Chapter Summaries

Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao agreed to pledge their clans to Du Bai and Bibi Dong, and the clan leaders began swearing loyalty. Bai He received five million Gold Soul Coins, while the chapter ended after Yang Wudi made his oath.

• Titan urged Bai He to join Du Bai, and Yang Wudi and Niu Gao said they were willing to pledge allegiance.
• Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao formally declared that their clans would submit to Du Bai and swear loyalty to him and Bibi Dong.
• Du Bai welcomed the three clans and promised not to mistreat them, while clan members looked to him and Bibi Dong as their masters.
• Bai He swore upon his Sharp-tailed Swallow Martial Soul and received five million Gold Soul Coins from Du Bai.
• Yang Wudi swore upon his Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul, pledging his loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong.

Du Bai secured the loyalty of the Four Great Families as their leaders and members swore martial soul oaths and received Gold Soul Coins. The clans reunited and followed Du Bai and Bibi Dong back to the banquet hall, while Old Titan considered making the other leaders help pay for the damage to his estate.

• Niu Gao swore loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong, then accepted five million Gold Soul Coins for the Defense Clan.
• Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao led their clansmen in swearing loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong.
• The Four Great Families gathered to salute Du Bai and Bibi Dong, and Du Bai accepted their greetings.
• Old Titan, Bai He, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi celebrated their reunion and agreed to share a banquet.
• Du Bai took Xiao Dong Dong's hand and returned to the banquet hall with the clans, while Old Titan ordered servants to repair his damaged estate and planned to make the other leaders pay.

Du Bai attended a harmonious banquet with the Four Great Families, where Bai He asked about his background. Du Bai revealed that he was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, leaving the other three Clan Leaders alarmed as Titan prepared to explain why his Strength Clan had joined Du Bai.

• Du Bai and Bibi Dong resumed the banquet with the Four Great Families, and the guests shared food, wine, and stories.
• Tailong recounted how the Strength Clan first met Du Bai, making the guests laugh as Bai He scolded him.
• Bai He asked who backed Du Bai, and Du Bai revealed that Spirit Hall was his force, Qian Xunji was his master, and Bibi Dong was its Holy Maiden.
• Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao reacted angrily to Du Bai’s connection to Spirit Hall, while Titan and the Strength Clan remained calm.
• Titan urged the other Clan Leaders to sit down and promised to explain why his clan had joined Du Bai.

Old Titan explained Du Bai and Bibi Dong’s plans and their ties to Spirit Hall to the leaders and clansmen of the three great clans, winning their trust. The banquet was interrupted by news that Tang Xiao had arrived, and Old Titan proposed meeting him to settle the Four Great Families’ break with the Clear Sky Sect.

• Old Titan told the three great clans that Du Bai and Bibi Dong had formed their own force, explained their strained relationship with Spirit Hall, and described Du Bai’s role in the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set auction.
• Bai He confirmed that the Spirit Bone Set came from Du Bai, while Niu Gao praised Old Titan for helping Du Bai; Yang Wudi asked about the Clear Sky Sect’s loss of the set.
• The three Clan Leaders and their clansmen learned more about Du Bai and Bibi Dong and became convinced that joining Du Bai was the right choice.
• A Strength Clan clansman reported that Tang Xiao, Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, had arrived with a woman and was waiting outside to meet the four Clan Leaders.
• Niu Gao objected to seeing Tang Xiao, but Old Titan argued that they should meet him, demand an account of the past, and end their ties with the Clear Sky Sect.

The Four Great Families agreed to meet Tang Xiao and reject the Clear Sky Sect, while Du Bai chose to stay out of the meeting. Tang Xiao apologized to the clan leaders at the Strength Clan manor, but they refused to forgive him and told him to leave.

• Titan proposed meeting Tang Xiao, and Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He agreed to sever ties with the Clear Sky Sect.
• The four clan leaders asked Du Bai for his opinion, and he approved their plan while declining to meet Tang Xiao himself.
• Titan, Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao went to the manor gates, leaving Du Bai and Bibi Dong with the other clansmen in the banquet hall.
• Tang Xiao arrived with Tang Yuehua to try to win back the Four Great Families, but the manor's clansmen kept them outside.
• The four clan leaders confronted Tang Xiao, rejected his apology for the Clear Sky Sect's past treatment of them, and ordered him to leave.

Tang Xiao tried to persuade the Four Great Families to return to the Clear Sky Sect, but the clan leaders rejected his offers and demanded compensation for the sect’s past treatment of them. The meeting ended with the Clear Sky Sect unable to afford even the reduced sum Niu Gao proposed.

• Tang Xiao told Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Titan that the Clear Sky Sect had six Titled Douluo and urged them to return.
• Titan refused, and Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao accused Tang Xiao of wanting them to share the sect’s troubles after neglecting them before.
• Tang Yuehua stayed silent because she knew the Clear Sky Sect had wronged the Four Great Families and wanted to exploit them again.
• Tang Xiao admitted the sect could not pay five million Gold Soul Coins, prompting Niu Gao to mock its weakened state.
• Tang Xiao offered the four clan leaders associate elder positions, but Titan rejected the offer and told him to leave.
• Niu Gao said the families might consider returning for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, leaving Tang Xiao troubled because the Clear Sky Sect could not afford it.

Tang Xiao tried to persuade the Four Great Families to return to Clear Sky Sect, but the clan leaders rejected him and showed off the Gold Soul Coins they had gained with Du Bai’s help. The chapter ended with Tang Xiao still pleading for their support while the four leaders remained unwilling to return.

• Tang Xiao offered the Four Great Families a share of Clear Sky Sect’s connections and resources, but Niu Gao and Titan dismissed his offer and told him to leave.
• Niu Gao and Yang Wudi revealed their clans’ large Gold Soul Coin reserves, shocking Tang Xiao.
• Bai He displayed five million Gold Soul Coins, and Titan revealed an even larger reserve as all four clan leaders showed their wealth.
• Tang Xiao apologized for Clear Sky Sect’s past treatment of the families and promised they would be valued if they returned.
• Titan accepted Tang Xiao’s apology but declared that the Four Great Families had no ties to Clear Sky Sect and would not return.
• Tang Xiao pleaded again for the four clan leaders to help Clear Sky Sect, but they remained unimpressed.

Tang Xiao failed to persuade the four clan leaders to rejoin Clear Sky Sect, and their confrontation escalated into a clash of cultivation pressure. He left them with a threat as his Titled Douluo aura reached its peak.

• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Tai Tan rejected Tang Xiao's appeal, citing Clear Sky Sect's past abandonment and Du Bai's generous support.
• Tang Xiao released his Titled Douluo pressure and demanded to know whether the four families would truly refuse to rejoin Clear Sky Sect.
• Tai Tan and the other clan leaders stood their ground, denying any duty to Clear Sky Sect and rejecting Tang Xiao's accusation that they had colluded with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao's aura surged as he warned the four clan leaders, leaving them under immense pressure.

Tang Xiao severed the Clear Sky Sect’s ties with the Four Great Families after they rejected his offer to return, then left Heaven Dou City with Tang Yuehua. He admitted the sect was beset by internal and external crises, but her comfort helped him regain his resolve.

• Tang Xiao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and smashed the Strength Clan’s wall, plaque, and entrance guardians, warning the Four Great Families not to associate with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao declared that the Clear Sky Sect had cut all ties with the Four Great Families and left with Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Xiao reflected on the Clear Sky Sect’s troubles, including Spirit Hall’s threat, conflicts with other powers, and factional struggles within the sect.
• Tang Yuehua comforted Tang Xiao as he lamented the sect’s decline and his failure to restore its former glory.
• Tang Xiao accepted Tang Yuehua’s encouragement and resolved that things would get better.

Tang Xiao urged Tang Yuehua to return to the Clear Sky Sect and gave her a jade pendant that secretly allowed him to track her. Tang Yuehua planned to visit Du Bai before returning to Moonlight Pavilion, while Tang Xiao headed back to the sect to discuss its future plans.

• Tang Xiao invited Tang Yuehua back to the Clear Sky Sect, but she said she needed to settle Moonlight Pavilion's affairs first and privately hoped to visit Du Bai.
• Tang Xiao gave Tang Yuehua a jade pendant that could protect her from powerful attacks, while secretly tampering with it so he could track her location.
• Tang Yuehua accepted the pendant without suspicion, promised to reunite with Tang Xiao, and left to return to Moonlight Pavilion after learning Du Bai was away.
• Tang Xiao tracked the pendant and continued toward the Clear Sky Sect, intending to discuss the sect's plans after failing to recruit the Four Great Families.
• At the Strength Clan residence, the guards and four elders recovered from Tang Xiao's hammer strike.

Tang Xiao failed to persuade the Four Great Families to submit to the Clear Sky Sect, destroyed part of Titan’s residence, and left with Tang Yuehua. The four Clan Leaders returned to Du Bai and confirmed their break with the sect, strengthening their loyalty to him.

• After Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua left, Titan lamented the damage to his residence, while Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He promised to help pay for repairs.
• Titan ordered the guards to clear the debris, keep the incident secret, prepare building materials, and leave the entrance statues for him to remake.
• The four Clan Leaders returned to the banquet hall, where Du Bai asked what had happened.
• Titan explained that Tang Xiao had tried to recruit the Four Great Families, then smashed their courtyard walls after they refused and severed their ties with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Du Bai felt pleased that Tang Xiao’s actions had united the families more firmly behind him, while Bibi Dong found his reaction amusing.
• Niu Gao criticized Tang Xiao for treating the families like free labor and praised Du Bai for considering their interests.

Du Bai rewarded the Four Great Families with another million Gold Soul Coins and secured their goodwill as he prepared to discuss their future. The chapter ended with him about to take out the Mother-Child Teleportation Array.

• Niu Gao and the other Clan Leaders praised Du Bai and declared that the Four Great Families were willing to follow him.
• Du Bai promised not to mistreat the Four Great Families and gave them one million Gold Soul Coins to repair the Strength Clan's residence.
• Titan accepted the money and promised to carry out Du Bai's future tasks, while secretly planning to ask the other Clan Leaders for repair funds too.
• Taino thought about Xue Qinghe and planned to seek him out after the gathering.
• Du Bai announced that he had an important matter to discuss about the Four Great Families' future and prepared to take out the Mother-Child Teleportation Array.

Du Bai revealed six Teleportation Arrays to the Four Great Families and explained their ability to teleport people and supplies. He proposed establishing an independent force and territory for the families, with the arrays connecting them to the outside world.

• Du Bai took out five subsidiary Teleportation Arrays and one primary Teleportation Array, prompting the clan leaders to ask what they were.
• Du Bai claimed the arrays came from a Soul Master from across the ocean and explained that they could teleport people and supplies despite their small size.
• Niu Gao questioned how the arrays could transport people, and Du Bai said they grew as large as houses when activated.
• Titan asked what Du Bai planned to do with the arrays, and Du Bai said he would establish an independent force and territory for the Four Great Families.
• Du Bai proposed using the Teleportation Arrays to connect the new territory with the outside world and transport supplies.

Du Bai and the Four Great Families agreed to establish a neutral faction territory and organized the work needed to prepare for it. They left the site undecided, pending a scout of Dream Treasure Cave, while the families began securing supplies and a Teleportation Array.

• Du Bai presented his plan for a territory independent of the two empires and Spirit Hall, and Titan proposed how the Four Great Families could contribute.
• Du Bai explained the Teleportation Arrays’ limitations and said he wanted Bai He to scout the area around Dream Treasure Cave once he learned its location from Romor.
• The families agreed to install a subsidiary Teleportation Array in a hidden chamber at the Strength Clan and place the main array in their future territory.
• Du Bai, Bibi Dong, Cat Girl Xiao Hui, and Luo Haiyun left for Clear Wind Manor, guided by Taizheng.
• Niu Gao and Titan began looking for a site for the hidden chamber and repairing the Strength Clan’s damage, while Yang Wudi and Bai He organized their families to find and buy supplies.
• Yang Wudi considered asking Du Bai about the aura of Immortal Products he had detected but decided not to ask.

Du Bai tortured Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis to break their defenses and make them reveal Dream Treasure Cave’s location, while also choosing three Soul Master chefs for Clear Wind Manor. The chapter ended when Bao Danai challenged the competition results and traded insults with first-place chef Duanmu Ge.

• Du Bai began tormenting Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis, planning to pressure them into revealing Dream Treasure Cave’s location.
• Du Bai held a cooking competition for forty-three Soul Master chefs and selected Duanmu Ge, Bao Danai, and Liu Shu as the top three.
• Du Bai privately dubbed the three chefs the Three Strange Chefs of Clear Wind.
• Bao Danai complained that Duanmu Ge had unfairly won first class and insulted his cooking.
• Duanmu Ge called Bao Danai a fat pig and retorted that Bao Danai’s food was trash.

Du Bai ended the dispute between Duanmu Ge and Chef Bao by using his Soul Douluo pressure and explaining why he ranked Duanmu Ge as the first-class chef. After Chef Bao accepted that Du Bai would reconsider his ranking if his cooking improved, Du Bai asked the three chefs why they had entered the competition and wanted to work at Clear Wind Manor.

• Duanmu Ge and Chef Bao traded insults until Du Bai silenced them with his Soul Douluo cultivation pressure, which also affected Liu Shu.
• Du Bai explained that Duanmu Ge's Fire martial soul, greater growth potential, and higher cultivation made him a first-class chef, while Bao Danai was second-class.
• Chef Bao argued that his cooking matched Duanmu Ge's despite his lower cultivation, so he should receive the first-class ranking.
• Du Bai agreed to reevaluate Chef Bao if his cultivation and cooking improved, and Chef Bao stopped arguing.
• Du Bai asked Duanmu Ge, Chef Bao, and Liu Shu why they had entered the cooking competition and wanted to become chefs at Clear Wind Manor.

Du Bai asked the three chefs why they had joined Clear Wind Manor, and Duanmu Ge explained that his Fire martial soul consumed his body's energy, leaving him constantly hungry and impoverished. Du Bai offered to solve the problem with resources if Duanmu Ge submitted to him, and promised him one million Gold Soul Coins.

• Liu Shu said he had joined the cooking competition for a well-paid job and protection, and Du Bai hired him as a manor cook.
• Duanmu Ge told Du Bai he needed thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins and planned to leave after saving enough, partly so he could seek a way to address his martial soul's flaw.
• Duanmu Ge explained that his Fire martial soul burned his body's energy, making him extremely hungry, skinny, and poor despite his fame as a chef.
• Chef Bao realized that Duanmu Ge's enormous appetite explained his thin appearance and where his earnings had gone.
• Du Bai said suitable resources could address Duanmu Ge's problem and offered him one million Gold Soul Coins if he submitted to him.

Du Bai offered Duanmu Ge one million Gold Soul Coins to swear loyalty to him and his wife, while Duanmu Ge considered the oath. Du Bai then rejected Chef Bao’s proposal to use the Five Hundred Year Brine and offered to buy Fulai Restaurant, prompting Chef Bao to ask why Du Bai wanted them as subordinates.

• Du Bai poured out one million Gold Soul Coins and offered them to Duanmu Ge in exchange for an oath of loyalty to him and his wife.
• Duanmu Ge was tempted by the money but asked for time to consider swearing upon his martial soul.
• Chef Bao explained that he wanted the Five Hundred Year Brine and proposed cooperating with Du Bai through Fulai Restaurant.
• Du Bai refused to share the Five Hundred Year Brine and said he could buy Fulai Restaurant to make Chef Bao his subordinate.
• Chef Bao asked Du Bai why he wanted him to join, and Duanmu Ge and Liu Shu also looked to Du Bai for an answer.

Du Bai pressured Chef Bao, Duanmu Ge, and Liu Shu to join him, then explained that he wanted to build his own force and offered them generous salaries and cultivation resources. The three chefs considered accepting his offer, though they had not yet formally agreed.

• Du Bai demanded that the three chefs swear loyalty to him if they wanted to learn why he had recruited them, and threatened them with death if they refused.
• Chef Bao tried to leave by offering his hair as the body part Du Bai had demanded, but Du Bai saw through the ploy and increased the pressure on him.
• Du Bai told the chefs he wanted to establish his own force and promised to provide resources while leaving them their freedom.
• Du Bai offered Duanmu Ge one million Gold Soul Coins a year, Chef Bao five hundred thousand, and Liu Shu two hundred thousand, and insisted that they join him.
• Duanmu Ge and Liu Shu considered the offer a chance for stability and cultivation, while Chef Bao was tempted by the salary.

Duanmu Ge accepted Du Bai and Bibi Dong as his masters and swore a martial soul oath in exchange for a million Gold Soul Coins. After seeing Du Bai keep his promise, Liu Shu offered to submit as well.

• Chef Bao asked Du Bai to swear a martial soul oath too, but Du Bai refused and assured him he had no reason to deceive them.
• Duanmu Ge agreed to serve Du Bai and Bibi Dong, then asked for their names so he could swear his oath.
• Duanmu Ge released his ordinary Fire martial soul, and Du Bai considered but dismissed the idea of giving him the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Duanmu Ge swore loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong, then accepted one million Gold Soul Coins and agreed to follow the residence's rules.
• After watching Du Bai pay Duanmu Ge, Liu Shu offered to submit and swear a martial soul oath.