Chapter Summaries

Du Bai left the Between Mountains and Seas Hotel after meeting Xiao Mo’s friend, who had hoped to get closer to him. He freed the little yellow dog and prepared to visit the Heaven Dou City Auction House in disguise.

• The receptionist told Du Bai that Xiao Mo had switched shifts with her and had told her about him and Mr. Little Yellow Dog.
• Du Bai carried the little yellow dog out of the hotel, and the receptionist watched him leave, deciding he was cold and difficult to win over.
• Du Bai scolded the little yellow dog for staring at the receptionist, then set it down and told it to leave.
• The little yellow dog sniffed Du Bai to remember his scent, barked goodbye, and walked away.
• Du Bai decided to go to the Heaven Dou City Auction House and changed clothes in an empty corner, using a torn piece of clothing as a mask.

Du Bai disguised himself as a mysterious man in black and went to the Heaven Dou Auction House to appraise an item. He left the item unrevealed, asking Appraiser Number One to examine it and summon the person in charge.

• Du Bai bought loose black clothes and a green-faced, fanged mask, then concealed his appearance and disguised his voice.
• Du Bai deliberately drew attention as he crossed Heaven Dou City toward the auction house.
• A receptionist led Du Bai to the Ordinary Item Appraisal Room and explained that rare items could be referred to a higher-level appraiser.
• Du Bai told Appraiser Number One that his item was extraordinary and asked him to summon the person in charge after examining it.

Du Bai presented a rare soul bone to the Heaven Dou Auction House’s appraisers, who were astonished by its quality and rarity. He identified it as a fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog head bone while quietly judging whether the auction house could handle his other soul bones.

• Appraiser No. 1 initially doubted Du Bai’s claim that his item was extraordinary.
• Du Bai produced an emerald-green Green Scale Dog head soul bone, shocking Appraiser No. 1 and the other seven appraisers.
• The appraisers eagerly examined the soul bone and took turns inspecting it.
• Appraiser No. 1 asked Du Bai what beast the bone came from and how old it was.
• Du Bai identified it as a fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog soul bone, deepening the appraisers’ astonishment.

Du Bai brought the Jade Scale Dog Head Bone to the auction house for appraisal, where Elder Wang and two other senior appraisers examined it. Elder Wang confirmed its origin and age, then asked Du Bai whether he knew of any defects in the skull bone.

• Appraiser Number One escorted Du Bai and the Jade Scale Dog Head Bone to the senior appraisal room.
• Elder Wang recognized the skull bone as an extraordinary spirit bone and summoned President Zhuge.
• Elder Wang invited Du Bai inside and appraised the skull bone with two other red-robed elders.
• Elder Wang identified the bone as a Jade Scale Dog skull spirit bone that was more than five years old and had been dropped for at least ten years.
• Du Bai agreed with Elder Wang’s appraisal, and Elder Wang asked whether he knew of any flaws in the bone.

Du Bai concealed the Green Scale Dog Head Bone’s flaw while refusing the Heaven Dou City auction house appraisers’ probing questions. President Zhuge arrived to meet him, leaving Du Bai waiting to see whether the auction house president would threaten his plan.

• Elder Wang and the other senior appraisers questioned Du Bai about the soul bone’s flaw, origin, and why he was auctioning it.
• Du Bai claimed he knew nothing about any flaw, said he needed Gold Soul Coins, and refused to answer further questions about his private affairs.
• Elder Wang apologized and promised that the auction house would protect Du Bai and would not covet his soul bone.
• While Du Bai waited, the three appraisers resumed examining the Green Scale Dog Head Bone but could not discover that its fusion effect had a time limit.
• Appraiser No. 1, Little Li, arrived with President Zhuge, whom Elder Wang respectfully welcomed into the room.

Du Bai met President Zhuge at the Heaven Dou City Auction House to discuss auctioning his fifty-thousand-year Green Scale Dog Head Bone. After accepting the auction house’s forty-percent fee for soul bones of unclear origin, Du Bai asked for an estimated price, and Elder Wang began citing previous soul bone sales.

• President Zhuge entered the appraiser’s room and asked Du Bai about the soul bone he wished to auction.
• Du Bai introduced himself as Du Changxiao and claimed he had found the Green Scale Dog Head Bone while hunting in Sunset Forest ten years earlier.
• President Zhuge said the auction house could accept the bone but would charge a forty-percent fee because its origin was unclear.
• Du Bai accepted the fee and asked the auction house to estimate the bone’s auction price.
• Elder Wang cited previous soul bone sales as he began explaining the preliminary estimate.

Du Bai revealed a second spirit bone, a roughly fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog Left Leg Spirit Bone, astonishing President Zhuge and the appraisers. After they authenticated it, Du Bai again raised the question of receiving a deposit before the auction.

• Elder Wang estimated Du Bai's fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog Head Bone at around fifty million Gold Soul Coins, and Du Bai accepted the valuation.
• Du Bai requested a fifteen-million Gold Soul Coins deposit, but President Zhuge said the auction house only paid after the sale.
• Du Bai revealed that he had another spirit bone, leaving President Zhuge and the three senior appraisers stunned.
• Du Bai produced a Jade Scale Dog Left Leg Spirit Bone, which the appraisers recognized as a likely fifty-thousand-year bone from the same soul beast.
• President Zhuge agreed to let the appraisers authenticate the bone and discuss the deposit afterward.
• Elder Wang examined the left leg bone and confirmed it was genuine.

Du Bai negotiated with President Zhuge over the deposit for two authenticated Jade Scale Dog soul bones, insisting on thirty percent despite the auction house’s financial concerns. He ended the chapter by revealing that he had another soul bone, leaving the appraisers and President Zhuge stunned.

• Elder Wang, Elder Zheng, and Elder He confirmed that Du Bai’s left leg bone came from a fifty-thousand-year-old Jade Scale Dog and had an unidentified flaw.
• President Zhuge asked Du Bai to explain the soul bones’ origins, but Du Bai repeated that he found them in Sunset Forest and suggested having someone fuse with them.
• President Zhuge offered a twenty percent deposit, while Du Bai firmly demanded thirty percent.
• President Zhuge explained that paying thirty percent for the two bones would require thirty million Gold Soul Coins, which could strain the auction house’s cash flow.
• Du Bai revealed that he had another soul bone and challenged President Zhuge to offer the thirty percent deposit, leaving everyone in the appraisal room speechless.

Du Bai offered Heaven Dou Auction House a complete set of fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog spirit bones under strict terms. After he released his Soul Douluo pressure to deter them, a hidden Titled Douluo briefly locked onto him, and President Zhuge called off the intervention.

• Du Bai told President Zhuge that he possessed multiple spirit bones and revealed he had a complete set of fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog spirit bones.
• President Zhuge and the three senior appraisers reacted with shock and excitement at the prospect of auctioning or keeping the set.
• Du Bai demanded a thirty percent deposit, a ten percent commission, and that Heaven Dou Auction House not try to seize the spirit bones or harm him.
• Du Bai released his Soul Douluo pressure, forcing the three senior appraisers to shield President Zhuge and struggle to resist him.
• A powerful Titled Douluo aura locked onto Du Bai, but President Zhuge ordered the hidden guardian not to interfere, and the aura vanished.

Du Bai negotiated an auction agreement with President Zhuge and the Heaven Dou City Auction House, then used the Shocking Gold Card to begin a mission to auction the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set under Du Changxiao’s identity. The chapter ended as President Zhuge and the three red-robed appraisers returned, ready to see the remaining Spirit Bones.

• Du Bai and the auction house reached an agreement on his deposit, their commission, an earlier auction date, and extensive publicity.
• Du Bai asked President Zhuge and the three senior red-robed appraisers to wait outside while he used the Shocking Gold Card.
• Du Bai set the Gold Card mission to auction the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set as Du Changxiao and shock the Douluo Continent within a month.
• Du Bai watched his Shock Points rise from 11 to 34 as President Zhuge and the appraisers reacted to the deal outside.
• After a quarter of an hour, President Zhuge and the three red-robed appraisers returned, and Du Bai prepared to reveal the remaining Spirit Bones.

Du Bai revealed the remaining pieces of the fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set to President Zhuge and the red-robed appraisers, gaining Shock Points as they examined each bone. By the end, the complete set was under appraisal, and Du Bai had amassed 438 Shock Points.

• Du Bai confirmed the auction terms with President Zhuge and brought out the Jade Scale Dog Right Leg Spirit Bone for appraisal.
• President Zhuge and the three red-robed senior appraisers were shocked by the additional Spirit Bone, and Du Bai gained Shock Points as Elder Wang examined it.
• Du Bai revealed the Jade Scale Dog Left Arm Spirit Bone and handed it to Elder Zheng, gaining more Shock Points when the appraiser received it.
• Du Bai produced the Jade Scale Dog Right Arm Spirit Bone and Torso Bone and gave them to Elder He and President Zhuge, completing the set and raising his total to 438 Shock Points.
• The three red-robed senior appraisers excitedly examined the complete fifty-thousand-year Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set while President Zhuge watched.

After the appraisers confirmed the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set was genuine and exceptionally complete, Du Bai signed contracts with the Heaven Dou Auction House to receive a 105 million Gold Soul Coin deposit. While President Zhuge went to retrieve the money, twin catgirl maids brought Du Bai tea in the auction house’s luxurious office.

• Elder Wang announced that the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set was genuine and complete, though all seven spirit bones had flaws that fusion might either remove or amplify.
• President Zhuge invited Du Bai to his office, where Du Bai signed the auction agreements and contracts.
• President Zhuge told Du Bai that his thirty percent deposit amounted to 105 million Gold Soul Coins and went to retrieve it from the secret treasury.
• Two twin catgirl maids brought Du Bai Sea Cloud Mist Tea, and Du Bai was struck by their alluring appearance.

Du Bai waited in the auction house office for President Zhuge to bring the promised 105 million Gold Soul Coins, resisting the catgirl maids’ advances and enjoying their Sea Cloud Mist Tea. President Zhuge arrived with the money, and Du Bai saw it appear as a mountain of coins.

• Du Bai turned away Afu and Acha’s flirtation, drank the Sea Cloud Mist Tea, and planned to share fine tea with Xiao Dong Dong.
• President Zhuge secured approval to withdraw 105 million Gold Soul Coins from the auction house treasury after officials became interested in the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set.
• President Zhuge found Afu and Acha waiting outside Du Bai’s office and questioned them about their interaction with him.
• President Zhuge entered Du Bai’s office and used a Black Card to summon a mountain of Gold Soul Coins before him.

Du Bai accepted a black Soul Coin storage card and a red auction qualification card from President Zhuge after selling the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone for 105 million Gold Soul Coins. Though both men concealed their intentions, Du Bai left the auction house escorted by the twin catgirl maids, planning to discard the cards after withdrawing his money.

• President Zhuge gave Du Bai a black card that stored Soul Coins and granted black-tier VIP status, and Du Bai used it to store the Gold Soul Coins.
• President Zhuge gave Du Bai an Auction Qualification Red Card for his wealth, while Du Bai suspected the cards might track him and planned to discard them.
• President Zhuge secretly believed the black card and the red card’s connection to the auction house would let him locate Du Bai.
• Du Bai asked to leave, and President Zhuge agreed to see him out before assigning Afu and Acha to escort him the rest of the way.
• Afu and Acha escorted Du Bai out of the Heaven Dou City Auction House as President Zhuge returned to his office.

Du Bai left the auction house after receiving 105 million Gold Soul Coins and agreeing to auction the Spirit Bone Set. President Zhuge planned to use the auction house’s cards to track him and called a conference to decide whether to auction or keep the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set.

• Du Bai dismissed the catgirl sisters at the entrance and vanished before they could finish speaking.
• President Zhuge refused Uncle Murong’s offer to follow Du Bai, saying the Red Card and Black Card could track him.
• President Zhuge said the auction house might seize the remaining Gold Soul Coins from Du Bai if he returned to claim them.
• President Zhuge summoned a black-level subordinate and ordered a confidential Spirit Bone Conference for noon the next day.
• President Zhuge prepared to weigh the profits and prestige of auctioning the Spirit Bone Set against keeping it to strengthen the auction house.

President Zhuge kept the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set and used a Star Compass to track Du Bai, who escaped Heaven Dou City with the auction house's money. Outside the city, Du Bai found a way to dispose of the potentially traceable Black Card by giving it to one of the pigs that Ade planned to take to his soul master uncle.

• President Zhuge decided not to pursue Du Bai after the Star Compass showed him leaving Heaven Dou City.
• Du Bai discarded the auction eligibility Red Card, transferred 105 million Gold Soul Coins into his storage bag, and planned to feed the Black Card to an animal.
• Du Bai checked his Shock Points and found that he had 2,378, with the total still rising.
• Du Bai found a farmhouse where Ade's family urged him to take three fat pigs as gifts to his soul master uncle in Heaven Dou City.
• Du Bai decided that Ade's pigs would be a convenient way to divert attention from the Black Card.

Du Bai disposed of the Black Card by forcing a fat pig in Ade’s family pigsty to swallow it, then left a Gold Soul Coin as payment. After he departed, Ade’s family found the coin and decided it would help Ade go into the city to learn from his Soul Master uncle.

• Du Bai went to Ade’s family pigsty and used his Soul Douluo pressure to subdue the three pigs.
• Du Bai made one pig swallow the Black Card and warned it not to pass the card in its feces.
• Du Bai left a Gold Soul Coin by the pigsty and departed.
• After Du Bai’s pressure vanished, the pigs squealed and drew Ade’s family outside.
• Ade’s father found the Gold Soul Coin and told Ade to go into the city, learn from his Soul Master uncle, and give him the three pigs.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Du Bai went to Blue Tyrant Academy to find out whether Liu Erlong had met Yu Xiaogang. A suspicious student decided Du Bai was a threat and plotted to lure him home to be captured.

• Du Bai hid his auction disguise and planned to return to the auction house later to collect the rest of his proceeds.
• Du Bai entered Heaven Dou City by a different route and decided to visit Blue Tyrant Academy before returning to his wife, Xiao Dong Dong.
• Du Bai asked a red-haired student for directions and learned that Liu Erlong was at the academy.
• The student took Du Bai's questions and claim of friendship as proof that he meant to harm the academy.
• The student secretly planned to lure Du Bai home so his father and grandfather could capture and interrogate him.

Du Bai let Tailong lead him toward Blue Tyrant Academy, but discovered Tailong had brought him to the Strength Clan’s manor instead. Du Bai and Tailong each planned to use the other to reach their own goal, and the chapter ended with them arriving at the clan’s imposing gates.

• Tailong introduced himself as a senior student at Blue Tyrant Academy and revealed that his martial soul was the Great Strength Gorilla.
• Du Bai recognized Tailong as a member of the Strength Clan and considered subduing the clan before Tang San could recruit them.
• Du Bai reasoned that confronting Tailong could draw out his father Taino and grandfather Titan, while Tailong planned to have his family deal with Du Bai.
• Tailong led Du Bai to a heavily fortified manor in southern Heaven Dou City, where Du Bai recognized it as the Strength Clan’s home rather than Blue Tyrant Academy.

Du Bai followed Tailong to the Strength Clan headquarters, intending to subdue the clan for his own future plans. The chapter left them facing off at the training grounds after Tailong called Du Bai a bad guy and urged Taino to take him down.

• Tailong brought Du Bai to the Strength Clan headquarters, claiming he wanted his father to meet Dean Liu’s friend while secretly planning to have Taino capture Du Bai.
• Du Bai entered the clan residence and decided to use the visit to subdue the Strength Clan, gain its construction skills, and strengthen his position against Qian Xunji.
• Tailong led Du Bai through the residence to the training grounds, where Taino was training with clan members.
• Tailong retreated behind Taino and shouted that Du Bai was plotting against the academy and clan, asking his father to take him down.
• Du Bai realized Tailong had always regarded him as a bad guy and saw Tailong’s accusation as a convenient reason to fight the Strength Clan.