Chapter Summaries

Kong Xuan prepared to awaken his Martial Soul after his friend Qiangu Fuliu gave him money to travel to a city. He told Zhou Yan he wanted to take his twin sister, Kong Ling, with him, but Zhou Yan warned him that becoming a Soul Engineer was dangerous for commoners.

• Kong Xuan reflected on his uncertain age and the lack of free Martial Soul Awakenings in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Qiangu Fuliu visited Kong Xuan and gave him money so he could afford to awaken his Martial Soul.
• Kong Xuan returned home and reunited with his twin sister, Kong Ling.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling ate at Zhou Yan's home, where Kong Xuan said he wanted to take Kong Ling to the city for their awakenings.
• Zhou Yan warned Kong Xuan that Soul Engineers from commoner families faced danger, but Kong Xuan insisted he still wanted to try.

Kong Xuan and Kong Ling both awakened with innate full soul power, and the siblings enrolled at Shiquan Junior Soul Engineer Academy. In the Divine Realm, Tang San sensed that the future of the Douluo Continent had become obscured and vowed to destroy anyone who interfered with his plans.

• Tang Yilin discovered Kong Xuan had innate full soul power and awakened Kong Ling, who also had innate full soul power.
• Kong Xuan recognized his spear Martial Soul as the same one Yun Ming would possess ten thousand years later, while Kong Ling awakened a heat-radiating orange-yellow sphere.
• Tang Yilin brought the siblings to Dean Fang Sheng, who confirmed Kong Xuan's spear was a top-tier tool Martial Soul and offered them places at the academy.
• Kong Xuan accepted Fang Sheng's offer for both siblings to enroll, and Fang Sheng decided to teach them personally.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that the Divine Realm was troubled and that he could no longer clearly see a rising star on the Douluo Continent, then privately threatened anyone who disrupted his plan.

Kong Xuan and Kong Ling settled into Shiquan Junior Soul Engineer Academy, where Kong Xuan discovered that his sister possessed twin Sun and Moon Martial Souls. During meditation, Kong Xuan entered his Sea of Consciousness and met the being who had crossed worlds with him: Atlas Douluo Yun Ming.

• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling enrolled at Shiquan Junior Soul Engineer Academy and received its best dormitory with their expenses waived.
• Kong Ling revealed her Sun Martial Soul and secretly showed Kong Xuan her second Martial Soul, the moon, which he urged her to keep hidden.
• Fang Sheng taught the siblings basic cultivation and theory while secretly sending their information to the Offering Hall in hopes of attracting Kong Deming's attention.
• While meditating that evening, Kong Xuan was drawn into his Sea of Consciousness, where a white-robed young man appeared.
• The young man told Kong Xuan that they had crossed worlds together and that he had been with him all along, prompting Kong Xuan to recognize him as Yun Ming, Atlas Douluo.

Kong Xuan learned that Yun Ming’s Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and Soul Skills were now bound to him, and explained his version of Tang San’s ten-thousand-year plan. Yun Ming accepted Kong Xuan as his disciple after asking him to verify the plan’s truth when he could.

• Yun Ming explained that he had survived in Kong Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness and that Kong Xuan could use his Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and Soul Skills.
• Yun Ming asked Kong Xuan to explain the ten-thousand-year plan, and Kong Xuan claimed Tang San sought to place his parents in control of Douluo Star’s planar will and Life Core.
• Kong Xuan argued that Tang San’s opposition to Spirit Hall did not prove his virtue and pointed out that ordinary people had lost benefits after Spirit Hall’s fall.
• Yun Ming asked Kong Xuan to take him as his master and promised to teach him without interfering in his actions, asking only that Kong Xuan later investigate the plan.
• Kong Xuan agreed and bowed to Yun Ming as his disciple.

Yun Ming formally became Kong Xuan’s master, guided him in condensing his first Soul Ring, and learned that Shrek Academy had been rebuilt after its destruction. Meanwhile, Xuan Ziwen brought Kong Deming a letter saying that Shiquan Junior Soul Engineer Academy had found his blood relatives.

• Yun Ming established Kong Xuan’s maximum Soul Ring age as 378 years and promised that it could increase as Kong Xuan cultivated.
• Kong Xuan told Yun Ming that Shrek Academy had been destroyed in the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack but was later rebuilt as the continent’s leading academy.
• Yun Ming guided Kong Xuan as he condensed a pale yellow Soul Ring, and Kong Xuan asked Kong Ling to keep it secret.
• Xuan Ziwen delivered Kong Deming a letter from Shiquan Junior Soul Engineer Academy reporting that it had found his blood relatives.

After learning that Kong Xuan and Kong Ling possessed extraordinary talent, Kong Deming went to Shiquan Junior Soul Engineer Academy and confirmed that they were members of his Kong Clan. He introduced himself as their elder and invited them to call him Grandpa.

• Kong Deming read Fang Sheng's letter about Kong Xuan and Kong Ling's innate full Soul Power and immediately set out for Shiquan City.
• Kong Deming arrived at Shiquan Junior Soul Engineer Academy, where Fang Sheng recognized him as the Silver Moon Douluo.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling released their Martial Souls, and Kong Deming recognized their exceptional abilities.
• Kong Xuan showed Kong Deming the jade plaque bearing the character 'Kong,' confirming the siblings belonged to the Kong Clan.
• Kong Deming told Kong Xuan and Kong Ling that he was their family elder and said they could call him Grandpa.

After bringing Kong Xuan and Kong Ling to Mingdu, Kong Deming arranged tests to assess their physical condition and plan their cultivation. Kong Xuan’s results revealed rank-eleven Soul Power, and he surprised Kong Deming by showing him a god-given Soul Ring.

• Kong Deming brought Kong Xuan and Kong Ling to Mingdu and cared for them at his home beside the imperial palace.
• Kong Deming took the siblings to the Worship Hall for physical tests using a Soul Tool he had made.
• Kong Xuan stood on the testing platform, and the Soul Tool recorded his physical strength as rank ten, resilience as rank nine, and Soul Power as rank eleven.
• Kong Deming suspected Fang Sheng had taken Kong Xuan to obtain a Soul Ring and grew alarmed about the choice.
• Kong Xuan explained that Fang Sheng had not taken him to obtain a Soul Ring, then revealed a pale yellow god-given Soul Ring.

Kong Xuan told Kong Deming that his first Soul Ring was God-Given and that a god would help him gain an inheritance, earning heightened protection and attention. After Kong Deming tested Kong Ling's physical abilities and set a six-hundred-year goal for her first Soul Ring, Kong Xuan revealed that she had another Martial Soul.

• Kong Xuan told Kong Deming that his God-Given Soul Ring would grow stronger with his Soul Power and that a god had promised to help him gain an inheritance.
• Kong Deming rejoiced at Kong Xuan's prospects and vowed to clear his path to becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Kong Ling stepped onto the testing Soul Tool, which showed her mental fluctuations at level twelve and a compatible Soul Ring age of 384 years.
• Kong Deming told Kong Xuan and Kong Ling to improve their physical fitness and set a six-hundred-year target for Kong Ling's first Soul Ring.
• Kong Xuan told Kong Deming that Kong Ling had another Martial Soul.

Kong Deming discovered that Kong Ling had twin Martial Souls matching his own and began considering how to nurture the siblings. He put Kong Xuan and Kong Ling through body conditioning with whale rubber, leaving them enduring intense heat while he used Soul Tools to cool them.

• Kong Ling revealed her Silver Moon Martial Soul, confirming that she and Kong Deming shared the same twin Martial Souls: the sun and the silver moon.
• Kong Deming worried that the Sun Moon Empire lacked the knowledge to properly cultivate twin Martial Souls and began thinking about how to raise the siblings' strength.
• Kong Deming arranged four nutrient-rich meals a day for Kong Xuan and Kong Ling, focusing their training on improving their physiques.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling chose to eat whale rubber after Kong Deming warned them it would cause pain like raging flames.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling circulated their Soul Power as the whale rubber's effects heated their bodies, and Kong Deming used cooling Soul Tools to ease their pain.

After Kong Xuan and Kong Ling completed their first Whale Rubber body tempering session, Kong Deming gave them powerful defensive Soul Tools and ordered Soul Engineer academies across the Sun Moon Empire to awaken children’s Martial Souls and recruit talented youths. He revealed his plan to strengthen the empire’s Soul Masters, but Xuan Ziwen questioned whether the reform would sacrifice the empire’s advantage in Soul Tools.

• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling woke feeling stronger after their first Whale Rubber body tempering session, and Kong Deming gave them a day of rest and ordinary meals.
• Kong Deming presented Kong Xuan and Kong Ling with Starlight Guardian necklaces that could protect, heal, and purify them.
• Xuan Ziwen reported that the Worship Hall’s order would reach every Soul Engineer academy in the empire within three days.
• Kong Deming explained that the order would provide free Martial Soul awakenings for local children and free enrollment for those with outstanding talent.
• Kong Deming said the empire needed to develop Soul Masters and powerful fighters instead of relying too heavily on Soul Tools.
• Xuan Ziwen challenged the plan, warning that it meant pitting the empire’s weakness in Soul Master cultivation against the Douluo Three Kingdoms’ strength.

Kong Deming defended his plan to train more powerful Soul Masters, while Kong Xuan prepared to break through Rank 20 with his grandfather and sister watching. The breakthrough began in a specially built cultivation chamber, but its outcome was left unrevealed.

• Kong Deming told Xuan Ziwen that the Sun Moon Empire needed to train powerful Soul Masters equipped with Soul Tools, and said he would discuss further plans with the Worship Hall.
• Jing Hongchen received the Worship Hall's order at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and decided to seek an explanation from Kong Deming.
• Kong Xuan practiced with his Atlas Spear while Kong Ling watched, then told her he would wait for Kong Deming before attempting his breakthrough.
• Kong Deming returned home and prepared the Soul-Gathering Array in his starfall-iron cultivation chamber for Kong Xuan's breakthrough.
• Kong Xuan began breaking through inside the array as Kong Deming and Kong Ling watched closely.

Kong Xuan broke through to rank twenty-two and entered the Spirit Abyss Realm, while Yun Ming helped him conceal the Soul Ring’s true origin from Kong Deming. After Kong Deming arranged for Kong Xuan and Kong Ling to attend the Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Yun Ming took Kong Xuan to inspect a new change in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Yun Ming helped Kong Xuan condense a purple Soul Ring, and Kong Xuan asked him to release a little Divine Sense to convince Kong Deming the ring was God-Given.
• Kong Deming sensed Yun Ming’s overwhelming soul fluctuation, then congratulated Kong Xuan on reaching rank twenty-two and accepted the idea that a deity had bestowed the ring.
• Kong Deming told Kong Xuan and Kong Ling they would enroll in the Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s new Soul Master class.
• Kong Xuan entered his Sea of Consciousness that night and learned from Yun Ming that his spiritual power had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm and his Sea of Consciousness had expanded.
• Yun Ming took control of Kong Xuan and carried him away to see the greatest change in his Sea of Consciousness.

Kong Xuan discovered the Ruyi Golden Cudgel in his Sea of Consciousness and gained the Chongming Bird’s abilities through a mysterious fusion. He told Yun Ming that he had received a God King’s God of War inheritance and promised to help his teacher find a path to godhood.

• Yun Ming showed Kong Xuan the colossal pillar at the edge of his Sea of Consciousness, and Kong Xuan recognized it as the Ruyi Golden Cudgel from Black Myth: Wukong.
• The Ruyi Golden Cudgel revealed its name in golden light, confirming Kong Xuan’s discovery of the Super Divine Artifact.
• A Chongming Bird flew from the mist; Yun Ming’s spear passed through it, and the bird landed on Kong Xuan’s shoulder before fusing with him.
• Kong Xuan told Yun Ming that the Chongming Bird had greatly enhanced his eyesight and ability to track movement, though it gave him no Soul Skills.
• Kong Xuan described the Ruyi Golden Cudgel as a Super Divine Artifact and said he had received a God King’s God of War inheritance distinct from Dai Mubai’s.
• Kong Xuan promised to help Yun Ming find a path to godhood once he became a god, lifting his teacher’s spirits.

Kong Xuan gained confidence from the Chongming Bird and his chance to wield the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, then began planning to pursue Electrolux through Huo Yuhao. Meanwhile, Ren Jun discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s new Soul Master Class with Lin Jiayi and learned why the academy had recruited him.

• Kong Xuan considered the Chongming Bird and Ruyi Golden Cudgel powerful advantages that could let him challenge even God King Tang with a single strike.
• Kong Xuan placed himself one year ahead of Huo Yuhao in age and decided he had time to pursue Electrolux, the Holy Necromancer.
• Ren Jun questioned Lin Jiayi about the twenty-five students recruited for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Soul Master Class.
• Lin Jiayi explained that the class was part of Kong Deming’s effort to develop martial soul cultivation in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Jiayi told Ren Jun that the academy had invited him from Shrek Academy to teach the new class because it lacked qualified martial soul instructors.

Ren Jun began teaching at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and was astonished by the young students’ talent, especially Kong Ling and Kong Xuan. As the twins prepared to enroll, Kong Deming entrusted them to Xuan Ziwen’s care.

• Ren Jun’s injury and Shrek Academy’s neglect drove him to join the Sun Moon Empire, where a custom leg Soul Tool and help from a Worship Hall elder restored his ability to walk and fight.
• Ren Jun reviewed the students’ records and was impressed that they were all under nine, already Soul Masters, and had Innate Soul Power of at least rank seven.
• Lin Jiayi told Ren Jun that Xu Tianyi was Prince Xu Guozhong’s youngest son and that Kong Ling and Kong Xuan were twins descended from Elder Kong.
• Ren Jun questioned whether Kong Xuan had used drugs to cultivate, but Lin Jiayi assured him that Kong Deming taught the twins and that Kong Xuan was a genuine genius.
• Three days after Kong Xuan’s breakthrough, Kong Deming prepared the twins to report to the academy and asked Xuan Ziwen to look after them.
• Xuan Ziwen promised Kong Deming that he would care for Kong Xuan and Kong Ling while teaching at the academy.

Kong Xuan and Kong Ling enrolled at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and toured its new Soul Master facilities. Kong Xuan moved into his dormitory, where he met his roommate Xu Wei.

• Lin Jiayi and Ren Jun welcomed Xuan Ziwen, Kong Xuan, and Kong Ling at the academy gates, and Lin Jiayi guided them through the grounds.
• Lin Jiayi showed Kong Xuan and Kong Ling the new Soul Master teaching building and dormitory, then gave them their room keys.
• Kong Ling went upstairs to the girls' floor while Kong Xuan found room 1006 and entered his dormitory.
• Kong Xuan met his roommate Xu Wei, introduced himself, and asked Xu Wei to help him learn about the academy.
• Xu Wei welcomed Kong Xuan and offered to answer his questions about the academy.

Kong Xuan, Kong Ling, and Xu Wei attended their first class at the Soul Master class, where homeroom teacher Ren Jun held a contest to choose a class monitor. Xu Tianyi challenged all five of his rivals to fight him at once, and Ren Jun led the class to the Soul Fighting Arena.

• Kong Xuan, Kong Ling, and Xu Wei ate breakfast and went together to the teaching building for their first lesson.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling drew the attention of their classmates when they entered the classroom.
• Ren Jun introduced himself and announced that the class would choose a class monitor.
• Kong Xuan stood alongside Xu Tianyi and four other students as a candidate for class monitor.
• Xu Tianyi challenged the other five candidates to fight him all at once, and Ren Jun accepted.
• Ren Jun led the students to the Soul Fighting Arena for the contest.

Ren Jun brought the new Soul Master class to the Soul Fighting Arena, where Xu Tianyi challenged five classmates for the class monitor position. As the match began, Bi Jin organized the group, and Kong Xuan joined the attack without revealing his Soul Ring.

• Ren Jun led the twenty-five students to a small arena as onlookers gathered to watch their first lesson.
• Xu Tianyi volunteered to face five classmates, and Bi Jin, Wang Xiao, Han Lingxi, Ye Lingtong, and Kong Xuan entered the arena against him.
• Bi Jin introduced himself and coordinated the group, while the five classmates shared their Martial Souls and Soul Power ranks.
• Ren Jun announced the match and promised to protect the students, then declared the Soul Fighting match underway.
• Bi Jin linked the group with his chains and assigned their positions as Han Lingxi amplified three classmates with her Star Chart.
• Kong Xuan advanced with his Atlas Spear but no Soul Ring showing, while Ren Jun watched the five begin their coordinated attack.

Xu Tianyi used his dragon Martial Soul and first Soul Skill to attack Ye Lingtong, but Bi Jin pulled her out of danger. Kong Xuan interrupted Xu Tianyi’s next attack and defeated him in a rapid spear exchange, leaving the Atlas Spear at his throat.

• Xu Tianyi activated Martial Soul Possession and used Dragon Brilliant Flash to rush at Ye Lingtong with a lethal claw strike.
• Bi Jin pulled Ye Lingtong backward with his Empowerment Chain, allowing her to evade Xu Tianyi’s attack.
• Xu Tianyi turned his attention to Bi Jin, but Kong Xuan interrupted him by throwing his spear into Xu Tianyi’s path.
• Kong Xuan charged Xu Tianyi and pressed him with a series of spear attacks, preventing him from using his Soul Skill.
• Kong Xuan struck Xu Tianyi’s shoulder and held the Atlas Spear tip against his throat, declaring that he had lost.

Kong Xuan defeated Xu Tianyi with his spearmanship and was chosen to face the four remaining competitors at once. As the next match began, Kong Xuan revealed two purple Soul Rings.

• Kong Xuan defeated Xu Tianyi without using a Soul Skill, stopping the Atlas Spear at his throat.
• Ren Jun declared Kong Xuan's side the winner, and Xu Tianyi vowed to become strong enough to win next time.
• Bi Jin, Ye Lingtong, Han Lingxi, and Wang Xiao prepared to face Kong Xuan in the next match.
• Kong Xuan agreed to fight all four opponents together, and Ren Jun urged him to show his true strength.
• Kong Xuan struck the arena floor with the Atlas Spear and revealed two brilliant purple Soul Rings.