Chapter Summaries

Liu Shu swore loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong after explaining the unusual growth of his withered Willow Tree Martial Soul, and Du Bai paid him the promised Gold Soul Coins. Chef Bao then revealed his Pot Ladle Martial Soul and prepared to swear his oath.

• Liu Shu released his withered Willow Tree Martial Soul and explained that its three green branches gave him exceptional vitality and Soul Power.
• Du Bai encouraged Liu Shu, who promised to cultivate and improve his cooking for him.
• Liu Shu swore loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong, bowed to them, and received two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from Du Bai.
• Chef Bao released his Pot Ladle Martial Soul and explained that he could attach it to tools or weapons to strengthen them.
• Du Bai praised Chef Bao's ability as he prepared to swear his oath.

Du Bai brought the Three Strange Chefs of Clear Wind under his command and assigned them responsibilities at the manor. After handing Duanmu Ge the Five Hundred Year Brine, he left the chefs to prepare dinner and ended the meeting.

• Bao Danai swore loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong, accepted the promised five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and joined the other two chefs in greeting them as masters.
• Du Bai ordered the three chefs to settle in, learn the manor’s rules, and integrate with his network of forces, while postponing their questions about his backing.
• Chef Bao asked about Guard Miao, and Du Bai explained that Miao and his cook relative had apologized, resigned, and left; he would not interfere if the chefs sought them out.
• Liu Shu asked to use the Five Hundred Year Brine, and Du Bai entrusted it to Duanmu Ge for safekeeping and cooking.
• Du Bai told the chefs to make a good dinner and consult Steward Haiyun and Steward Hui for ingredients or funds.

Du Bai assigned the Three Strange Chefs of Clear Wind to work under Luo Haiyun and Cat Girl Xiao Hui, then told them to keep torturing Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis while he waited for his mission to end. After the stewards led the chefs away, Du Bai carried Bibi Dong toward her room, while distant servants and guards noticed them.

• Du Bai welcomed the Three Strange Chefs of Clear Wind to Clear Wind Manor and told them Luo Haiyun and Cat Girl Xiao Hui would oversee their settling in and explain the rules.
• Luo Haiyun reported that Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis wanted to reveal good news, but Du Bai ordered their torture to continue for a few more days.
• Bibi Dong reminded Luo Haiyun and Cat Girl Xiao Hui to keep cultivating and promised she and Du Bai would help them obtain new soul rings.
• Luo Haiyun and Cat Girl Xiao Hui took the three chefs away, leaving Du Bai and Bibi Dong alone in the hall.
• Du Bai lifted Bibi Dong into a princess carry and headed toward her room as servants and guards watched and discussed them.

Du Bai and Bibi Dong spent a peaceful day together at Clear Wind Manor, growing closer while respecting Bibi Dong’s boundaries. Over dinner and a moonlit conversation, they agreed to keep cultivating so they could build a future together and reach Titled Douluo.

• Du Bai carried Bibi Dong to bed, where they rested in each other’s arms and Bibi Dong appreciated that he respected her choice not to go further.
• Du Bai and Bibi Dong ate a lavish dinner prepared by the Three Strange Chefs of Clear Wind, including braised pork intestines and pig trotters made with Five Hundred Year Brine.
• Duanmu Ge told Du Bai and Bibi Dong that the braised dishes used meat from an eleven-year soul beast pig, and the chefs promised fifteen-year wild soul beast cow dishes for lunch the next day.
• Du Bai held Bibi Dong in a pavilion and confessed that he wanted to live freely with her, while Bibi Dong reminded him that they still had to cultivate and report back to Spirit Hall.
• Du Bai and Bibi Dong agreed to strengthen themselves and set reaching the rank of Titled Douluo as their first goal.

Du Bai checked his Shocking Gold Card mission progress and planned to establish a faction while cultivating. After meditating until dawn, he opened his Level 57 Soul King Gift Pack and received three Taunt Cards, then considered how to trick an enemy into using one.

• Du Bai and Bibi Dong spent the day together, but she refused his request to share a room because their closeness had kept them awake before.
• Du Bai checked the system and found he had 853 million Shock Points with three days, six hours, and eighteen minutes left on the Gold Card mission.
• Du Bai planned to establish a territory and faction, collect soul rings, deal with Spirit Hall, and cultivate while the soul master world was distracted by the Jade Phosphorus Dog Soul Bone.
• Du Bai meditated through the night and, before sleeping at dawn, opened his Level 57 Soul King Gift Pack.
• Du Bai received three Taunt Cards that drew nearby Soul Beasts and hostile soul masters toward their user, and he considered using one to deceive an enemy.

Du Bai enjoyed breakfast with Bibi Dong, then visited the imprisoned bandits Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis. The chapter left the bandits pleading with him for a chance to make amends.

• Du Bai put away his Taunt Cards and went to sleep, imagining ways to use them against enemies and Soul Beasts.
• The next morning, Du Bai and Bibi Dong shared Snow Ginseng Lotus Seed Lean Meat Porridge prepared by Clear Wind Manor's chefs.
• Bibi Dong took Luo Haiyun and Cat Girl Xiao Hui to cultivate and teach them about becoming Soul Masters.
• Du Bai went to the manor prison, where Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis panicked when they realized he was standing before them.
• Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis admitted their wrongdoing and begged Du Bai to let them make amends.

Du Bai interrogated Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis about the Dream Treasure Cave, promising to reduce their punishments if they cooperated. After leaving the prison, he strolled around Clear Wind Manor and noticed two bedraggled visitors entering through the gates.

• Romor and Thousand-Faced Marquis begged Du Bai to spare them and offered to reveal the Dream Treasure Cave’s location after enduring repeated torture.
• Du Bai refused to forgive the bandits for drugging him and Bibi Dong, but offered to reduce their punishment if they revealed the cave’s location and any useful information.
• Du Bai told the guards to reduce the bandits’ punishment for the day, then left the prison.
• Du Bai wandered through Clear Wind Manor, greeted by its guards and servants, and resolved to cultivate diligently to preserve his status.
• Du Bai saw a round, fat middle-aged man and a tall, thin young man enter the manor.

Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong asked Du Bai to intervene after rival medical halls had Renhe Medical Hall wrecked, and Du Bai agreed only if the hall became an asset of Clear Wind Manor. The chapter ended with Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong hesitating over Du Bai’s demand that they swear eternal loyalty to him and his wives.

• Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong approached Du Bai, wounded and distressed, and told him that soul masters had attacked Renhe Medical Hall.
• Zheng Banqiao explained that rival medical halls had organized the attack and were protected by an important minister and a count.
• Du Bai decided to help because he wanted Renhe Medical Hall’s healers to support the force he was building.
• Du Bai told Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong that Renhe Medical Hall must become an asset of Clear Wind Manor.
• Du Bai demanded that Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong swear upon their martial souls to remain loyal to him and his wives, leaving them troubled by the terms.

Du Bai offered Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong 500,000 Gold Soul Coins a year to serve him and develop Renhe Medical Hall, then produced a mountain of coins to reassure them. Zheng Banqiao prepared to swear an oath on his martial soul, while Yu Chenglong remained conflicted about becoming Du Bai’s subordinate instead of revealing their past connection.

• Yu Chenglong struggled with whether to tell Du Bai that Du Bai had once helped him, while Zheng Banqiao resisted swearing an oath in exchange for a share of the medical hall’s profits.
• Du Bai offered Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong 500,000 Gold Soul Coins annually, promised not to take Renhe Medical Hall’s revenue, and asked them to expand it and recruit soul master healers.
• Zheng Banqiao questioned whether Du Bai would keep his promises and what would happen if the business failed, and Du Bai assured him he trusted his ability.
• Zheng Banqiao agreed to serve Du Bai loyally and develop Renhe Medical Hall, while Yu Chenglong stayed silent.
• Du Bai poured out a mountain of Gold Soul Coins and introduced himself and his wife, Bibi Dong, before Zheng Banqiao began releasing his martial soul.
• A plump little pink pig appeared as Zheng Banqiao’s martial soul.

Zheng Banqiao swore loyalty to Du Bai and accepted him as his young master. Yu Chenglong instead asked to become Du Bai’s student, explaining that Du Bai had unknowingly helped him obtain his second soul ring and a precious soul bone; Du Bai was stunned by their connection.

• Zheng Banqiao revealed his Little Fat Pig martial soul and swore loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong in exchange for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Zheng Banqiao accepted the coins and urged Yu Chenglong to swear an oath and become Du Bai’s subordinate.
• Yu Chenglong refused to become a subordinate and asked Du Bai to take him as a student so he could repay him.
• Yu Chenglong explained that he had obtained his second soul ring by killing the Demon Tumor Tree Du Bai had crippled in Sunset Forest.
• Yu Chenglong revealed his poisonous head soul bone as proof, and Du Bai was stunned to learn he had unknowingly been Yu Chenglong’s benefactor.

Du Bai agreed to accept Yu Chenglong as his disciple after hearing his sincere plea and learning about his hardships. Yu Chenglong introduced his martial soul, Nightmare, to Du Bai, and Nightmare eagerly welcomed its new teacher.

• Yu Chenglong told Du Bai he was willing to swear upon his martial soul and become his disciple, while Zheng Banqiao worried that Du Bai might covet Yu Chenglong’s head soul bone.
• Du Bai finally agreed to take Yu Chenglong as his disciple and asked him to swear upon his martial soul.
• Yu Chenglong cried with relief and gratitude as Zheng Banqiao and Du Bai sympathized with him.
• Yu Chenglong released his mutated martial soul, Nightmare, and introduced Du Bai as their teacher and the benefactor they had long sought.
• Nightmare learned what had happened through Yu Chenglong and ran to rub affectionately against Du Bai’s leg.

Yu Chenglong and Nightmare swore a martial soul oath to become Du Bai’s disciples and pledged loyalty to Bibi Dong. Du Bai welcomed Yu Chenglong, gave him one million Gold Soul Coins, and began considering how to help him overcome the level-twenty-nine cultivation barrier.

• Du Bai accepted Nightmare’s affectionate greeting, and Yu Chenglong prepared to swear an oath of discipleship.
• Yu Chenglong swore loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong, and the oath established a master-disciple bond between him and Du Bai.
• Du Bai told Yu Chenglong that Xue Qinghe was his senior brother and promised to arrange for them to meet.
• Du Bai gave Yu Chenglong one million Gold Soul Coins, which Yu Chenglong accepted gratefully.
• Yu Chenglong said he was a Level 26 Soul Grandmaster, and Du Bai considered using the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma if Yu Chenglong could not break through level twenty-nine.

Du Bai agreed to help Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong reclaim Renhe Medical Hall and went with them to confront the soul masters occupying it. He faced Scarred Ghost and his lackeys, who threatened to attack them, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong asked Du Bai to deal with the soul masters occupying Renhe Medical Hall, and Du Bai agreed.
• Zheng Banqiao said Scarred Ghost was a Soul Sage and warned Du Bai that powerful figures might be backing the rival medical halls.
• Du Bai, Zheng Banqiao, and Yu Chenglong left Clear Wind Manor and traveled to Renhe Medical Hall.
• They found the hall wrecked, its plaque smashed, and Scarred Ghost and several lackeys waiting inside.
• Scarred Ghost and his lackeys threatened Du Bai and the others, and one lackey vowed to punish Yu Chenglong for using poisonous mist.

Du Bai confronted Scarred Ghost and his lackeys after they insulted him and Renhe Medical Hall. He revealed Soul Douluo-level cultivation and summoned his Fire Qilin AK-47, leaving Scarred Ghost and the lackeys stunned.

• Scarred Ghost and his lackeys taunted Du Bai, while Zheng Banqiao and Yu Chenglong let him handle the confrontation.
• A lackey insulted Du Bai, and Yu Chenglong warned the men that none of them would leave in one piece.
• Scarred Ghost released his seventy-fourth-level Soul Sage pressure and summoned his curved-blade martial soul to threaten Du Bai.
• Du Bai's aura crushed Scarred Ghost's pressure, forced him back, and revealed that Du Bai had Soul Douluo cultivation.
• Du Bai summoned his golden Fire Qilin AK-47, shocking Scarred Ghost and the lackeys.

Du Bai revealed his Twin Martial Souls and used the Fire Qilin to defeat Scarred Ghost and punish his lackeys. The survivors fled Renhe Medical Hall, leaving Du Bai, Yu Chenglong, and Boss Zheng Banqiao in control of the scene.

• Du Bai revealed four unusually powerful black soul rings, stunning Scarred Ghost, Yu Chenglong, Boss Zheng Banqiao, and the onlookers.
• Du Bai activated his Weapon Martial Soul True Body and fired a burst from the Fire Qilin into Scarred Ghost, leaving him barely alive and unable to fight.
• Du Bai shot eight or nine lackeys who had insulted or threatened him, leaving them wounded and wailing.
• Du Bai ordered the remaining lackeys to leave, and they fled Renhe Medical Hall.

Du Bai stopped the injured lackeys from fleeing and handed control of the aftermath at Renhe Medical Hall to Zheng Banqiao. Zheng Banqiao had his assistants tie up the lackeys and confronted the dying Scarred Ghost, leaving Scarred Ghost at the mercy of his former victim.

• Du Bai shot a lackey who tried to escape, forcing the remaining injured lackeys to stay put.
• Du Bai told Zheng Banqiao to handle the situation quickly before they visited Chengren Medical Hall and other medical halls.
• Zheng Banqiao brought nine assistants inside and ordered them to bind the lackeys and throw them into a corner.
• Zheng Banqiao approached the gravely wounded Scarred Ghost and taunted him for losing his life while serving someone else.

Boss Zheng Banqiao brutally punished Scarred Ghost after the attack on Renhe Medical Hall, then prepared to accompany Du Bai to confront the marquis-backed Chengren Medical Hall and Renhe Medical Hall. Du Bai accepted Zheng Banqiao’s loyalty, and the group set off.

• Boss Zheng Banqiao slapped Scarred Ghost repeatedly, leaving his face swollen and bloodied.
• Boss Zheng Banqiao called Little Wu over to bind Scarred Ghost and treat his injuries so he could beat him again later.
• Du Bai approved of Zheng Banqiao’s harshness and saw it as a show of loyalty.
• Boss Zheng Banqiao arranged for the medical hall’s cleanup and told Du Bai that the marquis backed both Chengren Medical Hall and Renhe Medical Hall.
• Du Bai agreed to go, and Boss Zheng Banqiao led him and the others away as the staff bid them farewell.

Du Bai, Yu Chenglong, and Zheng Banqiao led a growing crowd to Chengren Medical Hall to confront its owner over its targeting of Renhe Medical Hall. The owner ordered his guards to attack, and Du Bai faced them with icy resolve.

• Du Bai, Yu Chenglong, and Zheng Banqiao left Renhe Medical Hall as bystanders followed them through Heaven Dou City.
• The trio reached Chengren Medical Hall, where Zheng Banqiao identified the establishment to Du Bai.
• An attendant alerted Chengren Medical Hall's owner, who ordered his guards to seize the visitors and break their legs.
• The guards and two guard captains advanced on Du Bai, and he called them fools for courting death.

Du Bai used the Fire Qilin and his Soul Douluo pressure to overpower the guards and the two Soul King commanders at Chengren Medical Hall. He let most of the guards flee, but stopped the medical hall owner from slipping away.

• Du Bai shot a guard, revealed his four black soul rings, and forced the mortal guards to collapse beneath his pressure.
• Du Bai overwhelmed the two Soul King commanders and shot them both, while the medical hall owner also fell under the pressure.
• Du Bai warned the onlookers after hearing their comments, then ordered the guards to leave and shot the guard who had threatened him.
• The guards fled after seeing one of their number escape unharmed, while the medical hall owner tried to sneak away.
• Du Bai caught the medical hall owner and lifted him up.

Du Bai defeated Li Zhicheng’s men, leaving Zheng Banqiao to settle his private grievance with the owner of Chengren Medical Hall. After humiliating Li Zhicheng and forcing him to shut down his hall, Zheng Banqiao promoted Renhe Medical Hall to the crowd.

• Du Bai threw Li Zhicheng to the ground, and Li begged him and Zheng Banqiao for mercy.
• Zheng Banqiao accused Li of targeting Renhe Medical Hall out of jealousy and slapped him.
• Li eagerly accepted several more slaps, and Zheng Banqiao continued until Li collapsed.
• Zheng Banqiao ordered Chengren Medical Hall to close, and Li weakly agreed.
• Zheng Banqiao invited Chengren’s physicians to apply at Renhe Medical Hall and urged the townspeople to seek treatment there.