Chapter Summaries

Ming Lunyu’s group traveled toward Ah Yin’s hidden seed and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone while Ma Hongjun absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Huodou soul bone during an overnight stop. Ma Hongjun gained powerful fire abilities and summoned a Phoenix-winged Huodou, and the group continued toward their destination.

• Ming Lunyu’s group set out for the mountain cave where Tang Hao had hidden Ah Yin’s seed and her Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• The group stopped overnight in a cave, where Ma Hongjun began absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Huodou left leg bone Ming Lunyu had given her.
• Ma Hongjun completed the absorption and revealed that the soul bone granted her the Calamity Fire Domain and Misfortune Never Comes Alone abilities.
• Ma Hongjun explained that Divine Fire Attendant summoned a Huodou with seventy percent of her cultivation that could absorb attacks in her place.
• Ma Hongjun summoned the Huodou, whose Phoenix wings showed that her Phoenix Martial Soul had altered the beast’s form.

Ming Lunyu and his companions reached the cave where Tang Hao had hidden the Blue Silver Emperor and a spirit bone. After securing both, Ming Lunyu questioned why soul beasts produced human-shaped spirit bones, leaving the group uneasy about the mysteries of their world.

• Ma Hongjun flew the group on Huodou, and Ming Lunyu named Tang Fu'er Slaughter Sound Douluo after she asked him to choose her title.
• Ming Lunyu broke through a level during the journey, and the group later arrived at the waterfall cave from Tang Hao's memories.
• Ming Lunyu uprooted the Blue Silver Emperor, and Dugu Bo stored it in his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch to take back and plant beside the Ice and Fire Twofold Polarity Eyes.
• Tang Fu'er found the blue right leg bone hidden in the cave, and Ming Lunyu praised her as the group examined it.
• Ming Lunyu questioned why soul beasts produced human-shaped spirit bones and why humans and soul beasts seemed destined as natural enemies, unsettling Tang Fu'er and the others before he changed the subject.

Ming Lunyu met Xue Qinghe in Heaven Dou City and exposed her identity as Spirit Hall’s Young Mistress, Qian Renxue. After Tang Fu’er subdued her guards and demonstrated her strength, Ming Lunyu proposed cooperation, which Qian Renxue accepted in principle.

• Ming Lunyu postponed his plans to approach the Clear Sky Sect and went to meet Xue Qinghe with his companions.
• Xue Qinghe revealed that he wanted to recruit Ming Lunyu, but Ming Lunyu exposed her identity as Qian Renxue and prepared to leave.
• Qian Renxue tried to stop Ming Lunyu, but Tang Fu’er defeated She Long and Ci Xue and overwhelmed her with her Soul Power.
• Ming Lunyu sealed Qian Renxue’s Soul Power, causing her disguise to fall, then questioned her and proposed cooperation.
• Qian Renxue agreed to discuss cooperation, and Tang Fu’er revealed her Rank 99 cultivation and nine Soul Rings as proof of Ming Lunyu’s offer of support.

After Tang Fu'er revealed her Limit Douluo strength, Qian Renxue agreed to cooperate with Ming Lunyu and later sent him a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as a show of goodwill. Ming Lunyu accepted the gift and weighed the risks of cooperating with Spirit Hall, leaving his group focused on taking payment and avoiding conflict with the powerful faction.

• Tang Fu'er withdrew her pressure, and Qian Renxue accepted Ming Lunyu's proposal to cooperate.
• Ming Lunyu and his companions traveled toward Sunset City, where Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi reaffirmed their devotion to him.
• Over the following week, Qian Renxue sent Serpent Spear Douluo She Long to finalize material support and deliver supplies, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Ming Lunyu recognized the Soul Bone as a matching piece from a Five Spirit Immortal Fox King and understood that accepting it strengthened his obligation to help Qian Renxue.
• Ming Lunyu decided that cooperating with Spirit Hall was preferable to fighting it, while he considered the Heavenly Dou Empire far less threatening.

Ming Lunyu absorbed a Five Spirit Immortal Fox soul bone, learned about Sunset Academy’s growing school team, and visited Yang Wudi at the Ice and Fire Twofold Polarity Eyes. Yang Wudi revealed the Blue Silver Emperor’s adaptability and the inheritance ritual that could crown one of its descendants emperor, leaving Ming Lunyu considering how to obtain its seeds.

• Ming Lunyu absorbed the soul bone and gained Immortal Fox Blessing and Immortal Fox Spirit Pearl.
• Ma Hongjun described Sunset Academy’s twenty-member school team and singled out Qi Xiao'ai as a promising student supported by the academy.
• Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun traveled to the Ice and Fire Twofold Polarity Eyes, where he met Yang Wudi and learned about her Blue Silver Emperor experiments.
• Yang Wudi showed Ming Lunyu Blue Silver Emperor offspring that had adapted to different growing conditions and explained that the mature plant could instead alter its surroundings.
• Yang Wudi revealed that a Blue Silver Crown Prince could be crowned emperor through a ritual led by the Blue Silver King in the Blue Silver Forest, and Ming Lunyu considered taking seeds from the Blue Silver Emperor.

Ming Lunyu planted a Blue Silver Emperor seed to preserve Ah Yin’s bloodline and discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden location with Yang Wudi. Tang Fu’er revealed a Heavenly Forged Soul Tool she had made for Ma Hongjun, and Ming Lunyu named it Candle Dragon Illuminating the Night.

• Ming Lunyu planted the Blue Silver Emperor seed and buried Immortal Fox Spirit Pearls beside it to nourish its growth.
• Yang Wudi replanted the original Blue Silver Emperor in a flowerpot, and Ming Lunyu asked where the Clear Sky Sect was located.
• Yang Wudi pointed out that the Clear Sky Sect lay about three hundred li from Heaven Dou City, within the Heavenly Dou Empire.
• Ma Hongjun showed Ming Lunyu the saber hilt Tang Fu’er had forged from Heavenly Forging Metal, and he activated it to form a flaming blade.
• Tang Fu’er explained that the saber could threaten a six-ring Soul Emperor at normal output, and Ming Lunyu named it Candle Dragon Illuminating the Night.

Dugu Bo met Zhu Zhuqing at Sunset Academy after Zhu Zhuqing came looking for Ming Lunyu, then tested her resolve by making her keep pace through Sunset Forest and fight Soul Beasts. As Zhu Zhuqing pushed through exhaustion and injuries, she broke through an invisible shackle within her body.

• Dugu Bo noticed Zhu Zhuqing arrive at Sunset Academy seeking Ming Lunyu and approached her after learning she carried his jade pendant.
• Dugu Bo agreed to take Zhu Zhuqing to Ming Lunyu and tested her by flying ahead at increasing speeds.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Martial Soul Possession to chase Dugu Bo into Sunset Forest, where she fought Soul Beasts despite growing exhausted.
• After a Grass Vine Rat tripped her, Zhu Zhuqing fell, suffered wounds, and continued battling as more Soul Beasts gathered.
• Zhu Zhuqing reaffirmed her determination to become stronger and change her fate, then shattered an invisible shackle within her body.

Zhu Zhuqing broke through during her desperate fight against the Nether Wolves, passed Dugu Bo’s test, and was brought to the Ice and Fire Twofold Polarity Eyes. There she met Ming Lunyu, who welcomed her and resolved to pursue her without forcing her.

• Zhu Zhuqing broke through in battle and continued fighting until Dugu Bo arrived, defeated the Nether Wolves, and told her she had passed the test.
• Zhu Zhuqing stabilized her cultivation while Dugu Bo kept watch, then followed her toward the Ice and Fire Twofold Polarity Eyes.
• Dugu Bo led Zhu Zhuqing through the Poison Mist into the valley, showed her the hidden base, and warned her to keep its location secret.
• Dugu Bo brought Zhu Zhuqing to Ming Lunyu, who apologized for the test and offered her hot water.
• Ming Lunyu decided to nurture Zhu Zhuqing and pursue her through his personal charm, while resolving never to force her if she did not return his feelings.

Ming Lunyu told Zhu Zhuqing he could improve her Martial Soul and Soul Ring prospects, then offered her an Immortal Grade Herb to aid her growth. After confessing that he liked her, he left Zhu Zhuqing accepting his help and resolved to become strong enough to be worthy of him.

• Ming Lunyu explained that he could improve Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul quality and help her exceed Soul Ring age limits.
• Ming Lunyu revealed his Second Martial Soul, Inverse Yin Yang, and offered a contract that would optimize Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul but change her gender; Zhu Zhuqing declined and asked about other methods.
• Ming Lunyu showed Zhu Zhuqing his garden of Immortal Grade Herbs and insisted she accept a herb he had chosen for her.
• Ming Lunyu admitted he liked Zhu Zhuqing and was investing in courting her, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted his help.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized her feelings for Ming Lunyu and resolved to train hard enough to become worthy of him.

Ming Lunyu gave Zhu Zhuqing three immortal herbs, Heavenly Forging Metal—Tomb of Light, and the Heavenly Evolution Yin-Yang Art to prepare for improving her Martial Soul. After cultivating the technique overnight, Zhu Zhuqing returned to Ming Lunyu the next morning, ready to proceed.

• Ming Lunyu explained how Nether King Incense, Shadowveil Grass, and Impermanent Sunflower suited Zhu Zhuqing, then gave her Tomb of Light and the Heavenly Evolution Yin-Yang Art.
• Ming Lunyu told Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate the technique and build a stable yin-yang cycle before he harmonized its power with his Second Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing stayed in Ming Lunyu's room and discovered that the technique could raise her Soul Power absorption efficiency to nearly two hundred percent.
• Ma Hongjun teased Ming Lunyu about giving Zhu Zhuqing a betrothal gift and said she hoped his growing family would keep them from being lonely.
• The next morning, Ming Lunyu saw Zhu Zhuqing waiting outside with a newly harmonious presence and invited her to come with him.

Ming Lunyu helped Zhu Zhuqing use three immortal herbs and the Tomb of Light to evolve her Hell Spirit Cat into the Super Martial Soul Nethersteel Night Hunter. After Zhuqing revealed her new abilities and level, Ming Lunyu offered to help her find a fourth Soul Ring and invited her to join him, leaving her to consider her feelings and choice.

• Ming Lunyu guided Zhu Zhuqing through consuming the Nether King Incense, Shadow Grass, and Impermanent Sunflower, then helped her merge their powers with the Tomb of Light.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged from a shadow cocoon with her evolved Martial Soul, the Nethersteel Night Hunter, and reached approximately level forty-three.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that All Weapons Shadow Form let her scan weapons through shadows and replicate them, and that her third soul skill and other abilities had changed.
• Ming Lunyu offered to help Zhu Zhuqing hunt a fourth Soul Ring, but she hesitated because she worried about her classmates' reactions and felt embarrassed by accepting his gifts.
• Ming Lunyu told Zhu Zhuqing she could choose to join him whenever she wanted, and she left the offer undecided.

After Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul evolved, Yang Wudi guided her through Sunset Forest and helped her adapt through combat. Zhu Zhuqing defeated a ten-thousand-year Cold Pond Python, proving her new skills in battle.

• Ming Lunyu advised Zhu Zhuqing to apply for a soul hunt after returning to the academy and notify him by carrier pigeon.
• Yang Wudi explained that Ming Lunyu’s contract had restored her youth and offered to guide Zhu Zhuqing through the forest so she could practice with her evolved Martial Soul.
• Yang Wudi and Zhu Zhuqing grew closer as sisters while traveling through Sunset Forest, and Yang Wudi chose a ten-thousand-year Cold Pond Python as Zhu Zhuqing’s opponent.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Shadow Dive and Flash Slash to ambush the Cold Pond Python, evade its attacks, and strike its vital point repeatedly.
• After the exhausted python launched a final bout of attacks, Zhu Zhuqing appeared on its back and killed it.

Zhu Zhuqing mastered her new Martial Soul under Yang Wudi’s guidance and returned to Shrek Academy, where they encountered Sword Douluo Chen Xin and learned that Tai Tan was confronting Tang San. After Tai Tan recognized Tang San as his Young Master, Yang Wudi left without revealing herself to her old friend.

• Yang Wudi rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a Thunderclap Tiger, then assessed her new soul skills and offered guidance.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed several more soul beasts before Yang Wudi flew her back to Shrek Academy.
• Yang Wudi sensed Chen Xin at the academy and identified Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Tai Tan among the visitors.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined Xiao Wu and the others and learned that Tai Tan had challenged Tang San to withstand his pressure.
• Tai Tan secretly increased the pressure, but after Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, Tai Tan knelt and recognized him as the Young Master.
• Yang Wudi left the crowd without approaching Tai Tan, who sensed a familiar presence but saw only an unfamiliar white-haired woman walking away.

Ming Lunyu and his companions reached the village beneath the Clear Sky Sect and prepared to subdue it. At Haotian Fortress, Tang Fu'er announced their arrival by unleashing a colossal hammer strike against the mountain.

• Ming Lunyu discussed a plan to make the Clear Sky Sect submit, while Dugu Bo advocated wiping it out if it refused.
• Tang Fu'er explained that the sect lived behind mountain defenses and an iron-chain crossing, while Ming Lunyu promised Yang Wudi she could demand an apology after he took it over.
• Dugu Bo revealed she had found a damaged flying Soul Tool at the Ice and Fire Twofold Polarity Eyes and offered to bring it to Ming Lunyu.
• The group flew toward Haotian Fortress, and Tang Fu'er killed a ten-thousand-year monstrous bird that attacked them.
• At the fortress, Tang Fu'er formed a five-hundred-meter Dark Gold Sky-Slaying Hammer and struck the mountain while calling the sect's descendants out to meet their founder.

Tang Fu'er used Tang Chen's memories to convince Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders that she was their vanished Old Sect Master, then brought Ming Lunyu and his companions into the sect. In the main hall, Ming Lunyu took the seat of honor as Tang Fu'er prepared to explain her changed appearance.

• Tang Fu'er smashed Clear Sky Peak's mountainside and demanded that the Clear Sky Sect's descendants greet her.
• Tang Xiao and five elders confronted Tang Fu'er, whose overwhelming power and nine Soul Rings frightened them.
• Tang Fu'er claimed to be Tang Chen, proved it by revealing private memories, and was accepted by Tang Xiao and the elders.
• Tang Fu'er introduced Ming Lunyu and his companions, and Tang Xiao's group followed them to the Clear Sky Main Hall.
• Ming Lunyu explained to Ma Hongjun that he acted arrogant to establish his authority, while Tang Xiao gathered the disciples and announced that honored guests had arrived.
• Ming Lunyu took the seat of honor, and Tang Fu'er began to explain why she had changed her appearance.

Tang Fu'er returned to the Clear Sky Sect and, with Ming Lunyu, persuaded its leaders that soul beasts had manipulated events behind the sect’s downfall. The elders accepted that Spirit Hall was an ally against the soul beast conspiracy.

• Tang Fu'er told the Clear Sky Sect how Ming Lunyu had saved her after she was Parasitized, then condemned the sect for retreating into the mountains and sheltering Tang Hao’s actions.
• The elders apologized and boasted that they had grown strong enough to march on Pope’s Palace, but Tang Fu'er rebuked them for misunderstanding the source of their troubles.
• Ming Lunyu revealed his powerful Soul Rings, calmed the elders, and argued that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had provoked the conflict between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall.
• Ming Lunyu presented rabbit fur and Tang Fu'er's memory as evidence that soul beasts were infiltrating human society and preparing a larger conspiracy.
• The Clear Sky Sect leaders accepted Ming Lunyu’s explanation that the soul beasts were responsible for Tang Hao’s past and concluded that Spirit Hall was an ally.

Ming Lunyu explained Ah Yin's role in the Clear Sky Sect's troubles, redirecting Tang Xiao's anger toward the soul beasts and easing tensions with Spirit Hall. Tang Fu'er reclaimed the sect master's position and placed the Clear Sky Sect under Ming Lunyu's command, leaving the sect aligned with him.

• Tang Xiao accepted Ming Lunyu's explanation that Ah Yin had been a soul beast spy, partly to clear Tang Hao's name and ease the Clear Sky Sect's conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Ming Lunyu resolved to thwart the soul beasts' plans and keep watch on Di Tian and the Soft Bone Rabbit.
• Tang Fu'er announced that she would resume the Clear Sky Sect's leadership, and Tang Xiao recognized that Tang Chen had never formally given up the sect master's position.
• Tang Xiao and the elders welcomed Tang Fu'er back as sect master, and she declared that the Clear Sky Sect would obey Ming Lunyu.
• Ma Hongjun and Dugu Bo were surprised by how readily the Clear Sky Sect submitted, while Ming Lunyu realized that Tang Chen's authority and his own power had secured their allegiance.

Tang Fu'er revealed herself to the Clear Sky disciples as Tang Chen and announced she would reclaim the Sect Master position, while Ming Lunyu worked to win their support. After Ming Lunyu displayed his level fifty-seven Soul King cultivation, he prepared to prove his combat ability in a match with Tang Xiao.

• Ming Lunyu asked Tang Xiao to fight him so he could establish his authority among the Clear Sky disciples, and Tang Xiao agreed.
• Tang Fu'er comforted Ming Lunyu before she and Tang Xiao led the others to the martial arena.
• Tang Fu'er demonstrated her level ninety-nine Soul Power, revealed herself as Tang Chen, and explained her return to the assembled disciples.
• Tang Fu'er announced she would once again become Sect Master and used Ming Lunyu's ideas to ease hostility toward Spirit Hall and restore Tang Hao's reputation.
• Tang Fu'er presented Ming Lunyu as a genius capable of leading the sect, and he revealed that he was a thirteen-year-old level fifty-seven Soul King.
• Ming Lunyu asked Tang Xiao to begin their agreed match so he could prove his strength to the disciples.

Ming Lunyu fought Tang Xiao on the Clear Sky Sect’s iron-chain bridge, demonstrating his extreme control, powerful buffs, and formidable attacks. After Ming Lunyu forced Tang Xiao to use his eighth soul skill to defend against a devastating strike, Tang Xiao recognized the young Soul King’s extraordinary power.

• Tang Xiao led Ming Lunyu to the iron-chain bridge, where Ming Lunyu walked across without using Soul Power to steady himself.
• Ming Lunyu activated four buffs and unleashed a hundred Blazing Wheel Dance soul skills, astonishing the Clear Sky Sect disciples.
• Tang Xiao transformed his Clear Sky Hammer with his seventh soul skill and charged at Ming Lunyu as the iron chain swayed.
• Ming Lunyu used Rippling Dragon Dance and Shattering Gold, Breaking Jade to counter Tang Xiao’s attacks, then endured Tang Xiao’s sixth soul skill and its spiritual assault.
• Ming Lunyu unleashed Scorching Void Rift, forcing Tang Xiao to defend himself with his eighth soul skill.
• Ming Lunyu landed back on the chain, exhausted by the attack, while Tang Xiao realized its power rivaled his own ninth soul skill.

Ming Lunyu defeated Tang Xiao in their duel, securing the Clear Sky Sect’s allegiance. He supplied the sect with rare medicinal herbs and settled into its specially prepared quarters with his companions.

• Ming Lunyu used vines, water propulsion, and repeated attacks to evade Tang Xiao and cross the iron chain while Tang Xiao realized Ming Lunyu possessed multiple powerful soul bones.
• Tang Xiao conceded the match, acknowledging Ming Lunyu’s strength before the Clear Sky Sect’s stunned disciples.
• Ming Lunyu asked the Clear Sky Sect to pledge allegiance, and Tang Xiao, the elders, and the disciples all swore loyalty to him.
• Ming Lunyu gave the sect rare medicinal herbs and promised monthly supplies while explaining that he would not interfere in its affairs unless he needed its help.
• Ming Lunyu and his companions moved into a separate courtyard, where Tang Fu'er flopped onto the large bed and suggested they rest.