Chapter Summaries

Du Bai and Bibi Dong discussed Spirit Hall’s motives and the danger they believed it posed to them, while bidding for the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set continued. Spirit Hall withdrew at 1.1 billion Gold Soul Coins, leaving the two empires and their allied sects to compete.

• The Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set’s auction resumed, and the rival bidders drove its price up to 900 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Du Bai and Bibi Dong agreed that Spirit Hall might not truly intend to pass its legacy to them, and Du Bai speculated that Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu wanted Bibi Dong to bear talented heirs for the Qian Clan.
• Bibi Dong said she had proposed that she and Du Bai pretend to marry because she feared Spirit Hall’s intentions, and she and Du Bai affirmed their love for each other.
• The auction bidding reached 1.1 billion Gold Soul Coins, and Spirit Hall, represented by red private room 7878, withdrew.
• The bidders and spectators expected the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, backed by their allied sects, to continue competing for the Spirit Bone Set.

Dai Weisi withdrew from the bidding, leaving the Clear Sky Sect to win the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set for 1.5 billion Gold Soul Coins. Xue Qinghe suspected the sect had ulterior motives and decided to propose that it safeguard the set, setting up a plan that could spare the Heaven Dou Empire from the cost.

• Dai Weisi conceded that the Star Luo Empire could not match the bid and withdrew from the auction after Zhu Zhuyun and Uncle Huo comforted him.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders celebrated when red private room 1314 won the Spirit Bone Set for 1.5 billion Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang Yuehua thought about visiting Li Fu after the auction because she admired his poem, Quiet Night Thought.
• Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing sensed the Clear Sky Sect might act treacherously, while Xue Qinghe realized the Heaven Dou Empire would lose its money if it bought the set.
• Xue Qinghe decided to publicly suggest that the Clear Sky Sect safeguard the Spirit Bone Set.

Xue Qinghe’s bid of 1.5 billion Gold Soul Coins won the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set as the auction ended. The Clear Sky Sect’s elders discussed claiming the set, while Spirit Hall’s Douluo celebrated their attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and planned to meet Du Bai and Bibi Dong.

• Elder Zheng announced that Red Private Room 1314, occupied by Xue Qinghe, had won the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set for 1.5 billion Gold Soul Coins, and the auction house erupted in celebration.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder praised cooperation with Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing while preparing to claim the Spirit Bone Set; Prince Xue Xing welcomed closer ties with the sect.
• Tang Yuehua watched Du Bai’s black private room, hoping to meet Young Master Li Fu before their groups parted.
• Tailong asked Taino and Old Titan about paying respects to Du Bai, and they agreed to greet him from afar and invite him to their residence.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Porcupine Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo celebrated the damage done to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and agreed to meet Du Bai and Bibi Dong after the auction.

After the auction ended, Thousand-Faced Marquis disguised himself as a staff member and led Du Bai and Bibi Dong away, intending to lure them into Romor’s trap and steal their treasures. The pair followed him, unaware of the danger ahead.

• Golden Crocodile, Pufferfish, and Snake Lance agreed to approach Du Bai and Bibi Dong after the auction.
• Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis split up to carry out their plan, with Romor waiting in a prepared room and Thousand-Faced Marquis disguising himself as auction staff.
• The auction ended, and Du Bai and Bibi Dong prepared to pay for and collect their treasures.
• Thousand-Faced Marquis posed as Staff Member No. 2323 and escorted Du Bai and Bibi Dong from their private room.
• Du Bai and Bibi Dong followed Thousand-Faced Marquis, while he privately anticipated taking their treasures and making them suffer.

Thousand-Faced Marquis took Du Bai and Bibi Dong away, prompting Tang Yuehua, Tailong, and the auction house staff to search for them. President Zhuge Jin began reviewing surveillance footage, unaware that Thousand-Faced Marquis and Romor could conceal their location.

• Thousand-Faced Marquis took Du Bai and Bibi Dong away from the auction room.
• Tang Yuehua memorized their route, excused herself, and followed them.
• Tailong noticed Du Bai's empty private room and left to look for him and Bibi Dong.
• President Zhuge Jin sent stewards to search for the pair and began checking the auction house's surveillance feeds.
• Thousand-Faced Marquis led Du Bai and Bibi Dong to a special room.

Romor lured Du Bai and Bibi Dong into a private room at the Heaven Dou Auction House, where he attacked them with Divine Trap Powder. Both collapsed before they could summon their martial souls.

• Thousand-Faced Marquis led Du Bai and Bibi Dong to a private room and ushered them inside.
• Romor watched Bibi Dong with desire while pretending to handle the remaining auction procedures.
• Romor offered Du Bai a contract, then suddenly scattered Divine Trap Powder at him and Bibi Dong.
• Du Bai and Bibi Dong tried to summon their martial souls but quickly went limp and collapsed.

Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis prepared to rob and assault Du Bai and Bibi Dong after drugging them. Elsewhere, their companions searched for them, while an auction house steward concealed that the pair had been taken away.

• Romor revealed his disguise and taunted the incapacitated Du Bai and Bibi Dong as he waited for Thousand-Faced Marquis.
• Thousand-Faced Marquis arrived, and the two thieves agreed to target Du Bai and Bibi Dong before taking their valuables and escaping.
• Tang Yuehua and young patriarch Tailong searched for Du Bai but lost their way and continued looking separately.
• Patriarch Taino, Old Titan, Golden Crocodile, Pufferfish, and Snake Lance went to collect their auction purchases and planned to meet Du Bai and Bibi Dong.
• A senior black-robed steward learned that Du Bai and Bibi Dong had been taken away but concealed the news from the three Titled Douluo.

President Zhuge Jin searched for Du Bai and Bibi Dong while Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis prepared to assault them. Du Bai used a Calming Talisman to break free from the drug’s effects and unleashed his Soul Power at the two attackers.

• President Zhuge Jin ordered the deacon to keep looking for Du Bai and to tell the VIPs he and Bibi Dong might have left if they could not be found.
• Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis approached the helpless Bibi Dong and threatened to assault her in front of Du Bai.
• Bibi Dong cried in fear, while Du Bai silently vowed to punish the attackers and contacted his system.
• Du Bai used the Calming Talisman, which removed the drug’s effects and restored his consciousness and control of his body.
• Du Bai unleashed a massive wave of Soul Power at the unguarded Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis.

Du Bai attacked Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis after they tried to violate Bibi Dong, then maimed Romor with a Destruction Bullet. Romor fainted from the injury, while Du Bai considered making his punishment even more prolonged.

• Du Bai’s energy wave blasted Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis across the room, and Thousand-Faced Marquis realized Du Bai was a Soul Douluo.
• Romor tried to summon his martial soul and escape, but Du Bai appeared before him and fired a Destruction Bullet.
• The shot devastated Romor’s lower body, and his screams filled the room as Thousand-Faced Marquis feared for his own safety.
• Romor saw his injuries, realized his cultivation and ambitions were ruined, and fainted.
• Du Bai regretted ending Romor’s suffering too quickly and described a plan to repeatedly remove and reattach Romor’s so-called trophy.

Du Bai subdued Romor and confronted the terrified Thousand-Faced Marquis, who offered the location of their Dream Treasure Cave in exchange for his life. Du Bai refused to spare him for the treasures and prepared to punish him for attacking Bibi Dong.

• Du Bai threatened the unconscious Romor with repeated torture and turned toward the wounded Thousand-Faced Marquis.
• Thousand-Faced Marquis feared Du Bai, gave up resisting, and watched him approach.
• Du Bai checked that Bibi Dong was safe, then summoned his Fire Qilin AK-47 and activated his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Thousand-Faced Marquis recognized Du Bai as a Twin Martial Souls expert and begged for his life, offering the Dream Treasure Cave and its riches.
• Du Bai rejected the offer and decided that avenging Bibi Dong mattered more than the treasure.

Du Bai punished Thousand-Faced Marquis for attacking him and Bibi Dong, then comforted his unconscious wife and tried to wake her with a Calming Talisman. When Bibi Dong could not activate it, Du Bai went to search the villains for an antidote.

• Du Bai shot Thousand-Faced Marquis in all four limbs, leaving him screaming and bleeding on the floor.
• Du Bai comforted Bibi Dong, kissed her forehead, and confessed that he loved her while she remained unconscious but aware.
• Du Bai placed a Calming Talisman in Bibi Dong's hand and explained that it could remove negative conditions and had awakened him from the drug.
• Bibi Dong tried and failed to channel enough Soul Power to activate the talisman, so Du Bai went to search Thousand-Faced Marquis and Romor for an antidote.
• The commotion in Du Bai's room drew the attention of staff members at the auction house.

After Du Bai’s gunfire shook the auction house, staff, bidders, and several powerful guests headed toward the disturbance, while other contenders stayed focused on the Spirit Bone Set. President Zhuge Jin checked the surveillance and grew angry at what he saw.

• The auction house staff heard the explosions and rushed to investigate, fearing President Zhuge Jin would demand an explanation.
• Tang Yuehua and Tailong suspected the noise had come from Du Bai’s location and went to look, while Yu Chenglong followed Boss Zheng Banqiao’s advice to watch without getting involved.
• Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo left Golden Crocodile Douluo to handle their transaction and went to investigate the noise.
• Xue Qinghe, Prince Xue Xing, and the three Clear Sky Sect elders remained behind to secure the fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set.
• President Zhuge Jin switched through the surveillance screens and became angry when he saw two staff members chatting instead of working.

Zhuge Jin reviewed the auction house’s surveillance, disciplined negligent staff, and went to investigate the violent disturbance involving Du Bai and Bibi Dong. Tang Yuehua arrived to ask Du Bai about his poem, but he pointed out that the injured men and Bibi Dong made it a poor time for poetry.

• Zhuge Jin ordered two staff members punished and dismissed for slacking off, then told his subordinates to seal off the scene of the disturbance.
• Zhuge Jin saw Du Bai searching Romor’s clothes while Bibi Dong lay in a chair and ordered staff to prevent onlookers from crowding the area.
• Zhuge Jin headed to the scene to mediate, as auction house staff, important figures, and curious bidders gathered there.
• Tang Yuehua approached Du Bai and addressed him as Young Master Li Fu, asking for guidance about his poem, Quiet Night Thought.
• Du Bai agreed to speak with Tang Yuehua later and pointed to Romor to show that the current situation was not suitable.

Du Bai searched for an antidote after Romor and his companion drugged Bibi Dong, while Tang Yuehua used her Ruyi Ring domain to try to wake her. As Tang Yuehua worked, Tailong and the two Titled Douluo arrived, and the Douluo were angered by the scene.

• Tang Yuehua saw Romor's ruined condition, learned that Du Bai was searching for an antidote, and offered to help Bibi Dong without accepting payment.
• Du Bai told Tang Yuehua that Bibi Dong was his wife, and Tang Yuehua began using her Noble Ring domain to cleanse the effects of the Mysterious Drug.
• Bibi Dong heard Du Bai's words while faintly conscious and felt reassured by his declaration that she was his wife.
• Bidders and auction house staff gathered but kept their distance, while Tailong watched discreetly from the crowd.
• Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo arrived, saw the injured Soul Masters and unconscious Bibi Dong, and grew angry.

Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo arrived at the auction house and confronted its staff after learning that two men had drugged Bibi Dong and attacked Du Bai. As Tang Yuehua continued trying to help Bibi Dong, she realized that Du Bai, whom she knew as Young Master Li Fu, was a high-ranking member of Spirit Hall.

• Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo used their Titled Douluo pressure to subdue the auction house staff and the injured Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis.
• Du Bai privately told Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo what had happened and planned to keep the two attackers detained for his own purposes.
• Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo blamed the auction house for letting the attackers in and vowed to demand an explanation.
• Du Bai told the elders that Tang Yuehua, mistress of Moonlight Pavilion, was his friend and had tried to help the unconscious Bibi Dong.
• Tang Yuehua overheard enough to infer that Young Master Li Fu was from Spirit Hall and held a high position.

Tang Yuehua continued trying to treat Bibi Dong despite pressure from the Clear Sky Sect elders, but her domain could not dispel the drug. Provoked by Spirit Hall’s elders, the Clear Sky Sect elders confronted Du Bai and his allies, leaving the two sides’ auras locked in a tense standoff.

• Xue Qinghe, Prince Xue Xing, and three Clear Sky Sect elders arrived and saw Tang Yuehua treating Bibi Dong alongside Du Bai and Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo.
• The Second, Fifth, and Seventh Elders ordered Tang Yuehua to stop and return, but she made one final attempt to use her domain and failed to remove the drug’s effects.
• Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo openly taunted the Clear Sky Sect elders and insinuated that Du Bai and Tang Yuehua had a special relationship.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders released their auras and challenged Spirit Hall, prompting Du Bai, Porcupine Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo to respond.
• The two sides’ auras collided, forcing the watching crowd to retreat as the confrontation reached a boiling point.

Tang Yuehua failed to cleanse Bibi Dong’s negative condition and apologized to Du Bai, while tensions rose between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Yuehua left after telling the Clear Sky Sect elders she would explain her actions to the Sect Master, and Du Bai planned to try using the Aromatic Silk Beauty once he returned to Clear Wind Manor.

• Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo provoked the Clear Sky Sect elders, while the Second and Seventh Elders restrained the Fifth Elder from attacking.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived, intensifying the confrontation between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yuehua withdrew her domain, apologized to Du Bai for failing to help Bibi Dong, and received his thanks.
• Du Bai decided to wait until he returned to Clear Wind Manor before using the Aromatic Silk Beauty to try to awaken Bibi Dong.
• Tang Yuehua apologized to the Clear Sky Sect elders, promised to explain herself to the Sect Master, and left.
• The Second Elder urged Xue Qinghe to leave and discuss which force would safeguard the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set.

Xue Qinghe left with the Clear Sky Sect elders to discuss the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set, while Zhuge Jin arrived and faced Snake Lance Douluo’s intimidation. Zhuge Jin explained that Murong Feng had gone to assist the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, as Du Bai stayed beside Bibi Dong and thought about curing her Mysterious Drug state.

• Xue Qinghe agreed to leave with the Clear Sky Sect elders and Prince Xue Xing to discuss the spirit bones privately, intending to shift blame for their disappearance onto the sect.
• Zhuge Jin arrived, learned what had happened from a staff member, and greeted Du Bai, Golden Crocodile, Pufferfish, and Snake Lance.
• Snake Lance Douluo pressured Zhuge Jin with his Titled Douluo aura until Zhuge Jin lowered his gaze and submitted.
• Zhuge Jin told Snake Lance Douluo that Murong Feng had gone to support the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Du Bai stood protectively beside Bibi Dong and thought that the Aromatic Silk Beauty could cure her Mysterious Drug state, and Bibi Dong silently agreed.

Du Bai demanded greater compensation from the Heaven Dou Auction House after Bibi Dong was rendered unconscious, with three Titled Douluo backing him. The auction house faced his demand for five million Gold Soul Coins, the two thieves, and a satisfactory apology.

• Bibi Dong's waking consciousness weakened as she worried about falling asleep before reaching home with Du Bai.
• Snake Lance Douluo mocked President Zhuge Jin by asking after the former president, Ouyang Hongwen, and Zhuge Jin suppressed his anger.
• Zhuge Jin apologized for the auction house's mistake and offered one million Gold Soul Coins while promising to punish the two thieves.
• Snake Lance Douluo asked Du Bai whether the compensation was enough and assured him that the three Titled Douluo would prevent the auction house from cheating him.
• Du Bai rejected the offer and demanded five million Gold Soul Coins, the two thieves for him to deal with, and a satisfactory apology.
• Zheng Banqiao told Yu Chenglong that strength let people extort the weak, while Taino, Titan, and Tailong admired Du Bai's demand.

Yu Chenglong recognized Du Bai as the benefactor who had helped him in Sunset Forest, but hesitated to approach him because he felt unworthy and feared for his soul bone. Meanwhile, Du Bai pressured the auction house into accepting reduced compensation for its failure to protect Bibi Dong.

• Yu Chenglong matched the wounds on Thousand-Faced Marquis to those left on soul beasts in Sunset Forest and concluded that Du Bai was his benefactor.
• Yu Chenglong worried that Du Bai would look down on him or covet his head soul bone, and Zheng Banqiao remarked that he was too quiet.
• President Zhuge Jin asked Du Bai to lower the five million Gold Soul Coin compensation, prompting Golden Crocodile, Porcupine Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo to intimidate him.
• Snake Lance Douluo blamed the auction house for leaving Bibi Dong unconscious and warned that worse consequences would have followed if Du Bai and Bibi Dong had been harmed.
• Du Bai reduced the compensation to three million Gold Soul Coins, waived payment for three auctioned items, and kept his other demands; President Zhuge Jin agreed.