Chapter Summaries

Du Bai ended his loyalty test by condemning the Strength Clan members who had chosen betrayal and promised to let them leave alive. He left their fate in the hands of Patriarch Titan and Patriarch Taino.

• Old Titan praised Tailong for learning to show backbone, while the Strength Clan members changed their opinion of Taizheng and celebrated his apparent sacrifice.
• Tainai and the other traitors asked Du Bai to let them complete their choices, and the Strength Clan members angrily cursed them.
• Du Bai released his Soul Douluo pressure to silence everyone, then told the traitors that he was the one calling them noisy, spineless cowards.
• Du Bai said he would let the traitors leave alive, but whether they could get through the gate in one piece depended on Patriarch Titan and Patriarch Taino.

Du Bai revealed that Patriarch Titan would decide the fate of the Strength Clan members who had betrayed their clan, while the traitors realized they had been deceived. Patriarch Taino stood up unharmed and began explaining that the Strength Clan had submitted to Du Bai.

• Du Bai told the Strength Clan that Patriarch Titan would decide whether the traitors lived or died.
• Tainai, Taizi, Taihen, and the other traitors questioned Du Bai, who calmly confirmed his words.
• Patriarch Taino stood up and announced that he was fine, showing the clansmen that his apparent injury had been an act.
• The traitors realized Du Bai and the patriarchs had exposed them, while the other clansmen rejoiced that they had escaped death.
• Patriarch Taino began explaining how the Strength Clan had submitted to Du Bai and what benefits they would receive.

Patriarch Taino explained why the Strength Clan had agreed to submit to Du Bai, and the clan captured six traitors who resisted. Du Bai then prepared to treat the gravely injured Titan with a Great Returning Pill.

• Patriarch Taino told the Strength Clan that submitting to Du Bai would spare their lives, provide substantial rewards, heal Titan, and purge traitors.
• Tainai charged at Du Bai, but Du Bai's Soul Douluo pressure suppressed him and the other traitors.
• Taino ordered twelve clansmen to capture Tainai, Taizi, Taihen, Tairuan, Taixiao, and Taiqiang and escort them to the dungeon.
• Taino asked Du Bai to treat Titan, and Du Bai agreed and brought out a Great Returning Pill.

Old Titan took Du Bai’s Great Returning Pill and fully recovered his injuries and Soul Power. Grateful, he accepted Du Bai as the Strength Clan’s Young Master and ordered the clan to prepare a banquet for him.

• Du Bai gave Patriarch Taino a Great Returning Pill and told him to help Old Titan take it.
• The pill rapidly healed Old Titan’s wounds, restored his Soul Power, and cured lingering ailments as the clan watched in amazement.
• Old Titan rose fully healed and thanked Du Bai for granting him the pill.
• Old Titan pledged that the Strength Clan would obey Du Bai and do its utmost to serve him.
• Old Titan ordered clan members to clean up and prepare a banquet to entertain Du Bai.

Du Bai declined a welcoming feast and had Old Titan formally declare the Strength Clan’s submission to him. He promised the clan ten million Gold Soul Coins for its development and prepared to distribute the money, while still hoping to return soon to his wife, Xiao Dong Dong.

• Du Bai refused Old Titan’s offer of a feast, explaining that he wanted to finish business and return to Xiao Dong Dong.
• Old Titan asked Du Bai’s name, learned it was Du Bai, and ordered the Strength Clan to obey him as their Young Master.
• Old Titan led the clansmen in saluting Du Bai and greeting him as their Young Master.
• Du Bai promised to provide ten million Gold Soul Coins for the Strength Clan’s development and said he would give the money to them immediately.

Du Bai gave the Strength Clan ten million Gold Soul Coins and instructed Old Titan and Patriarch Taino to distribute some to the clansmen, especially the injured. After the clan leaders and trusted members gathered in the Assembly Hall, Du Bai said he would fulfill the two remaining promises: help Old Titan increase his cultivation and prove his strength as the Strength Clan’s lord.

• Du Bai poured ten million Gold Soul Coins from a storage bag Soul Tool and gave them to the Strength Clan as development funds.
• Du Bai instructed Old Titan and Patriarch Taino to distribute some of the money to the clansmen, giving more to the injured.
• Old Titan organized the cleanup, medical care, and storage of the remaining coins before leading Du Bai and the others to the Assembly Hall.
• Old Titan introduced seven trusted clan members, including the injured Taizheng, to Du Bai.
• Du Bai announced that he would complete his two remaining promises to Old Titan: raising his cultivation and proving his strength to rule the Strength Clan.

Du Bai bestowed an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo on Old Titan and explained how to consume it to improve his cultivation. He then prepared to reveal his talent and strength, while Old Titan warned the Strength Clan that Du Bai had held back during their fight.

• Du Bai produced the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and described it as an Immortal Product that could improve Old Titan’s cultivation.
• Old Titan accepted the bamboo with both hands, and Taino, Tailong, Taizheng, and the other trusted clan members thanked Du Bai.
• Du Bai instructed Old Titan to eat the bamboo segments before its shoots and leaves, while cultivating in seclusion to absorb its energy.
• Du Bai announced that he would prove his talent and strength to the Strength Clan.
• Old Titan told the clan members that Du Bai had seemed to hold back during their fight and urged them to watch his display carefully.

Du Bai revealed his twin martial souls and powerful Soul Ring configurations to the Strength Clan, leaving its leaders and members astonished and convinced he could lead them. He asked Elder Tai whether his talent and strength were enough to become the clan master.

• Taino and the Strength Clan’s trusted aides promised to watch Du Bai demonstrate his abilities.
• Du Bai released his Fire Qilin AK-47, revealing his second martial soul and shocking Old Titan, Taino, Tailong, Taizheng, and the others.
• Du Bai showed four black Soul Rings on the Fire Qilin and explained that each was over fifty thousand years old.
• Du Bai released his second martial soul, the Barrett Destroyer, and the Strength Clan members marveled at his power and imagined their clan’s rise.
• Du Bai put away his martial souls and asked Elder Tai whether his talent and strength qualified him to become the Strength Clan’s master.

Du Bai secured the Strength Clan’s loyalty by winning its leaders’ support and having them swear upon their Martial Souls to follow him. With the clan now bound to him, he prepared to assign them a task concerning a soul bone at the auction house.

• Du Bai asked the Strength Clan’s leaders and confidants to swear upon their Martial Souls that they would follow him and never betray him.
• Titan led the oath, followed by Taino, Tailong, and the seven confidants including Taizheng.
• The Strength Clan members acknowledged Du Bai as their Young Master and promised to grow together with him.
• Du Bai said he could now entrust matters to them and introduced a task concerning a soul bone at the auction house.

Du Bai told the Strength Clan leaders about the flawed Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set and asked them to publicize its auction throughout Heaven Dou City. The clan leaders realized they were implicated in a dangerous deception but agreed to help, and Taibao went to fetch writing supplies.

• Du Bai decided to use the Strength Clan to create advertisements and spread news of the spirit bone auction across Heaven Dou City.
• Du Bai explained to Old Titan, Taino, Tailong, Taizheng, and the others that the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set would disappear after fourteen days and that he intended to stir up conflict among the major powers.
• Old Titan and the others confirmed the story and recognized that the Strength Clan could face ruin if the deception was exposed, but they agreed to follow Du Bai's orders.
• Du Bai instructed the Strength Clan to make advertisements, and Old Titan admitted that they did not know how.
• Du Bai offered to teach them and asked for brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, so Taibao went to retrieve them without arousing suspicion.

Du Bai prepared attention-grabbing advertisements for the upcoming auction of the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set and directed the Strength Clan to produce them in bulk. The clan agreed to make at least one hundred thousand copies while keeping the auction details confidential.

• Old Titan had Taibao fetch writing materials to show the Strength Clan's commitment to Du Bai's proposal.
• Du Bai wrote twenty-five advertisement templates promoting the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set and its auction.
• Old Titan, Tailong, and the other clan members admired Du Bai's handwriting and persuasive advertisements.
• Du Bai ordered the Strength Clan's leaders to copy at least one hundred thousand advertisements and recruit trustworthy clan members who would swear an oath on their martial souls.

Du Bai and the Strength Clan prepared to distribute advertisements, but Taizheng pointed out that readers might doubt their claims. His suggestion to include a Gold Soul Coin with each advertisement won Du Bai's approval and earned him the elders' support for greater responsibility.

• Du Bai ordered Old Titan, Taino, Tailong, Taibao, and the others to produce the advertisements and distribute them secretly throughout Heaven Dou City.
• Taizheng warned Du Bai that people might dismiss the advertisements as false if the auction house did not confirm their claims.
• Taizheng suggested attaching a Gold Soul Coin to every advertisement so readers would trust its contents, and Du Bai praised the idea.
• Du Bai instructed Old Titan to carry out Taizheng's plan without worrying about the cost.
• Du Bai, Old Titan, and Taino agreed that Taizheng was talented and should be given greater responsibility.

Du Bai finalized plans with the Strength Clan to produce copied advertisements, gave Tailong Dragon Ganoderma Leaves, and departed after giving Old Titan a Great Returning Pill. On his way back to the Between Mountains and Seas Hotel, Du Bai found that the auction house had still kept the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set auction secret.

• Taizheng thanked Du Bai for supporting him, and Du Bai encouraged him to work hard for the Strength Clan.
• Du Bai offered the Strength Clan one million Gold Soul Coins for advertisement production, but Old Titan and the patriarchs declined because they still had the ten million he had given them.
• Du Bai gave Tailong ten rolls of Dragon Ganoderma Leaves to help heal his injuries and reduce his swelling.
• Before Du Bai left, Old Titan asked him for a Great Returning Pill, and Du Bai gave him one of the three he had left.
• Du Bai departed the Strength Clan, and Old Titan, Patriarch Taino, and the others immediately began preparing one hundred thousand copied advertisements.
• As Du Bai hurried back toward the Between Mountains and Seas Hotel, he learned that the auction house had revealed nothing about the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set, which angered him.

Du Bai returned to the Between Mountains and Seas Hotel, where Xiao Mo told him that Xue Qinghe had arranged a residence for him in Heaven Dou City. Du Bai left to go upstairs, postponing a visit to the house.

• Du Bai checked his 2,653 Shock Points and expected the Strength Clan to distribute advertisements for the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set auction.
• Du Bai returned to the hotel, where A Zi flirted with him and Xiao Mo tried to keep her in check.
• Xiao Mo told Du Bai that Xue Qinghe had asked her to select a residence and arrange servants for him.
• Du Bai thanked Xiao Mo, said he would view the residence when he had time, and went upstairs to Xiao Dong Dong.

Du Bai returned to Bibi Dong after a busy day and told her about his auction dealings and victory over the Strength Clan. He gave her one million Gold Soul Coins, but still worried that they were not emotionally close.

• Du Bai left Miss Xiao Mo and Miss A Zi and went to Bibi Dong's room, where she was relieved to see him return.
• Du Bai described selling the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set for 155 million Gold Soul Coins, subduing the Strength Clan, and receiving Xue Qinghe's residence.
• Bibi Dong was surprised that Du Bai had accomplished so much in one day and recognized the significance of his subduing the Strength Clan.
• Du Bai gave Bibi Dong one million Gold Soul Coins, and she accepted them.
• Du Bai privately lamented their lack of intimacy and resolved to find a way to bring them closer.

Bibi Dong considered how to become closer to Du Bai, and Du Bai asked to use a more intimate nickname for her. Their conversation ended with Bibi Dong suggesting “Dong'er,” which Du Bai rejected because others had already called her that.

• Bibi Dong overheard Du Bai wishing they were closer and thought about how to express her feelings while waiting for him to complete her assessment.
• Du Bai told Bibi Dong that using her full name felt distant and asked to call her something more intimate.
• Bibi Dong agreed to hear his suggestion, and Du Bai proposed “Little Dong Dong.”
• Bibi Dong asked Du Bai to choose another nickname, so he suggested “Dong Dong,” which she also rejected.
• Bibi Dong suggested that Du Bai call her “Dong'er,” but Du Bai refused because Qian Xunji and Yu Xiaogang had already used that name.

Du Bai and Bibi Dong grew closer as they agreed on affectionate names for each other. Bibi Dong chose “Xiao Bai” for Du Bai, but he rejected it as too soft, leaving her to think of another pet name.

• Du Bai asked to call Bibi Dong “Xiao Dong Dong,” and she agreed as long as he minded the occasion.
• Du Bai asked Bibi Dong to give him a pet name, and she considered several possibilities while he waited.
• Bibi Dong settled on “Xiao Bai,” but Du Bai rejected the name because he thought it lacked masculine spirit.
• Bibi Dong agreed to keep thinking of another pet name for Du Bai.

Du Bai and Bibi Dong chose affectionate nicknames and planned a nighttime stroll through Heaven Dou City as their feelings grew. Meanwhile, President Zhuge learned that the first test subject showed no obvious side effects from the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set, though more testing was needed.

• Bibi Dong chose the nickname Da Bai for Du Bai, and Du Bai accepted it while giving her the nickname Xiao Dong Dong.
• Du Bai invited Bibi Dong to walk around Heaven Dou City that night, and she agreed, though she later said she might call him Du Bai instead.
• Du Bai returned to room 306, while Bibi Dong privately admitted that she was falling in love with him.
• President Zhuge celebrated preliminary results showing no flaws in the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set, and Elder Wang said they needed to observe the test subject and conduct more experiments.

President Zhuge ordered Elder Wang, Elder Li, and Elder Zheng to continue testing the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set and produce a preliminary report before the auction house meeting that night. After President Zhuge left the secret laboratory, the three appraisers began extracting the fused bones from Test Soul Master Number One to gather experimental data.

• President Zhuge instructed Elder Wang, Elder Li, and Elder Zheng to complete more experiments and identify flaws in the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set if possible.
• President Zhuge moved the auction house meeting from the following morning to that night and demanded a preliminary experimental report.
• After President Zhuge departed, Elder Wang, Elder Li, and Elder Zheng returned to Test Soul Master Number One and prepared to remove his six fused Spirit Bones.
• Elder Wang and Elder Zheng began the bone-extraction operation while Elder Li restrained Test Soul Master Number One with Soul Power, treated his wounds, and recorded experimental information.

Old Titan and the Strength Clan produced promotional flyers about the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set while Du Bai waited for nightfall. The flyers were set to disrupt the auction house’s meeting, though neither side knew their plans would coincide.

• Old Titan ordered the Strength Clan to make at least a hundred thousand flyers, offering each worker one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Taizheng’s suggestion to include Gold Soul Coins in the flyers was put into practice as the clan assembled them in an efficient line.
• Old Titan praised Taizheng and promised to help him obtain his Fifth Soul Ring when he reached the Soul King realm.
• The Strength Clan members were inspired by Taizheng’s reward and worked harder on the flyers.
• Du Bai checked his Shock Points, which had reached 3321, while waiting to go shopping with Xiao Dong Dong.