Chapter Summaries

Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized Bishop Xiunuo as a former student and discovered that Xiunuo was suffering from dangerous cold Qi. After Golden Crocodile Douluo eased the condition, Mu Tian'en absorbed the remaining cold Qi, leaving Xiunuo unnerved by the child’s appetite.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized Xiunuo as his student and praised his work for Spirit Hall in Vast Sea City.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo inspected Xiunuo’s Ice Sea Cave Turtle Martial Soul, remembered teaching him to imagine a world inside its shell, and scolded him for not seeking help.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo used his blood and Qi to dispel much of the cold Qi afflicting Xiunuo’s body.
• Xiunuo explained that he had risked his life to create a Deep Sea Black Ice Crystal for his clan and future Ice Sea Cave Turtle Soul Masters.
• Mu Tian'en effortlessly ate the remaining cold Qi and told Xiunuo that he smelled fragrant, making the bishop shiver.

Golden Crocodile Douluo became concerned that Mu Tian'en's powerful devouring ability could lead him toward corruption, so he decided to oversee the boy's first Soul Hunt himself. He summoned Ma Chengyuan and offered him a chance to return to Spirit Hall headquarters if he could meet a new requirement.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo warned Mu Tian'en not to approach Xiunuo or eat the cold air that had made him ill.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Jin Huang to fetch Ma Chengyuan and announced that he would take Mu Tian'en Soul Hunting at once.
• Jin Huang brought Ma Chengyuan to the dining hall, where Ma Chengyuan panicked upon recognizing Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Jin Huang used Bloodline Power to warm Ma Chengyuan and restore his composure, and Ma Chengyuan thanked Golden Crocodile Douluo for sparing his life.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered Ma Chengyuan a return to Spirit Hall headquarters, along with Xiunuo's passage there with Jin Huang, if Ma Chengyuan fulfilled a new requirement.

Ma Chengyuan recommended the Sinking Sand Water Turtle as Mu Tian'en’s First Soul Ring, describing the powerful Unfalling Sandcastle skill and its effect on hunger. Golden Crocodile Douluo was interested but questioned whether Mu Tian'en could reliably obtain that specific skill.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Ma Chengyuan to find a Soul Ring that could strengthen Mu Tian'en while weakening or transforming his uncontrolled hunger.
• Ma Chengyuan explained why common Soul Beasts chosen by whale-Martial-Soul users were unsuitable and described the Sinking Sand Water Turtle’s Unfalling Sandcastle skill.
• Ma Chengyuan said Unfalling Sandcastle could expand Soul Power reserves, reshape the surrounding land, provide durable armor, and absorb nearby Soul Power to repair itself.
• Jin Huang and Old Xiu Nuo recognized the skill’s value, while Ma Chengyuan revealed that it could also greatly reduce hunger.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo approved of the Soul Beast but asked how Ma Chengyuan could guarantee Mu Tian'en would obtain Unfalling Sandcastle rather than another skill.

Ma Chengyuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed identifying Mu Tian'en's Martial Soul attributes before searching for Sinking Sand Water Turtles, but testing him safely proved difficult. Mu Tian'en demonstrated a tiny black hole, and Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed it was dangerous enough to provoke an instinctive fear.

• Ma Chengyuan explained that Spirit Hall lacked Titled Douluo with whale-type Martial Souls and proposed checking Mu Tian'en's attributes before choosing a Soul Ring.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized that Soul Ring compatibility could explain why the Dai and Zhu families' early skills were similar, and agreed they needed to find Sinking Sand Water Turtles.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo worried that his powerful Qi and blood, or another person's Soul Power, could make testing Mu Tian'en's attributes unsafe.
• Mu Tian'en approached Golden Crocodile Douluo and showed him how he could make a speck of dust spin into a tiny black object he called a black hole.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo silenced the other elderly men and moved close to the object, sensing that his body instinctively feared its danger.

Mu Tian'en demonstrated a powerful earth-attribute ability, prompting Ma Chengyuan to revive Spirit Hall’s theory that Martial Soul attributes could advance. Golden Crocodile Douluo took Mu Tian'en west of Vast Sea City to hunt Sinking Sand Water Turtles, while Jin Huang and Ma Chengyuan remained behind.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo tested Mu Tian'en’s black-hole-like ability and found that it absorbed Soul Power and pulled in matter.
• Jin Huang failed to reproduce the ability, while Ma Chengyuan recognized Mu Tian'en’s power as evidence that Martial Soul attributes could advance.
• Ma Chengyuan showed Old Xiu Nuo a Qian Family record that helped identify the Sinking Sand Water Turtles reported near Vast Sea City.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo carried the exhausted Mu Tian'en west to hunt the turtles, leaving Jin Huang and the others behind.
• Jin Huang asked Old Xiu Nuo for a quiet room and help finding his grandfather, while Ma Chengyuan went to the library to write about attribute advancement.

Old Xiu Nuo sent Mu Tian'en west with Golden Crocodile Douluo while preparing Spirit Hall to investigate the growing sands and strengthen its influence in Vast Sea City. As Golden Crocodile Douluo carried him through the sky, Mu Tian'en wondered why a Titled Douluo had not saved his parents and asked whether one could bring them back.

• Old Suolong reassured Old Xiu Nuo as he prepared to investigate the sands west of Vast Sea City and named the area the Ten-Thousand-Li Quicksand Land.
• Xiunuo ordered his subordinates to protect the area and notify the city lord after his signal, then flew west with the temple guardian knights.
• Old Suolong stopped a Sea God agitator, while another person secretly passed information to a street vendor.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo carried Mu Tian'en through the sky and told him he was a Titled Douluo who could become his disciple.
• Mu Tian'en cried as he remembered his parents and asked Golden Crocodile Douluo whether a Titled Douluo could bring them back.

Mu Tian'en asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to bring his parents back, and Golden Crocodile Douluo told him that only the Angel God might have the power to do so. Mu Tian'en vowed to grow strong for Spirit Hall and win that miracle, while Golden Crocodile Douluo summoned the crocodile Soul Beasts in the sea of sand to find a Sinking Sand Water Turtle.

• Mu Tian'en asked Golden Crocodile Douluo if he could bring his parents back, and Golden Crocodile Douluo’s silence made clear that he could not.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Mu Tian'en that Spirit Hall’s records said the Angel God had resurrected a subordinate, then challenged him to prove he was worthy of such a miracle.
• Mu Tian'en declared that his talent and determination would let him reach the Angel God, and promised to do everything for Spirit Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo accepted Mu Tian'en’s promise, used Martial Soul Possession, and released his power to draw crocodile-type Soul Beasts out of the sea of sand.
• Two hundred Sand Sand Crocodiles emerged and closed in on Golden Crocodile Douluo, but they caught Mu Tian'en’s scent before they could attack.

Golden Crocodile Douluo killed the Sand Sand Crocodile king and challenged Mu Tian'en to enter the sea of sand while searching for a Sinking Sand Water Turtle. Mu Tian'en used Martial Soul Possession and stepped into the sand, discovering a world that seemed to belong to him.

• The Sand Sand Crocodiles recognized the scent of a dangerous juvenile Soul Beast and retreated in fear.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo killed the roaring crocodile king and shattered the Soul Ring that appeared from its body.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo beckoned Mu Tian'en into the sea of sand and explained that their quarry was likely beneath its surface.
• Mu Tian'en activated Martial Soul Possession, transforming into a towering, many-eyed form that consumed beneficial elements from the air around him.
• Mu Tian'en cautiously stepped into the sea of sand, where waves rose around him and he felt no resistance or sinking.

Mu Tian'en followed Golden Crocodile Douluo into the sea of sand and encountered a dangerous Sinking Sand and Stone Turtle suited to his needs. As Mu Tian'en prepared to fight it, Ma Chengyuan and Old Xiu Nuo hurried toward the sea of sand, with Ma Chengyuan wondering whether Mu Tian'en had found the right turtle.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo plunged into the sea of sand and guided Mu Tian'en downward through the murky currents.
• Mu Tian'en used his Martial Soul and Soul Power to draw the surrounding water and sand into a dark current that followed him toward Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo showed Mu Tian'en a giant turtle whose control over the surrounding water, sand, and stones made the currents attack intruders.
• Mu Tian'en saw four age markings on the turtle, and Golden Crocodile Douluo told him to kill it because its age and skill were suitable.
• Ma Chengyuan told Old Xiu Nuo that the turtle was dangerous and that Old Xiu Nuo was the only member of their group likely to help Mu Tian'en.
• Old Xiu Nuo accused Ma Chengyuan of using the trip to draw out Spirit Hall spies, while Ma Chengyuan urged his mount toward the sea of sand.

Mu Tian'en fought the Sinking Sand Water Turtle in a turbulent underwater trap and killed it with his black-hole particle. Golden Crocodile Douluo rescued him from the collapsing currents and offered the turtle’s over-four-hundred-year-old Soul Ring as his First Soul Ring.

• Mu Tian'en advanced through the turtle’s currents and dodged its attacks, including a beam of murky yellow light and hidden water blades.
• Mu Tian'en struck the Sinking Sand Water Turtle’s jaw, mounted it, and strangled it while enduring its violent struggles.
• Mu Tian'en unleashed his black-hole particle, breaking the turtle’s defenses and killing it, but the resulting currents pulled him into a sinking cavity.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo entered the cavity and grabbed Mu Tian'en, then saw the turtle’s corpse torn apart by the currents.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked whether Mu Tian'en dared absorb the turtle’s Soul Ring, which was more than four hundred years old.

Mu Tian'en absorbed his first Soul Ring from the Sinking Sand Water Turtle, and his Black Hole Whale Martial Soul helped him refine its essence. He awakened with the First Soul Skill Unfalling Sandcastle, and Golden Crocodile Douluo asked him to use it so he could test its effects.

• Mu Tian'en began absorbing the Sinking Sand Water Turtle's Soul Ring, while his Black Hole Whale Martial Soul briefly left his body and nearly caused him to suffocate.
• Mu Tian'en and the Black Hole Whale refined the Soul Ring's essence, expanding his Soul Power and producing ripples that disturbed the surrounding sand.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo noticed that Mu Tian'en's Soul Power cultivation method and Soul Ring seemed to work together as Mu Tian'en completed his refinement.
• Mu Tian'en opened his eyes, grew taller, and darkened the water around him with his breathing.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Mu Tian'en to use his First Soul Skill, Unfalling Sandcastle, on him.

Mu Tian'en explained his first Soul Skill, Gloomy Sea Raging Sand Sky-Spanning Domain, and showed Golden Crocodile Douluo the durable black water it produced. Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized its potential as a powerful group defense, and Mu Tian'en wanted to return to Spirit Hall for Soul Master certification, but his grandfather's intense interest held his attention.

• Mu Tian'en described how his Soul Skill expanded a personal body of water that weakened enemies and empowered him, while controlling currents and sand to attack.
• Mu Tian'en produced a drop of black water, and Golden Crocodile Douluo tested its unusual resistance to piercing and blunt force.
• Mu Tian'en explained that the black water would not disappear and could be gathered again through his black hole, prompting Golden Crocodile Douluo to recognize its value as stored armor for himself and his teammates.
• Mu Tian'en said absorbing the Ice Sea Cave Turtle's Soul Ring had raised his Soul Power past level thirteen and thought about returning to Spirit Hall for certification and sending his stipend to help villagers.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo fixed Mu Tian'en with a frighteningly bright gaze before he could ask to return to Spirit Hall.

Mu Tian'en tested his newly described Soul Skill against Golden Crocodile Douluo in the sea of sand. After the black-water whale trapped and struck Golden Crocodile Douluo, Mu Tian'en ran out of breath and fled to the surface, while Golden Crocodile Douluo collected some of the unusual black water.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Mu Tian'en to demonstrate his Soul Skill and promised to use no Soul Skills beyond Martial Soul Possession.
• Mu Tian'en indicated that he had enough breath for three attacks, then spread newly formed black water through the surrounding sand and stones.
• Mu Tian'en shaped the black current into a giant whale, and Golden Crocodile Douluo found its whirlpools absorbed the force of his attempts to break free.
• The water whale rammed Golden Crocodile Douluo and disrupted his breath before Mu Tian'en's whale burst apart and swept him away.
• Mu Tian'en rushed toward the surface as he ran out of breath, and Golden Crocodile Douluo followed after collecting a strand of the black water.

Mu Tian'en surfaced after enduring an icy plunge, while Old Xiu Nuo and Elder Ma Chengyuan accidentally endangered him during their search. Golden Crocodile Douluo rescued him, and Ma Chengyuan and Qing Xiunuo noticed the depth in Mu Tian'en's yellow Soul Ring.

• Mu Tian'en broke through the water's surface, but Old Xiu Nuo's leaking cold Qi froze him beneath the spreading ice.
• Old Xiu Nuo and Elder Ma Chengyuan searched the sea of sand for Mu Tian'en and Golden Crocodile Douluo, unaware that Mu Tian'en was nearby.
• Elder Ma Chengyuan sensed the danger and shattered the ice around Mu Tian'en while trying to reach him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo emerged from the water, rescued Mu Tian'en, and blasted apart a nearby ice platform after mistaking the others for threats.
• Mu Tian'en recovered, and Ma Chengyuan and Qing Xiunuo saw his Martial Soul Possession and noticed the unusual depth of his yellow Soul Ring.

Ma Chengyuan argued that Mu Tian'en’s strength should let him absorb a Soul Ring older than 400 years, while Golden Crocodile Douluo watched over the boy’s recovery. After Mu Tian'en absorbed the surrounding cold energy and reached level thirteen, Ma Chengyuan sought to confirm that the Sinking Sand Water Turtle had supplied his Soul Ring and learn about his Soul Skill.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Ma Chengyuan for allowing Mu Tian'en to absorb a 400-year Soul Ring, which he believed was the boy’s limit.
• Ma Chengyuan compared Mu Tian'en’s Martial Soul, Soul Power, and physique with Golden Crocodile Douluo’s at the same age and estimated that Mu Tian'en could absorb a Soul Ring of at least 600 years.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned whether Ma Chengyuan’s research had involved forced experiments, and Ma Chengyuan said he had relied on records and interviews with Soul Masters.
• Bishop Xiunuo found that Mu Tian'en had suffered no injury from the cold, and Mu Tian'en swallowed the remaining cold energy around him.
• Mu Tian'en broke through his Soul Power bottleneck and reached level thirteen, while Ma Chengyuan asked Golden Crocodile Douluo whether the Sinking Sand Water Turtle had been the Soul Ring source and prepared to investigate the resulting Soul Skill.

Mu Tian'en’s Soul Skill prompted Golden Crocodile Douluo to order Spirit Hall to keep the discovery secret and strengthen its presence in Vast Sea City. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong visited Qian Daoliu with a report suggesting Tang Hao had left a trace, as Qian Daoliu suspected she was responsible for his son’s death.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that Mu Tian'en’s Sinking Sand Water Turtle Soul Ring had yielded a different Soul Skill because Mu Tian'en’s Martial Soul was a whale, and reassured Ma Chengyuan that the skill was powerful.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Qing Xiunuo to keep the events secret and said Jin Huang would suppress the factions while Spirit Hall prepared to station Soul Masters in Vast Sea City.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo carried Mu Tian'en away, while Ma Chengyuan flew toward Vast Sea City and Qing Xiunuo summoned hunters from the sand sea and entered it in his Ice Sea Cave Turtle Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qian Daoliu returned to his study and confronted Bibi Dong, suspecting she had killed his son despite Tang Hao being blamed.
• Bibi Dong pointed to an intelligence report and told Qian Daoliu that Tang Hao seemed to have left a trace.

Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong clashed over the search for a hidden junior, and Qian Daoliu destroyed the intelligence after reading it. He then helped Qian Renxue prepare for her upcoming mission to the Heaven Dou Empire, while worrying that the Nation-Stealing Plan would hinder her cultivation.

• Bibi Dong left Qian Daoliu's study after their tense exchange, and Qian Daoliu read the report and destroyed it after seeing Tang Hao's name.
• Qian Renxue arrived looking for Bibi Dong, but found Qian Daoliu praying before the Angel God statue.
• Qian Daoliu had Qian Renxue pray with him and used his cultivation to strengthen her foundation and repair flaws in her Soul Power cultivation.
• Qian Daoliu worried that Qian Renxue's duties in the Heaven Dou Empire would slow her cultivation and blamed Bibi Dong's Nation-Stealing Plan.
• Qian Daoliu warned that Golden Crocodile Douluo would test Qian Renxue's Soul Power circulation when he returned, and Qian Renxue asked when he would be back.

Golden Crocodile Douluo left Vast Sea City for Spirit City with Mu Tian'en, while Jin Huang stayed behind to cultivate. As the convoy departed, Xiunuo remained in Vast Sea City to help Suolong handle the main hall’s affairs and consider the city lord’s invitation.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Xiunuo to finish arranging affairs in Vast Sea City before taking up his appointment at Spirit Hall headquarters, then ordered the convoy to depart.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo let Jin Huang stay in Vast Sea City to cultivate and told him to return home after consolidating his insights.
• Mu Tian'en said goodbye to Xiunuo and asked Yan Bohan to collect his stipends and deliver them to Beita.
• Yan Bohan agreed to Mu Tian'en’s requests and resolved to help strengthen Anlan Village’s defenses.
• After the convoy left, Suolong complained that Xiunuo had stayed to watch him handle the main hall, while Xiunuo helped with the workload and discussed sharing the city lord’s invitation.

Mu Tian'en left Vast Sea City with Golden Crocodile Douluo, who intended to mold him into a powerful pillar of Spirit Hall. News of Golden Crocodile Douluo’s journey reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi learned that Spirit Hall might have secured a child who could shape its future.

• Mu Tian'en watched Vast Sea City disappear as Golden Crocodile Douluo took him away and resolved to train him into Spirit Hall’s strongest weapon.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo reflected on Spirit Hall’s future, Qian Renxue’s ambitions, and a hostile woman with Twin Martial Souls before affectionately telling Mu Tian'en he would suffer.
• Ning Fengzhi worried about Emperor Xue Ye’s request that he teach the princes and about the princes’ behavior toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that Golden Crocodile Douluo had reappeared and traveled to Vast Sea City, prompting Ning Fengzhi to consider halting some dealings with Spirit Hall.
• Sword Douluo revealed that Golden Crocodile Douluo had collected a child who might secure Spirit Hall’s future for a century, and Ning Fengzhi read the intelligence letter in shock.

Ning Fengzhi learned that a child with Innate Full Soul Power and a top-tier Beast Martial Soul had been taken by Golden Crocodile Douluo, and he began planning how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could find and secure similar talent. The news also reached Yu Yuanzhen, who interpreted Golden Crocodile Douluo’s actions as a sign of weakness.

• Ning Fengzhi read the report about Mu Tian'en and regretted that Spirit Hall had claimed the genius before the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to focus on Vast Sea City and agreed to cooperate with Emperor Xue Ye to seek talent there.
• Ning Fengzhi insisted that Ning Rongrong must help revitalize the sect and considered arranging a suitable match for her, while Sword Douluo took Mu Tian'en’s report for reference.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect began withdrawing its intelligence network and concentrating on legitimate business.
• Yu Yuanzhen learned that Golden Crocodile Douluo had taken a child with a Black Hole Whale Martial Soul as his disciple and laughed, believing the old Douluo had lost his former boldness.