Chapter Summaries

Du Bai and Zheng Datong punished seven Bandit Soul Masters by burying them with only their heads exposed, then Du Bai left a clone to guard them for two hours. As Du Bai and Zheng Datong walked back to Sun Meilan and the others, Du Bai explained why he chose to spare the bandits and hoped they would change.

• Zheng Datong filled the pits around the seven bound Bandit Soul Masters, leaving their heads exposed, and warned them to stop committing evil.
• The Bandit Leader and the others begged for mercy and promised to turn over a new leaf.
• Du Bai reassured the bandits that he would spare them and summoned a clone to protect them from soul beasts for two hours.
• Du Bai ordered the bandits to face the ground and reflect while the clone watched over them.
• Zheng Datong questioned Du Bai's decision to spare the bandits, and Du Bai said they had been given a chance to change and that others would stop them if they resumed their crimes.

Du Bai’s group traveled toward the Golden Spirit Ancient Tree and sensed a powerful Titled Douluo and a Soul Saint waiting ahead, likely from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Du Bai insisted he could defeat them using his hidden abilities, though summoning his clones would leave the seven Bandit Soul Masters unprotected.

• Zheng Datong carried the unconscious Fire Demon Lord as Du Bai led the group toward the Golden Spirit Ancient Tree.
• Du Bai released his martial soul’s true form and pressure, driving away nearby soul beasts as the group traveled through the wilderness.
• Ten li from the Golden Spirit Ancient Tree, Du Bai sensed a Soul Saint and a Titled Douluo whose aura was stronger than Dugu Bo’s.
• Du Bai guessed the two powerful soul masters belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Zheng Datong worried they had come for the Ancient Tree.
• Du Bai declared that he could defeat both newcomers with his six full-strength clones, but using them would leave the seven Bandit Soul Masters defenseless.

Du Bai and his companions reached the badly damaged Golden Spirit Ancient Tree, which pleaded with its master to protect it from the two Soul Masters trying to take its spirit fruits. Du Bai recognized them as Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and after exchanging polite greetings with Ning Fengzhi, he faced the difficult prospect of protecting the tree from opponents stronger than himself.

• Du Bai led Zheng Datong, Yu Chenglong, Sun Meilan, Sun Youcheng, and the others toward the Golden Spirit Ancient Tree, while Zheng Datong and Sun Meilan promised to cheer him on from behind.
• The group found the Golden Spirit Ancient Tree gravely damaged, and it begged Du Bai to stop the two Soul Masters from stripping away its spirit fruits and cultivation.
• The Golden Spirit Ancient Tree noticed the dead Fire Demon Lord strapped to Zheng Datong and felt satisfaction at seeing its mortal enemy defeated.
• Du Bai identified the two Soul Masters as Ning Fengzhi and the level-ninety-seven Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and considered the danger of facing them without a support-type Soul Master.
• Ning Fengzhi greeted Du Bai and praised his strength and bearing, while Du Bai replied politely and worried about protecting the Golden Spirit Ancient Tree.

Du Bai defeated Spirit Hall’s leaders, took control of the organization, and built a powerful, happy life with Xiao Dong Dong and his allies. After a final epilogue describing their fortunes, the story ended with author Xi Datong’s farewell note.

• Du Bai defeated Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, then persuaded them to submit and helped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect become the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Du Bai and his companions returned to Heaven Dou City, where their soul-fighting victories and Du Bai and Bibi Dong’s intervention made them famous.
• Du Bai and Bai He established Happy Homeland by the East Sea, relocated the Four Great Families there, and claimed the Dream Treasure Cave’s resources.
• Du Bai and his allies defeated Qian Xunji, Qian Daoliu, and Spirit Hall’s elders, after which Du Bai became Spirit Hall’s Pope and introduced policies to support commoner soul masters.
• Du Bai protected Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch from Tang Hao, later became the strongest on the continent, and married Xiao Dong Dong; Zheng Datong also won Luo Haiyun and Xiao Hui as wives.
• Du Bai helped a fellow reader grow stronger and win Zhu Zhuqing, and the characters lived happily as the novel ended with Xi Datong’s farewell and requests to readers.