangerous opponent. An Litong and Shangguan Wei'er realized they could not safely betray the killer, who had warned An Litong in person.

• Kong Deming took the deaths of increasingly powerful Soul Engineers seriously and ordered a nationwide hunt for the killer.
• The Sun Moon Empire intensified its search, alarming the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and its president, An Litong.
• Shangguan Wei'er, leader of the Ordinary Alliance, visited An Litong and proposed giving the killer's location to the authorities.
• An Litong refused, explaining that the killer had threatened him and that betraying him would likely cost them their lives.

Shangguan Wei'er and An Litong agreed to keep working with the mysterious assassin and help destroy the Xishui Alliance. At Toji’s underground base, Di Qiu'er challenged him, and he blocked her Golden Dragon claw with Playful Cloud, revealing that he was fighting seriously.

• An Litong warned Shangguan Wei'er that the assassin could bypass every security measure and urged her to keep his identity secret, plant false intelligence, and continue working with him.
• Shangguan Wei'er accepted the terms that she and An Litong would divide the Xishui Alliance’s property after it was destroyed, then left the office.
• At the underground base, Toji continued training Di Qiu'er to use ranged Soul Tools while she complained that they did not improve her fighting strength.
• Toji challenged Di Qiu'er to a fight, promising to go all out and claiming Soul Tools would let him crush her.
• Di Qiu'er attacked with her Golden Dragon Martial Soul, but Toji blocked her claw with Playful Cloud and forced her back three steps.

Toji used his Level 7 Soul Tools to raise his Bloodline Power to the level of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage and challenged Di Qiu'er to fight him. After Toji overwhelmed her with Soul Tools and Playful Cloud, Di Qiu'er refused to surrender and activated her Seventh Soul Ring.

• Toji activated his Soul Tools, boosting his Bloodline Power and explaining that their Core Arrays raised his cultivation to the level of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Di Qiu'er strengthened herself with her Golden Dragon Soul Skills and charged Toji, but he blocked her attack and knocked her backward.
• Di Qiu'er used Golden Dragon Bloodlust and Golden Dragon Roar to break through Toji's shields, then shattered his Invincible Shield with a punch.
• Toji countered with Playful Cloud and a whipping kick, sending Di Qiu'er through three alloy walls and making her cough blood.
• Toji urged Di Qiu'er to use her Martial Soul Avatar or admit defeat, but she refused and lit her Seventh Soul Ring.

Toji defeated Di Qiu'er before she could complete her Martial Soul Avatar, then explained how he had exploited the opening in her technique. Di Qiu'er accepted her loss and agreed to listen to him, while resolving to grow stronger and beat him next time.

• Toji teleported in front of Di Qiu'er and struck her with Playful Cloud, smashing her into a crater before she could use her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Toji explained that he had seized the windup of Di Qiu'er's Soul Skill and said he could assassinate an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo despite not matching one head-on.
• Di Qiu'er admitted defeat and promised to listen to Toji, but vowed she would not give him the same chance in their next full-strength spar.
• Toji helped Di Qiu'er out of the crater, told her to study combat rhythm, and said he would continue teaching her about Soul Tools the next day.
• After Toji left, Di Qiu'er resolved to surpass him by mastering the complete power of the Golden Dragon King and winning their next fight.

Toji negotiated with Di Qiu'er over teaching her his Qi and Blood cultivation technique and set three conditions in exchange. After demanding a piece of Gold of Life for his Blade of Life's Watch, he prepared to name his remaining conditions.

• Di Qiu'er asked Toji to teach her his Qi and Blood cultivation technique, and he insisted she offer something in exchange.
• Toji teased Di Qiu'er about becoming his woman, making her flustered and angry.
• A young nobleman approached Di Qiu'er, but she frightened him away with her draconic pressure.
• Toji asked Di Qiu'er to provide three benefits in exchange for the technique and requested the Gold of Life hidden in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Qiu'er agreed to obtain the Gold of Life and asked Toji to name his second condition.

Toji and Di Qiu'er agreed that he would teach her his cultivation method after deciding on two more conditions, and they sought to draw out the Ordinary Alliance's leader by causing a scene. After Toji killed the attackers who came for Di Qiu'er, the Alliance's Soul Saint arrived and Toji struck him before he could use his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Di Qiu'er accepted Toji's conditions, and Toji said he would teach her the cultivation method when he had time.
• Toji explained that he wanted to provoke the Ordinary Alliance into sending its leader, and a noble youth returned to the restaurant with more than a dozen Soul Masters to seize Di Qiu'er.
• Toji killed the Six-Ring Soul Emperor and overpowered the other Soul Masters, then killed the noble youth after asking whether he was a good person.
• A Soul Saint leading dozens of Ordinary Alliance figures arrived and demanded to know who Toji was, so Toji teleported in front of him and punched him in the abdomen.

Toji slaughtered the Ordinary Alliance’s Soul Saint defenders after killing one with a punch and surviving a barrage of high-explosive shells. As he prepared to kill the last Level 7 Soul Engineer, a woman shouted for him to stop.

• Toji killed a Soul Saint with one punch, sending his body through the street and into a wall.
• Seven Level 7 Soul Engineers arrived with Soul Tools and attacked Toji, but he shattered one engineer’s shields and killed him with another punch.
• The Soul Engineers fired a barrage of high-explosive shells at Toji, who emerged unharmed from the smoke.
• Toji killed four more Level 7 Soul Engineers, using one man’s severed head to knock the others away.
• Toji approached the last Soul Engineer and prepared to kill him, but a woman shouted, “Stop!”

Toji confronted Shanggong Wei'er, leader of the Ordinary Alliance, after wrecking her territory and killing her subordinates. Recognizing him as the Soul Engineer Killer, she sent everyone away and led Toji and Di Qiu'er somewhere private to talk.

• Toji stopped before killing the last Soul Engineer when Shanggong Wei'er arrived with her followers, and a Level 8 Soul Engineer challenged him.
• Shanggong Wei'er revealed her eight Soul Rings, restrained her subordinate, and asked Toji to explain the destruction and deaths.
• Toji asked whether she had received An Litong's note, and Shanggong Wei'er recognized him as the Soul Engineer Killer and ordered her people to stand down.
• Di Qiu'er used Martial Soul Possession to counter Shanggong Wei'er's pressure and insisted they talk where they were.
• Toji agreed to go somewhere quieter, and Shanggong Wei'er led him and Di Qiu'er away while leaving cleanup to the Level 8 Soul Engineer.

Toji met with Shanggong Wei'er at the Ordinary Alliance headquarters, verified her loyalty, and received intelligence about Xu Tianran's planned meeting with the Xishui Alliance. After Toji left, Shanggong Wei'er was overwhelmed by an unusual attraction to his scent.

• Shanggong Wei'er gave Toji information that Xu Tianran would meet Xishui Alliance members in seven days and said her source was reliable.
• Toji tested Shanggong Wei'er's loyalty by threatening her with the Blade of Life's Watch, then accepted her explanation and continued their partnership.
• Shanggong Wei'er told Toji that war had broken out between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire and that people suspected his involvement in Mingdu.
• Toji left with Di Qiu'er after telling Shanggong Wei'er to recover and warning that he would visit again.
• After Toji left, Shanggong Wei'er collapsed in her office, disturbed by her intense reaction to his scent, and ordered her maid to keep everyone out.

Toji infiltrated Xu Tianran’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult and learned that they planned to kill the emperor and his family so Xu Tianran’s father could take the throne. The group reached the emperor’s bedchamber and prepared to attack.

• Toji told Di Qiu'er that killing Xu Tianran would not change the Sun Moon Empire’s eventual rise, then left her behind to meet him.
• Toji killed an Evil Soul Master, disguised himself in the man’s robe, and secretly joined the group led by the Zhongli brothers.
• Xu Tianran and Zhongli Tian agreed to overthrow the emperor, with the Holy Spirit Cult expecting to become the Sun Moon Empire’s divine guardian cult.
• Xu Tianran explained that his father would take the throne first, giving Xu Tianran the strongest claim to become crown prince and later emperor.
• Xu Tianran, his father, and the Evil Soul Masters reached the emperor’s bedchamber, where Xu Tianran’s father ordered them to attack.

Toji infiltrated the imperial palace during the massacre of Xu Tianran’s family, then detonated hidden Fixed Soul Tools and ambushed the Zhongli brothers. After the brothers escaped, Xu Tianran recognized Toji as the feared “Soul Engineer Killer.”

• Toji joined the Evil Soul Masters as they stormed the emperor’s bedchamber and slaughtered the imperial family.
• Toji noticed a concealed passage behind the empress’s corpse and planted Fixed Soul Tools beneath the bodies.
• Zhongli Ren suspected Toji and probed him, prompting Toji to detonate the buried soul tools and attack the three Zhongli brothers.
• Toji wounded Zhongli Tian, Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren, but Zhongli Tian led his brothers in escaping with an Evil Soul Master secret technique.
• Toji confronted Xu Tianran, who recognized him as the “Soul Engineer Killer.”