Chapter Summaries

Dai Weisi gave Zhu Zhuyun the Narcissus Jade Bone, raising her to Innate Full Soul Power, and warned her to keep it secret. After Zhu Zhuyun attacked Liu Yunying over a misunderstanding, Dai Weisi stopped the fight and challenged Liu Yunying to spar, leaving Li Yang ready to watch.

• Dai Weisi gave Zhu Zhuyun the Narcissus Jade Bone, and she absorbed it until her Soul Power stabilized at Innate Full Soul Power.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun to keep the herb secret and postponed teaching her the Nine Yin Manual because he feared its information would overwhelm her.
• Li Yang, Liu Yunying, and Luo Zhiwei mistook Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's exit from Wanjin Pavilion for an intimate encounter, and Zhu Zhuyun attacked Liu Yunying.
• Dai Weisi stopped Zhu Zhuyun and lectured her about attacking a teammate, then challenged Liu Yunying to spar for teasing them and bullying Zhu Zhuyun.
• Liu Yunying followed Dai Weisi to the training grounds while Li Yang teleported to the arena with melon seeds to watch.

Dai Weisi ordered the execution of the Elder Council scouts monitoring Wanjin Mountain Villa, risking a direct confrontation with the council. Star Luo Great Emperor Dai Zhen feared the act would shatter the fragile balance and plunge the empire into conflict.

• A sensory-type Soul Emperor told Dai Weisi that thirteen Elder Council scouts were monitoring Wanjin Mountain Villa.
• Dai Weisi ordered the scouts killed and their bodies hung at the villa entrance for three days.
• Dai Weisi asked Cheng Yue to defend Wanjin Mountain Villa from the Elder Council’s expected retaliation, and Cheng Yue agreed.
• Dai Zhen heard what Dai Weisi had done and worried that the royal family and the Elder Council might enter an all-out conflict.

After reaching level 40, Dai Weisi learned that Tang Hao had mortally wounded Spirit Hall’s Pope, Qian Renxue, and planned to use the resulting conflict to absorb the Clear Sky Sect’s affiliated clans and assets in Star Luo. He and his allies prepared their approach while Li Fu took him to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Dai Weisi gained the Thousand Miles in an Instant agility skill and a Heavenly Sword Forging Diagram, then emerged from seclusion at level 40.
• Dai Weisi received news that Tang Hao had fatally injured Qian Renxue while she pursued him, and he warned his team that the continent faced upheaval.
• Dai Weisi ordered the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce to avoid provoking Spirit Hall and proposed taking over the Clear Sky Sect’s affiliated clans and Star Luo assets during its conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Dai Weisi assigned Liu Yunying to approach Yang Wudi, Li Yang to approach Niu Gao, and Cheng Yue to secure the Clear Sky Sect’s assets in Star Luo.
• Li Fu prepared to take Dai Weisi to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts before the group carried out the broader plan.

Dai Weisi’s Ancestor Lü’s Visualization Chart repelled a Golden Horn City-Breaking Rhinoceros soul that invaded his consciousness, and its swords absorbed the remnants to grow stronger. Dai Weisi realized the chart could defend against soul attacks, but he still could not use its swords to attack enemies proactively.

• A Golden Horn City-Breaking Rhinoceros soul charged at Dai Weisi inside his sea of consciousness.
• The sword-bearing Daoist in the Ancestor Lü's Visualization Chart opened his eyes and sent out black and white sword lights.
• The sword lights pierced and destroyed the rhinoceros’s remnant soul, then formed a Taiji Diagram to absorb its remaining soul power.
• Dai Weisi recognized that the chart could protect him from invading souls, but its swords could not yet launch soul attacks.

Dai Weisi used his new authority and resources to recruit powerful clans and seize the Clear Sky Sect’s properties in Star Luo. With the Breaking Clan relocating to Star Luo City, the Defense Clan pledging itself to him, and Cheng Yue completing his mission, Dai Weisi strengthened his position for future plans.

• Dai Weisi ordered his subordinates to carry out his plan to influence the continent, then drew the Divine Illumination Scripture after reaching Soul Ancestor.
• Dai Weisi reviewed his unused cards and recalled that Zhu Zhuyun had learned the Nine Yin Manual and was rapidly improving.
• Liu Yunying persuaded Yang Wudi to lead the Breaking Clan to Star Luo City, where its allegiance remained undecided pending Dai Weisi’s meeting with him.
• Niu Gao and the Defense Clan pledged allegiance to Dai Weisi after the Clear Sky Sect abandoned them.
• Cheng Yue reported that Wanjin Mountain Villa had taken the Clear Sky Sect’s properties in Star Luo after defeating an Elder Council force led by a Soul Sage.
• Dai Weisi rewarded Cheng Yue with a Minor Returning Pill, which cleared much of his hidden injuries and prompted him to enter seclusion.

Dai Weisi considered whether Li Yang could practice the Bodhi Heart Sutra, hoping it might give him another path as the team’s only other male member. He decided Li Yang could try the sutra first and skip the Bixie Sword Manual if it proved unsuitable.

• Dai Weisi recalled how a player’s experiment had linked the Bodhi Heart Sutra and the Bixie Sword Manual, creating the Chicken-Carrying Bixie Sword path.
• The game officials had made both manuals harder to obtain and nearly shut down the path for players who already possessed one manual.
• Dai Weisi realized the Bodhi Heart Sutra might offer Li Yang a new possibility.
• Dai Weisi reasoned that Li Yang could practice the sutra despite its effect on offensive Soul Power, since Li Yang was a control-type Soul Master.
• Dai Weisi decided that Li Yang could forgo the Bixie Sword Manual if he could not practice it.

After Dai Zhen confronted the Elder Council and Dai Weisi openly attacked one of its businesses, Dai Mubai was barred from attending his brother’s birthday banquet and discovered that his mother, Consort Lian, had died. Her mysterious death left him suspecting the Empress, though he struggled to believe she could have caused it.

• Dai Zhen tightened protection around Dai Mubai after the boy awakened a powerful White Tiger Martial Soul, while Dai Weisi and the Demon King Team grew stronger.
• The Elder Council confronted Dai Zhen, who later summoned Dai Weisi; Dai Weisi burned one of the council’s businesses, and the council covered up the incident.
• Dai Mubai was not invited to Dai Weisi’s eleventh birthday banquet and was forbidden to leave the palace.
• Dai Mubai found Consort Lian dead in her bedchamber and fainted after embracing her icy body.
• Dai Zhen told Dai Mubai that Consort Lian had died, and Dai Mubai overheard palace maids mention her visits to the Empress before her death.
• Dai Mubai began to suspect the Empress but kept his doubts to himself.

After being mocked by Dai Weisi and a masked man, Dai Mubai sought strength but began acting with more restraint. His recovery pleased the Star Luo Great Emperor, who rewarded him with cultivation resources and a family palm-training manual.

• Dai Mubai quietly returned to his palace and slept instead of cultivating through the night.
• The palace physicians noticed that Dai Mubai followed their advice, stopped overtraining, and appeared to have recovered from his hidden injuries.
• The Star Luo Great Emperor rewarded Dai Mubai with cultivation resources and Dai Zhen's copy of Palm Technique Essentials.
• Dai Zhen explained that the manual described how to forge iron palms and had been compiled by a Dai Family descendant obsessed with creating Self-Created Soul Skills.

Dai Weisi visited Rock Dragon City to assess the loyalty of Ahakuwa Province and explore ways to strengthen the Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall. He wandered the night market with Shi Tou as his guide and learned that the city’s annual wrestling tournament was taking place that night.

• Dai Weisi arrived in Rock Dragon City with Li Fu and settled at the local Wanjin Chamber of Commerce outpost.
• Dai Weisi explored the city’s night market while Li Fu secretly watched over him.
• Shi Tou offered to guide Dai Weisi around Rock Dragon City for one Silver Soul Coin.
• Shi Tou described the city’s brothels, and Dai Weisi stopped him and asked about other local specialties.
• Shi Tou told Dai Weisi about the annual wrestling tournament’s final showdown and offered to take him there.

Dai Weisi and Gu Shouchang arrived at the City Lord's Manor through a secret passage, where Gu Qingfeng mistook Dai Weisi for an enemy and attacked. After Dai Weisi proved he was a Star Luo royal, Gu Qingfeng accepted his son's choice to join the Demon King Team and ordered him to sever his ties to the Gu Family.

• Gu Qingfeng found Dai Weisi beside Gu Shouchang in the secret chamber and prepared to attack him.
• Li Fu appeared and defended Dai Weisi, but Gu Qingfeng charged anyway, believing he was protecting Star Luo from Spirit Hall.
• Gu Qingfeng used his Grip of the Earth soul skill against Dai Weisi, but Li Fu intercepted him and knocked him back.
• Gu Shouchang told his father that Dai Weisi was not an enemy, and Dai Weisi summoned his White Tiger Beast Soul to prove his royal identity.
• Gu Shouchang explained his decision to join Dai Weisi's Demon King Team, and Gu Qingfeng allowed him to leave while forbidding him to use the Gu Family name.

Ye Jinghu explained how the Sacred Dragon Sect was threatening his family and Ye Lingling, the likely next inheritor of the Nine Heart Begonia. Dai Weisi promised to have Lingling adopted into the Star Luo imperial family, and Ye Jinghu entrusted her to him as he revealed that he might not live much longer.

• Ye Jinghu told Dai Weisi, Li Fu, and Gu Shouchang that his son had been killed, leaving Ye Lingling as the Ye Family's only heir and likely Nine Heart Begonia inheritor.
• Ye Jinghu explained that Tuoba Xi wanted Ye Lingling betrothed to his grandson and could use a false accusation to bring Spirit Hall against the Ye Family.
• Dai Weisi offered to have his parents adopt Ye Lingling, and Li Fu displayed his nine soul rings to convince Ye Jinghu that the promise could be kept.
• Ye Jinghu brought Ye Lingling to Dai Weisi and told her to treat him as her older brother.
• Dai Weisi stopped Ye Jinghu from pressing the frightened child and learned that Ye Jinghu feared he would not live to guide her future.

Chapter 36 Summary

Plot Points and Events

Dai Weisi presents Qin Ming with unusually generous recruitment terms on behalf of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce. Unlike other factions, which require Qin Ming to pledge lifelong loyalty, Dai Weisi offers him freedom to choose his future later. Shrek Academy is stunned by the offer, and Dean Fred accepts it on Qin Ming’s behalf.

Character Development

Qin Ming’s reputation as the continent’s “second greatest genius” is emphasized. Though currently only a Soul King, his potential to become a Titled Douluo makes him highly valuable to major powers. His future independence becomes an important consideration. Fred appears protective of Qin Ming’s interests, though the narration humorously suggests that the one-million-Gold-Soul-Coin sponsorship may also influence him.

Significant Themes

The chapter highlights the value of potential over present strength, as powerful factions compete to secure Qin Ming’s future. It also contrasts restrictive loyalty-based recruitment with the appeal of personal freedom and long-term choice.

Character Interactions

Dai Weisi negotiates with Shrek Academy by offering Qin Ming exceptional flexibility. The academy members react with shock, while Fred, acting as Qin Ming’s mentor and dean, officially accepts the offer for him.

Dai Weisi faced Yu Yuanba in the arena without activating his martial soul, drawing his sword instead. Yu Yuanba launched a combined soul-skill attack, but Dai Weisi's swordplay forced him to retreat.

• Dai Weisi drew his sword without activating his martial soul, startling the spectators and organizers.
• Yu Yuanba ignored the crowd's reaction and focused solely on winning.
• Yu Yuanba used Wrath of Thunder to boost his speed and dove at Dai Weisi with Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Dai Weisi countered with Seven Stars Fall Across the Sky, aiming seven sword strikes at Yu Yuanba's vital points.
• Yu Yuanba avoided the sword strikes by halting his charge and retreating.

After defeating Yu Yuanba, Dai Weisi gained a Great Returning Pill and further insight into his swordsmanship. Sword Douluo Chen Xin revealed himself and offered to become Dai Weisi’s master despite their conflicting allegiances, leaving Dai Weisi to consider the generous terms.

• Yu Yuanba accepted his defeat and left the stage, while Dai Weisi decided not to recruit him.
• The card system rewarded Dai Weisi with a Great Returning Pill for his victory, and he reflected on how the battle had improved his swordsmanship.
• A mysterious old man challenged Dai Weisi to display his swordsmanship and spent half an hour breaking his techniques with a wooden sword.
• The old man revealed himself as Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who had previously offered to take Dai Weisi as his disciple.
• Chen Xin explained that Ning Fengzhi agreed Dai Weisi could become his personal disciple without joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, asking only that Dai Weisi not personally harm its disciples.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Dai Weisi possessed Twin Martial Souls and kept the secret, seeing him as a future powerhouse. Under Sword Douluo's punishing training, Dai Weisi hit a bottleneck in the Microscopic Realm before understanding what the next stage required.

• Ning Fengzhi decided to protect Dai Weisi's Twin Martial Souls secret and hoped his bond with Sword Douluo would benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Weisi began training under Chen Xin, who attacked relentlessly to teach him to withstand pressure.
• Dai Weisi gradually endured more attacks, rising from seven moves to fifteen, then remained stuck at fifteen for three days.
• Chen Xin explained that mastering the Microscopic Realm meant imprinting the sword's essence throughout the body and soul.
• Dai Weisi understood Chen Xin's training and asked his master to fight him again.

Sword Douluo read Dugu Qiubai’s final words on the stone tablet and felt the sword saint’s loneliness and regret through its sword intent. The experience moved Sword Douluo to tears and left him with a breakthrough in both swordsmanship and Soul Power cultivation.

• Sword Douluo reached out to the stone tablet and read its final passage.
• The sword intent conveyed Dugu Qiubai’s arrogance, loneliness, desolation, and regret to Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo shed a tear, and his aura grew stronger as he broke through in swordsmanship and Soul Power cultivation.

Sword Douluo discovered that Ye Lingling was the Ye family's successor, prompting Ning Fengzhi and him to consider matching her with Ning Rongrong as sworn siblings. Li Fu reported that Dugu Bo had heavily fortified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but the herbs Dai Weisi wanted remained untouched, leaving Dai Weisi ready to negotiate with the Poison Douluo.

• Sword Douluo learned that Ye Lingling was the granddaughter of Ye Jinghu and the likely inheritor of the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo decided that Ning Rongrong could become sworn siblings with Ye Lingling, as Ye Lingling had with Dai Weisi.
• Li Fu reported that Dugu Bo had strengthened the poison formation protecting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Li Fu confirmed that the specified immortal herbs were still growing in their original places and left without disturbing them.
• Dai Weisi prepared to negotiate with Dugu Bo.

Dai Weisi secured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by agreeing to cure Dugu Bo and strengthen Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul. After breakthroughs at the treasure land, he cured Dugu Bo’s poison, and Dugu Bo pledged his service to Dai Weisi for the next hundred years.

• Dai Weisi negotiated with Dugu Bo for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its medicines in exchange for treating Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo opened the poison formation and brought Dai Weisi and Li Fu into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dai Weisi cultivated there, advancing the Complete True Heart Method to its sixth level and the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield to its seventh.
• Dai Weisi used his internal energy to draw Dugu Bo’s toxins into a Soul Bone over two treatments a week apart.
• Dugu Bo’s decades-long illness vanished, his Soul Power rose to level ninety-two, and the toxin-enhanced Soul Bone gained greater offensive power.
• Dugu Bo pledged himself and all his abilities to Dai Weisi for the next hundred years.

Dai Weisi cured Dugu Yan’s poison and strengthened her cultivation, leading her to fall for him and kiss him. Dugu Bo witnessed the embrace and resolved to make Dai Weisi take responsibility for his granddaughter.

• Dai Weisi’s treatment of Dugu Yan helped her overcome her poison and changed her prospects for cultivation.
• Dugu Yan suddenly embraced Dai Weisi and kissed his neck after he finished purging her poison.
• Dai Weisi froze, worried about how to explain the situation to the possessive little kitten back home.
• Dugu Bo saw Dugu Yan throw herself at Dai Weisi and silently glared at Li Fu for an answer.
• Dugu Bo decided he would poison Dai Weisi if he refused to take responsibility for Dugu Yan.

Dai Weisi and Li Fu killed two Golden Radiance Death Bees, and Dai Weisi absorbed the 80,000-year queen’s soul ring and left arm soul bone, gaining new powers. Back in Heaven Dou City, Dugu Yan invited him to the Lantern Festival, treating his attempt to gently reject her as agreement to courtship.

• Dai Weisi restrained the 80,000-year Golden Radiance Death Bee while Li Fu severed its lower half, but a hidden 60,000-year queen attacked Li Fu with her life-ending stinger.
• Dai Weisi intercepted the stinger with his defenses, killed the wounded old queen, and escaped the enraged swarm with Li Fu.
• Dai Weisi absorbed the 80,000-year soul ring in a cave, reached level 64, and gained the White Tiger God Controlling Sword soul skill.
• Dai Weisi absorbed the old queen’s 80,000-year left arm soul bone and gained Pierce Heaven and Earth, while deciding to give the 60,000-year right arm bone to Luo Zhiwei.
• Dai Weisi and Li Fu returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that the Lantern Festival was approaching.
• Dugu Yan invited Dai Weisi to the lantern fair, and she interpreted his explanation about letting feelings develop naturally as his agreement to attend with her.