Chapter Summaries

Qin Fang consolidated his strength, spent time with Tang Ya, Wei Na, and Qin Ling'er, and traveled with the Body Sect to Mingdu for the Soul Duel Tournament. After encountering Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect, he provoked them and killed one of the Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Qin Fang suppressed his strength to Rank 62, then became lovers with Tang Ya and left her a piece of Gold of Life before departing.
• Qin Fang spent the night with Wei Na and Qin Ling'er, and the Body Sect set out for the Sun Moon Empire with seven days remaining until the tournament.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong became lovers at Shrek Academy’s Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking, and the Tang Sect later traveled toward Mingdu.
• Jing Hongchen assured the Sun Moon Empire’s Old Emperor that their tournament team would win the championship.
• Qin Fang and the Body Sect arrived in Mingdu and encountered Huo Yuhao’s group, then Qin Fang mocked them and challenged the Ice Empress to join his Martial Soul.
• Two Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints attacked Qin Fang, but he shattered their Clear Sky Hammers, incapacitated them, and killed one.

Qin Fang mocked Xuanzi and Da Ming after killing two Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints, while Du Busi shielded him from their attacks. Da Ming arrived to kill Qin Fang, who provoked him as Meng Hongchen and the others rushed to the scene; the chapter ended with an author’s apology about a duplicated update and a subscription refund.

• Du Busi stopped Xuanzi’s attack on Qin Fang and revealed that he had become a Limit Douluo.
• Qin Fang killed two Soul Saints from Haotian Fort and taunted Xuanzi, Tang Wutong, and the Tang Sect.
• Da Ming appeared and wounded Du Busi while stepping toward Qin Fang.
• Meng Hongchen and the members of Genius Class One rushed to the outskirts of Mingdu and saw Qin Fang under Da Ming’s pressure.
• Qin Fang insulted Da Ming and his family, enraging him as the Sky Azure Bull Python’s phantom appeared.
• The author apologized for posting Chapter 161 twice and said the duplicate would be deleted with subscriptions refunded.

Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui used their newly completed Semi-Divine armors to protect Qin Fang and confront the Sky Azure Bull Python, then began facing a massive tribulation. As they fought the thunder, the Sky Azure Bull Python attacked Qin Fang, whose gray eyes and forehead eye awakened under Electrolux’s guidance.

• Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui blocked the Sky Azure Bull Python’s attack with their powerful armors and warned him against harming Qin Fang.
• Kong Deming, Du Busi, the Sun Moon Old Emperor, and others reacted to the armors’ power, while Electrolux praised them as Semi-Divine Artifacts.
• Long Xiaoyao warned Ye Xishui that her tribulation was beginning as enormous black clouds gathered over Mingdu.
• Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui charged into the black dragon-shaped Thunder Tribulation with their armors as observers across the continent sensed the danger.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python seized his chance and attacked Qin Fang, but Qin Fang’s forehead eye and gray pupils awakened as Electrolux told him to comprehend their Soul Skills.

The Ice Dragon King killed the Sky Azure Bull Python, shocking the God Realm and the soul beasts of Douluo Continent. Da Ming survived by reforming in the God Realm, while Tang San learned that Qin Fang carried a powerful hidden soul and resolved to kill him himself.

• The Ice Dragon King froze the Sky Azure Bull Python to death, then returned to the Undead Plane as the God Realm sensed his revival and reinforced the Golden Dragon King's seal.
• Di Tian sensed the Ice Dragon King's aura, the Silver Dragon King's small world trembled, and soul beasts across Douluo Continent submitted to the bloodline pressure.
• The God of Destruction offered Qin Fang his god position, but the Green Lotus Emperor rejected the offer; the God of Destruction then suspected Qin Fang's hidden divine will had helped revive the Ice Dragon King.
• Da Ming re-formed from blue-gold light in the God Realm, where Xiao Wu embraced Tang San in relief and Da Ming explained that a god-level soul within Qin Fang had drawn out the Ice Dragon King's aura.
• Tang San decided he would have to kill Qin Fang personally, while witnesses in Mingdu realized Qin Fang's hidden power had instantly erased Da Ming's attacking form.

Qin Fang returned after overpowering the Tang Sect and survived a battle that left him drained, while Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao completed their tenth-level soul tool. He went to meet them afterward and introduced Electrolux as his third teacher.

• Qin Fang’s gray Soul Skill fused and enhanced his powers, but Electrolux warned that gods had targeted them.
• A second and third Thunder Tribulation refined the Dragon Phoenix Arm Armor, and Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao drove Taotie Douluo to flee while sparing Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao for Qin Fang.
• Qin Fang returned to Mingde Hall with the Body Sect members, while the Sky Armor Sect withdrew and the Tang Sect members lamented their defeat.
• Jing Hongchen welcomed Qin Fang back and arranged for Xiao Hongchen to show the Body Sect members around Mingde Hall.
• Qin Fang visited Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao in their underground laboratory and introduced Electrolux as his third teacher.

Electrolux explained three methods of becoming gods to Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, then taught Ye Xishui how to turn her Death God Tower into a divine artifact. Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Du Busi joined Qin Fang’s fight against Tang San, leaving Electrolux’s alliance stronger.

• Electrolux warned Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao that learning his methods required joining him and Qin Fang against the gods of the Divine Realm, and Qin Fang confirmed that Tang San was their enemy.
• Electrolux described inheriting a God Position, gathering faith, and forging a divine artifact as three paths to godhood.
• Electrolux taught Ye Xishui how to elevate her Death God Tower by condensing supreme resentment, and Ye Xishui decided to pursue the method with Long Xiaoyao’s support.
• Electrolux exposed Du Busi, who had secretly listened, and Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao made him pledge to help Qin Fang kill Tang San if he became a god.
• Du Busi signed an Equality Contract with Electrolux, expanding Qin Fang’s alliance.

Qin Fang forged God-level Metal for Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, then learned that Mingde Hall had created the Tenth Level Soul Tool Wrath of Heaven. Jing Hongchen asked him to seek advice from his teachers about the missing step to reach the true tenth level, and Qin Fang agreed before joining him for a banquet.

• Electrolux told Du Busi to accumulate more Soul Power before pursuing godhood, while Qin Fang agreed to forge God-level Metal for Ye Xishui.
• Qin Fang forged nine pieces of God-level Metal while enduring Thunder Tribulation, then gave them to Ye Xishui to research Dragon Phoenix Armor.
• Qin Fang returned to Mingde Hall and learned that Kong Deming had executed Xuan Ziwen.
• Jing Hongchen showed Qin Fang Wrath of Heaven, a massive Soul Tool that used a God-level Metal core and stacked Rank 9 Runes to deliver a Limit Douluo's full-force strike nine times daily.
• Jing Hongchen asked Qin Fang to consult Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao about how to achieve the tenth level, and Qin Fang promised to ask them and provide more God-level Metal within half a year.
• Qin Fang confirmed Mingde Hall's real Mecha remained safe after hearing Jing Hongchen explain the Mecha research incident, then went with him to drink.

Qin Fang negotiated an exchange between the Body Sect and Mingde Hall, while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared for war and the other teams worried about facing Qin Fang. The chapter ended with Ji Juechen challenging Qin Fang.

• Long Xiaoyao asked Zhong Liwu when the Sun Moon Empire would go to war, and Zhong Liwu said it would wait for the Old Emperor to die, likely within three years.
• Dai Huabin took charge of the shaken Shrek Academy team and assigned its members their duties.
• Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Wutong discussed confronting Qin Fang, but they could not agree on a safe plan.
• The Old Emperor asked Kong Deming whether to make the Holy Spirit Cult the state religion, and Kong Deming warned that the cult's Limit Douluo were too dangerous to trust.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that she controlled the Imperial Guards, and Xu Tianran offered to make her Regent Consort.
• Qin Fang arranged a Body Sect and Mingde Hall exchange in return for a piece of God-level Metal, then accepted Ji Juechen's challenge.

Qin Fang defeated Ji Juechen’s sword technique and offered to improve his Black Sword, leaving Ji Juechen to consider two paths for its future. Later, Vina and Qin Ling'er accepted Meng Hongchen as Qin Fang’s third partner, and the four spent several days together.

• Ji Juechen unleashed his Sword Domain and attacked Qin Fang, who shattered his sword technique with a punch that left him bleeding.
• Jing Ziyan helped Ji Juechen up, and Qin Fang teased them about marrying before offering to strengthen the Black Sword as a wedding gift.
• Qin Fang explained that the Black Sword’s material limited its powerful Sword Spirit and offered either to free the Spirit or eventually raise the sword to divine-weapon level.
• After Ji Juechen entered an epiphany, Jing Ziyan relayed Qin Fang’s advice to put his feelings for her into his sword.
• Vina and Qin Ling'er accepted Meng Hongchen as Qin Fang’s third partner, and the four spent five days together before Qin Fang escaped their embrace.

Qin Fang visited Sea Tide Village, then learned of the Tang Sect’s tournament plans and proposed bombing Shrek City to gather wronged souls for the Death God Tower. The chapter ended with him discovering that Shrek’s Demon Slaying Squad had been formed to target him.

• Qin Fang rewarded Lao Li with a 50,000-year-old Soul Bone, then flew to Sea Tide Village and spent several days helping the villagers and caring for the Old Village Chief.
• Qin Fang secretly used his Green Lotus Martial Soul to improve the Old Village Chief’s health before leaving Sea Tide Village.
• Huo Yuhao secured the Star Luo Empire’s interest in the Tang Sect’s level-four Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon, while the Tang Sect studied the tournament rules.
• Wei Na told Qin Fang that the Tang Sect was trying to sell its cannons to the Heaven Dou Empire, but Qin Fang dismissed the weapons as inferior to Mingde Hall’s research.
• Qin Fang proposed bombing Shrek City to obtain a massive number of wronged souls, offering to handle the Level 9 Soul Tool Cannon while Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao dealt with Shi Xing.
• Ye Xishui revealed that Taotie Douluo was gathering Shrek graduates for a Demon Slaying Squad, and Long Xiaoyao told Qin Fang that its target was Qin Fang himself.

Qin Fang learned that Shrek City’s forces would gather in three months and planned to use Ye Xishui’s Rank 10 Soul Tool Cannons against them. At the tournament’s opening, he confronted Regent Xu Tianran for holding Ju Zi’s hand, threatening to depose him and throwing the venue into turmoil.

• Ye Xishui said she could forge at most three Rank 10 Soul Tool Cannons, and Long Xiaoyao said Shrek City’s forces would gather in three months.
• Qin Fang and the Body Sect team drew attention as they arrived at the Advanced Soul Master Duel Tournament in Mingdu.
• Xu Tianran entered with Ju Zi, while Zhong Liwu represented the Holy Spirit Cult instead of Long Xiaoyao.
• Ju Zi announced the tournament’s opening, and Xu Tianran took her hand as Qin Fang watched with anger.
• Qin Fang released his Soul Spirits and threatened to replace Xu Tianran as Regent unless he let go of Ju Zi.
• The gathered factions reacted to Qin Fang’s challenge, while the Old Emperor and Kong Deming privately hoped he might kill Xu Tianran.

Qin Fang confronted Xu Tianran over Ju Zi, severed Xu Tianran’s hand, and took Ju Zi back to the Body Sect’s grounds. Xu Tianran returned to the palace, while Qin Fang prepared the Body Sect for possible retaliation and the Old Emperor accepted his Ginseng Pills.

• Xu Tianran grabbed Ju Zi and threatened Qin Fang, but Zhong Liwu warned Xu Tianran to release her and revealed that Xu Tianran was only a Rank 92 Titled Douluo.
• Qin Fang descended before Xu Tianran, cut off his right hand, and forced him to pick it up after the Ice Empress froze a Rank 9 Soul Engineer who attacked.
• Qin Fang invited Ju Zi to leave with him, and she took his hand as they returned to the Body Sect’s competition grounds.
• Qin Fang told Du Busi to split the Body Sect into small groups and hide them in strongholds across major cities in case Xu Tianran retaliated.
• The Old Emperor accepted a hundred Ginseng Pills from Qin Fang while fearing the Holy Spirit Cult’s power.

The Sun Moon Empire’s Old Emperor ordered the competition to continue after Xu Tianran’s outburst, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy began its elimination match against the Auspicious Kirin Sect. Meng Hongchen overwhelmed the sect’s first fighter, while Xiao Hongchen’s attack shattered their team’s Kirin Phantom and threatened the remaining competitors.

• The Old Emperor recovered after taking the Ginseng Pill and ordered medicine for Xu Tianran, who raged through the Eastern Palace over Ju Zi’s departure.
• Wei Na and Qin Ling'er welcomed Ju Zi as their fourth sister and privately told her about Qin Fang.
• Meng Hongchen faced Le Tian, revealed her seven Soul Rings and dragon Martial Soul, and defeated him with her Ice Dragon's Poison.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged the entire Auspicious Kirin Sect, prompting its six remaining fighters to summon a Kirin Phantom with their Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Hongchen activated his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed hundreds of Soul Tools, shattering the Kirin Phantom and sending his attack toward the sect’s fighters.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Tang Sect advanced in the Elimination Tournament as Qin Fang watched the competing teams. The Body Sect then revealed a Crystal Hedgehog soul spirit, and Qin Fang began introducing it to the astonished spectators.

• Jing Hongchen blocked Xiao Hongchen's attack with a ninth-class Invincible Shield, and the Auspicious Kirin Sect conceded its match to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao defeated Nan Qiuqiu and helped the Tang Sect advance past Earth Dragon Gate, despite her uncanny ability to anticipate his moves.
• A Holy Spirit Cult contestant brutally defeated an opponent, frightening the other sects and academies.
• Qin Fang told Long Aotian that the Body Sect needed no tactics and declined to compete himself.
• Long Aotian summoned a sixty-thousand-year Crystal Hedgehog soul spirit, which defeated a Snow Spirit Sect contestant with a ten-thousand-year soul skill.
• Qin Fang introduced himself to the crowd and prepared to explain the creature beside Long Aotian.

Qin Fang revealed Soul Spirits’ capabilities and joined Mingde Hall’s soul-engineering competition after learning the champion’s prize was an engraving knife. He finished a peak fourth-level soul tool in eight minutes, leaving Jing Hongchen stunned by its power.

• Qin Fang explained that Soul Spirits could be studied by watching the Body Sect’s matches, while Long Aotian relied on his Soul Spirits to defeat the Snow Spirit Sect.
• Meng Hongchen told Qin Fang about Mingde Hall’s forging competition, and he agreed to enter with Qin Ling’er, Wei Na, Ju Zi, and the others.
• Huo Yuhao disguised himself and entered the competition to win rare metals and funds for the Tang Sect.
• Jing Hongchen announced that contestants had to forge a fourth-level soul tool within one and a half hours, with scores accumulating across rounds.
• Qin Fang used the Snow Empress to refine Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and rapidly forged a peak fourth-level laser firearm.
• Jing Hongchen examined Qin Fang’s completed weapon and realized its power rivaled a peak sixth-level soul tool.

Qin Fang stunned the Soul Engineers by demonstrating the overwhelming power of his Extreme Ice Rifle, then forged God-level Extreme Ice Divine Crystal and began making the Absolute Zero Blade. Huo Yuhao suspected that Qin Fang was the true source of God-level Metal and was left feeling defeated.

• The Ice Empress reacted furiously to the Snow Empress's unfamiliar aura, while Huo Yuhao urged her to wait and watch.
• Qin Fang revealed that his Extreme Ice Rifle needed no Soul Power, and Jing Hongchen tested it to find it dealt 52,000 damage.
• Qin Fang fired the rifle using the Snow Empress Martial Soul and absolute zero, raising its damage to 100,000 and earning a score of 150 from Jing Hongchen.
• Qin Fang forged God-level Extreme Ice Divine Crystal, and Huo Yuhao wondered whether Qin Fang had been the real source of God-level Metal all along.
• Qin Fang inscribed stacked patterns into the metal to forge the growth-type close-combat Soul Tool Absolute Zero Blade, which formed a pale-blue illusory figure.

Qin Fang helped Body Sect qualify for the top eight and revealed that he had arranged for Xu Tianran to destroy its old headquarters. He urged Du Busi to relocate Body Sect to Mingdu and proposed Soul Spirit Hall as a way to preserve the sect for ten thousand years.

• Qin Fang refused to sell the Absolute Zero Blade, explaining that it could be upgraded, and he and the others celebrated after their forging tests.
• Huo Yuhao lost his bet after finishing thirteenth in the Soul Engineer Tournament, then watched the competition advance to the top eight.
• The draw paired Body Sect with Sky Dragon Gate, Holy Spirit Cult with Shrek Academy, Tang Sect with Star Luo National Academy, and the two Sun Moon Empire academies against each other.
• Qin Fang told Long Aotian to face Sky Dragon Gate first and promised to step in if needed.
• Du Busi learned that Xu Tianran had destroyed Body Sect's headquarters, and Qin Fang revealed that he had enslaved Xu Tianran and ordered the attack.
• Qin Fang argued that Body Sect should settle in Mingdu and proposed Soul Spirit Hall as the key to its long-term survival.

Qin Fang proposed founding the Soul Spirit Hall and bringing the Body Sect and a purged Holy Spirit Cult into it, then began designing an innovative soul tool for the competition. He left the contest to work with Jing Hongchen on a secret project while the Body Sect competed without him.

• Qin Fang persuaded Du Busi to make the Body Sect a Soul Spirit Hall branch with a high degree of autonomy and promised it equal status with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao wagered the Tang Sect's three million Gold Soul Coins on winning the final soul engineer competition, whose challenge required an innovative creation.
• Qin Fang recognized Huo Yuhao at the competition but withdrew his killing intent after Tang Wutong relayed Tang San's warning.
• Qin Fang completed a blueprint for a novel soul tool and explained its key components to Jing Hongchen, who urged him to develop it in secret at Mingde Hall.
• Qin Fang and Jing Hongchen worked without rest on the soul tool, leaving Qin Fang absent when the Body Sect fought Sky Dragon Gate and Long Aotian sought him.

Long Aotian defeated Yu Tianlong in a brutal elimination match, revealing that he also wielded a seventh-grade Soul Tool. The Body Sect celebrated its victory as the other teams reeled from the revelation.

• Du Busi urged Long Aotian to stop comparing himself with Qin Fang, and Long Aotian entered the arena with the calm of unity between man and nature.
• Yu Tianlong answered the Body Sect's choice of Long Aotian, and the two Soul Saints began their match with powerful attacks.
• Long Aotian and Yu Tianlong unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and fought at close range until both were badly injured.
• Yu Tianlong used an Invincible Shield and lightning attack, so Long Aotian revealed his own shield and a hidden seventh-grade Soul Tool.
• Yu Tianlong conceded before Long Aotian's red beam could strike, and the referee declared the Body Sect the winner.

The quarterfinals ended with the Body Sect, Holy Spirit Cult, Tang Sect, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy advancing. With three semifinalists bearing a deadly grudge against the Tang Sect, its seven members gathered at Mingyue Hotel to discuss what to do.

• Long Aotian withdrew after the Body Sect defeated Sky Dragon Gate, and Wei Na used her Brain Domain Soul Tool to defeat six opponents in a row.
• The Body Sect won its team battle against Sky Dragon Gate and advanced to the semifinals.
• The Holy Spirit Cult defeated Shrek Academy, killing five of its members before Zhang Lexuan admitted defeat.
• The Tang Sect defeated Star Luo National Academy, while Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy conceded to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The Body Sect, Holy Spirit Cult, Tang Sect, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy advanced, leaving the Tang Sect surrounded by enemies.
• The Tang Sect's seven members gathered at Mingyue Hotel to discuss countermeasures.