Chapter Summaries

Hu Haoran discussed his future with Shen Mengyan and prepared for their departure from the Hu Residence. Before everyone went their separate ways, Hu Xi gave him a force in Haori City, and Hu Haoran distributed valuable soul tools and spirit bones to his family and companions.

• Hu Haoran told Shen Mengyan that Taohua was also his woman, and Shen Mengyan accepted the arrangement and agreed to follow him to Haori City and Shrek Academy.
• During the banquet, Hu Xi gave Bing Yuxin Ice Flower White Silk, Hu Tengfei the Flowing Light Dream right arm bone, and Hu Yuchen the Dark Green Poisonous Scorpion right arm bone.
• Hu Haoran learned that his father was going to the frontier while his companions were leaving for their respective academies, and Hu Xi gave him a token to command 207 bandits from Dragon Bone Mountain.
• Hu Haoran gave Hu Xi the Purple Extreme Thunder Dragon Wings External Soul Bone, explaining that he already had the Lightning Angel Wings.
• Hu Haoran gave the Soul Splitting God Sealing Blade and Dark Poisonous Spirit Blade to Hu Tengfei and Hu Yuchen, and gave Niu Dagui the Raging Wave Golden Lion Right Arm Bone.
• After the gifts and arrangements were made, everyone departed from the Hu Residence.

Hu Haoran set out with Shen Mengyan and Hong Zuifeng toward Fengho Town, stopping at Bidu Mountain to train his poison arts and check on prospective subordinates. There, Hu Haoran discovered that Ghost Scorpion Douluo was hiding nearby.

• Hu Haoran waited for Shen Mengyan after his family and companions departed for their destinations.
• Shen Mengyan joined Hu Haoran and learned that Hong Zuifeng served him as his master’s escort.
• Hu Haoran, Shen Mengyan, and Hong Zuifeng left the Imperial Capital for Fengho Town by way of Bidu Mountain.
• Hu Haoran explained that he was going to check on six prospective subordinates, including Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, and Qiu Tieshan, and revealed his poison arts to Shen Mengyan.
• Hu Haoran sensed that something was absorbing or restricting his spiritual power in the depths of Bidu Mountain and identified Ghost Scorpion Douluo as the cause.

Hu Haoran decided to capture the wounded Ghost Scorpion Douluo and make him a subordinate, so Hong Zuifeng attacked the hiding place on Hu Haoran’s behalf. Hong Zuifeng overwhelmed Ghost Scorpion Douluo, who tried to flee, and caught up to strike him again.

• Hu Haoran revealed that he wanted to subdue Ghost Scorpion Douluo, and Shen Mengyan and Hong Zuifeng warned him against the risk.
• Hu Haoran asked Hong Zuifeng to capture Ghost Scorpion Douluo and seal him, then retreated with Shen Mengyan while the two Title Douluos fought.
• Hong Zuifeng struck Ghost Scorpion Douluo’s hiding place and forced him out, revealing that Ghost Scorpion Douluo’s imprisoned spiritual power had given away his location.
• Ghost Scorpion Douluo refused to surrender and used his Martial Soul Avatar, but Hong Zuifeng’s attacks worsened his injuries.
• Ghost Scorpion Douluo tried to escape, and Hong Zuifeng caught up with him using Drunken Shadowless and struck his abdomen.

Hong Zuifeng defeated and incapacitated Ghost Scorpion Douluo, allowing Hu Haoran to use the Prison God Hall Interface to subdue him. Hu Haoran discovered Zeng Xiao's injuries were critical, spent more Douluo Crystal Points on pills to treat him, and watched Zeng Xiao awaken as his servant.

• Hong Zuifeng crushed Ghost Scorpion Douluo's chest, sealed his dantian, and handed him over to Hu Haoran.
• Hu Haoran checked the Prison God Hall Interface and spent 30 million Douluo Crystal Points to subdue Ghost Scorpion Douluo, learning his name was Zeng Xiao and that he was near death.
• Hu Haoran searched for a cheaper treatment and spent 19.6 million Douluo Crystal Points on recovery, martial-soul repair, and poison-restoration pills.
• Hu Haoran roused Zeng Xiao, who knelt before him and greeted him as Master.

Hu Haoran subdued Zeng Xiao and arranged for Hong Zuifeng to heal him with powerful pills. After a week on Bidu Mountain, Zeng Xiao recovered fully and pledged himself to Hu Haoran, who then set off with him for Fengho Town.

• Hu Haoran gave Zeng Xiao three semi-divine-grade pills and learned that Hong Zuifeng’s help could restore him in less than a week.
• Hu Haoran introduced Zeng Xiao as his servant to Shen Mengyan and Hong Zuifeng, who removed Zeng Xiao’s Soul Power seal and began treating him.
• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan hunted poisonous creatures on Bidu Mountain while Hong Zuifeng helped Zeng Xiao recover.
• Zeng Xiao regained seventy to eighty percent of his strength within three days and Title Douluo-level combat strength by the fifth day.
• After a week, Zeng Xiao’s injuries had fully healed, and he thanked Hu Haoran and promised to obey him.
• Hu Haoran left for Fengho Town with Zeng Xiao.

Hu Haoran and his companions arrived in Fengho Town to find out whether the Boulder Mercenary Group had completed its task. A waiter revealed that the group was on the verge of collapse under pressure from the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group, and Hu Haoran realized he had arrived just in time.

• Shen Mengyan admired Fengho Town while Hu Haoran said they had come to train without announcing the princess’s arrival.
• Zeng Xiao reported that people had been following them, but Hu Haoran chose not to attack them and instead sought a restaurant to gather information.
• Hu Haoran tipped a waiter generously and asked him about the Boulder Mercenary Group.
• The waiter explained that six young people had helped the Boulder Mercenary Group destroy the Wolf Blade Mercenary Group, but Mr. Blood Rainbow had since gained power with the help of two Soul Sages.
• The waiter said Mr. Blood Rainbow was pressuring Boulder Mercenary Group members to defect, reducing its numbers from over two hundred to around seventy, and Hu Haoran realized the group was in danger.

Hu Haoran arrived at the Boulder Mercenary Group’s headquarters and learned how Mr. Blood Rainbow had oppressed Zhou Mingyi’s people and injured Xiong Yingtian and the others. After introducing Shen Mengyan, Elder Hong, and Elder Zeng, Hu Haoran vowed to treat the injured and destroy the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group.

• Hu Haoran entered the Boulder Mercenary Group’s headquarters with Shen Mengyan, Hong Zuifeng, and Zeng Xiao, and Zhou Mingyi welcomed him.
• Zhou Mingyi explained that Mr. Blood Rainbow had taken control of Fengho Town with help from two Soul Saints and was driving Boulder members away through threats and violence.
• Zhou Mingyi said that Xiong Yingtian, his son, and Shi Zhenhe had been seriously injured when Mr. Blood Rainbow led an attack on them.
• Zhou Mingyi revealed that Mr. Blood Rainbow held a grudge because Zhou had refused to save his wicked son, who had been mortally wounded after provoking a Soul Saint.
• Hong Zuifeng reassured Zhou Mingyi, and Hu Haoran introduced Shen Mengyan as the Empire’s Fifth Princess and named Hong Zuifeng and Zeng Xiao as his elders.
• Hu Haoran said they would treat the injured first and then make the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group disappear.

Hu Haoran and the Boulder Mercenary Group planned to lure out and kill one of the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group's Soul Sages, with Shen Mengyan volunteering as bait. The chapter ended with Mr. Blood Rainbow dismissing four battered men found outside the city, unaware of the danger they represented.

• After three days of recovery, the Boulder Mercenary Group discussed how to confront the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group's three Soul Sages.
• Hu Haoran proposed luring out one Soul Sage and killing him by surprise so they could weaken the enemy group gradually.
• Zhou Mingyi and Gao Cheng identified the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk as an exploitable target because of his lust and differing interests.
• Liu Yu proposed using someone to pretend to surrender and offering the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk a beautiful girl as bait.
• Shen Mengyan insisted on serving as bait despite Hu Haoran's objections, and the group proceeded with the plan.
• Mr. Blood Rainbow examined four battered men wearing his group's emblems and dismissed them as victims of a powerful passing expert.

Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan prepared an ambush for the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk, using Bai Feiyu to lure him away from Blue Flower House. The monk followed Bai Feiyu toward a secluded house in Fengho Town, where Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan had laid a trap.

• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan finalized their assassination plan with Zhou Mingyi and sent Bai Feiyu to pose as a defector.
• Bai Feiyu entered Blue Flower House and told the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk he wanted to join him.
• Bai Feiyu tempted the monk with a story about a beautiful virgin he had hidden in the Canglan Mountain Range.
• The Extremely Evil Heretical Monk eagerly left the brothel with Bai Feiyu, ignoring a woman's pleas for attention.
• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan waited at a secluded house equipped with Soul Tools to trap the approaching monk.

Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan lured the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk into a poison trap and killed him after a fierce fight. They returned to the Boulder Mercenary Group with his head, and Hu Haoran gained thirty-five thousand Douluo Crystal Points.

• Bai Feiyu led the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk to Shen Mengyan, then waited outside while Hu Haoran watched from hiding.
• Shen Mengyan distracted the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk with wine and incense until the poisons weakened him, and Hu Haoran's Rakshasa Sword Spirit severed his arm.
• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan revealed the trap and fought the poisoned monk, with Hu Haoran and his Spirit Soul wounding him and Shen Mengyan striking him with her Golden Flame Cloud Burning Strike.
• Hu Haoran defeated the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk, severed his head, and promised Shen Mengyan she would not lure an enemy that way again.
• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan returned to the Boulder Mercenary Group with Bai Feiyu, and Hu Haoran received thirty-five thousand Douluo Crystal Points.

Hu Haoran returned to the Boulder Mercenary Group with the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk’s head, but the group postponed celebrating to plan an assassination of Greedy Scholar. After arranging a relic rumor, valuable bait, and a spy, Hu Haoran prepared to continue the fight against the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group.

• Hu Haoran gave Zhou Mingyi the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk’s head and explained that poison and Shen Mengyan’s help had made the killing possible.
• Zhou Wangchao proposed a celebration, but Liu Yu reminded the group that Mr. Blood Rainbow and Greedy Scholar still threatened them.
• Hu Haoran and the Boulder Mercenary Group’s leaders discussed how to lure Greedy Scholar, settling on a fabricated Title Douluo relic and valuable bait.
• Hu Haoran chose Qiu Tieshan to act as a spy and planned to set the trap at midnight before Qiu leaked the news the next day.
• Shen Mengyan massaged Hu Haoran and asked whether he was tired, and Hu Haoran said that he did not want a peaceful life.

Hu Haoran and Zeng Xiao set a trap on Bidu Mountain to lure Greedy Scholar, while Qiu Tieshan prepared to infiltrate the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group by staging a brutal beating. Greedy Scholar and Mr. Blood Rainbow discussed their plans as Mr. Blood Rainbow delayed attacking the Boulder Mercenary Group for another week.

• Hu Haoran brought Zeng Xiao to Bidu Mountain and ordered him to prepare hidden chambers and traps using poisonous creatures, pills, and Soul Tools.
• Zeng Xiao agreed that he could build a convincing trap in one night, and Hu Haoran told him to begin.
• Qiu Tieshan insisted that Xiong Yingtian and Gao Cheng beat him so he could use his injuries to gain Greedy Scholar's trust.
• Xiong Yingtian and Gao Cheng reluctantly pummeled Qiu Tieshan while the Three Dragon Combination watched.
• Mr. Blood Rainbow asked Greedy Scholar about the missing Extremely Evil Heretical Monk, and Greedy Scholar assumed his fellow disciple was out enjoying himself.
• Mr. Blood Rainbow said he would wait another week before destroying the Boulder Mercenary Group, while Greedy Scholar eagerly anticipated their treasure.

Qiu Tieshan was rescued by the Wealth-Loving Scholar, who learned that his former brothers had attacked him over a Title Douluo’s treasure in Bidu Mountain. The Wealth-Loving Scholar agreed to help him take revenge and pursue the treasure.

• The maids in red and yellow found the badly wounded Qiu Tieshan outside the Wealth-Loving Scholar’s courtyard and carried him inside.
• The Wealth-Loving Scholar recognized Qiu Tieshan from the Boulder Mercenary Group, healed him, and admitted he intended to hand him over to Mr. Blood Rainbow for profit.
• Qiu Tieshan revealed that Xiong Yingtian and Gao Cheng had attacked him after he refused to share the secret of a Title Douluo’s burial ground.
• Qiu Tieshan asked the Wealth-Loving Scholar to help him kill Xiong Yingtian and Gao Cheng in exchange for a share of the treasure.
• The Wealth-Loving Scholar agreed to the partnership, while Qiu Tieshan proposed waiting until his injuries had fully healed.

Hu Haoran and his allies prepared a trap at a fake Title Douluo ruin to capture the Wealth-Loving Scholar. Qiu Tieshan lured the Wealth-Loving Scholar into the cave, where the trap awaited.

• Qiu Tieshan recovered, and the Wealth-Loving Scholar eagerly set out with him for the supposed ruin on Bidu Mountain.
• Hu Haoran explained the Five-Poison Soul-Locking Formation to Xiong Yingtian and Gao Cheng, describing how its Rank 8 Soul Tool core had gathered power for two days.
• Hu Haoran, Xiong Yingtian, and Gao Cheng hid near the cave while Qiu Tieshan convinced the suspicious Wealth-Loving Scholar that it was a Title Douluo ruin.
• The Wealth-Loving Scholar accepted Qiu Tieshan's explanation and entered the cave with him.

Hu Haoran and his allies lured the Wealth-Loving Scholar into Zeng Xiao’s deadly soul arrays and waited for him to weaken. Hu Haoran confronted him inside the trap and demanded that he submit or die.

• Hu Haoran, Xiong Yingtian, and Gao Cheng discussed trapping the Wealth-Loving Scholar, while Qiu Tieshan gradually fell behind as they crossed the arrays.
• The Wealth-Loving Scholar struggled against poison, wronged souls, and the Five Poisons Soul Locking Array, then realized Qiu Tieshan had disappeared and that he could not turn back.
• Xiong Yingtian brought Qiu Tieshan to his side, and Gao Cheng told the others to activate the array as the Wealth-Loving Scholar revealed his golden book and Support Soul Master abilities.
• Hu Haoran attacked the Wealth-Loving Scholar with a crimson thunderbolt sword aura, then emerged and offered him the choice to submit or perish.
• The Wealth-Loving Scholar suspected Hu Haoran was allied with Qiu Tieshan as Hu Haoran’s Sword Intent erupted.

Hu Haoran defeated The Wealth-Loving Scholar in the Five Poisons Soul-Locking Formation and bound him as a subordinate through the Douluo System. After waking, Qian Duoxiang knelt before Hu Haoran and greeted him as his master.

• Hu Haoran attacked The Wealth-Loving Scholar with his sword while the formation's poisonous creatures and wronged souls joined the assault.
• The Wealth-Loving Scholar surrendered, but Hu Haoran struck him with Zigzag Thunder Kill and knocked him unconscious.
• Hu Haoran spent seven million Douluo Crystal Points to bind The Wealth-Loving Scholar, identified as Qian Duoxiang, as his subordinate.
• Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, and Qiu Tieshan removed the formation and left the cave after Hu Haoran told them he would handle the captive.
• Hu Haoran woke Qian Duoxiang, who saw his unmasked face, knelt, and greeted him as his master.

Hu Haoran subdued Qian Duoxiang and learned that he and his fellow disciples were seeking their late master Great Sage Lieyun’s treasure on Dragon Bone Mountain. Qian Duoxiang returned to the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group as Hu Haoran’s informant, while Mr. Blood Rainbow grew increasingly uneasy about his missing junior brother and the threat of a Title Douluo.

• Hu Haoran questioned Qian Duoxiang, who explained that he, Mr. Blood Rainbow, and the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk were disciples of Great Sage Lieyun and needed all three of them to open their master's treasure vault on Dragon Bone Mountain.
• Qian Duoxiang asked Hu Haoran to spare Mr. Blood Rainbow if he agreed to submit, and Hu Haoran promised he would.
• Hu Haoran told Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, and Qiu Tieshan that The Wealth-Loving Scholar had joined their side and would send them intelligence from the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group.
• Qian Duoxiang returned to the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group and dismissed Mr. Blood Rainbow’s worry about the missing Extremely Evil Heretical Monk.
• Mr. Blood Rainbow told Qian Duoxiang that he feared disaster was near after sensing a Title Douluo’s involvement in the attack on his men.

Hu Haoran led the Boulder Mercenary Group in a surprise attack on the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group after revealing that he had killed the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk. As the attack began, Qian Duoxiang secretly informed Hu Haoran of Mr. Blood Rainbow’s location.

• Hu Haoran dismissed Shi Zhenhe’s concerns and raised the Extremely Evil Heretical Monk’s head to rally the Boulder Mercenary Group.
• Hu Haoran led the sixty-three Boulder mercenaries toward the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group while its members drank and feasted.
• Hu Haoran directed Bai Feiyu and Bai Feiling to eliminate the hidden sentries without making a sound.
• Hu Haoran ordered the Boulder Mercenary Group to attack, and they killed at least fifty Blood Rainbow mercenaries before the group could respond.
• Mr. Blood Rainbow rushed outside to investigate the commotion, and Qian Duoxiang used a communication Soul Tool to tell Hu Haoran where he was.

Hu Haoran and Qian Duoxiang joined the Boulder Mercenary Group’s attack on the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group, and Hu Haoran challenged Mr. Blood Rainbow. Their battle left Hu Haoran facing the Soul Sage’s binding chains, with Qian Duoxiang supporting him through enhancements.

• Mr. Blood Rainbow discovered that the Boulder Mercenary Group was killing his men and suspected someone was backing them.
• Hu Haoran intercepted Mr. Blood Rainbow as he attacked Zhou Mingyi, and the two exchanged sword and soul skills.
• Qian Duoxiang enhanced Hu Haoran and revealed that he had chosen to follow him, shocking Mr. Blood Rainbow.
• Mr. Blood Rainbow suppressed Hu Haoran’s phoenix attack with Blood Bell Suppression, then Hu Haoran grew stronger under Qian Duoxiang’s further enhancements.
• Mr. Blood Rainbow cast Blood Talisman: Bind, sending iron chains toward Hu Haoran.

Hu Haoran and Qian Duoxiang fought Mr. Blood Rainbow and turned the tide of the battle between their mercenary groups. Hu Haoran defeated and subdued the unconscious Xue Jinghong, leaving him ready to recover before the group headed to Dragon Bone Mountain.

• Qian Duoxiang warned Hu Haoran about Mr. Blood Rainbow’s chain attacks, and Hu Haoran countered with the Qinghua Sword Technique.
• Mr. Blood Rainbow unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar after Hu Haoran adapted to his wind attacks, prompting the mercenary groups to resume fighting.
• Hu Haoran activated his abilities while Qian Duoxiang used his Martial Soul Avatar to strengthen him, and the two Soul Masters clashed.
• Hu Haoran’s hidden Rakshasa Sword Spirit struck Mr. Blood Rainbow from behind with Evil Thunder Annihilation, leaving him unconscious.
• Hu Haoran paid seven million Douluo Crystal Points to make Xue Jinghong his subordinate and planned to recover before seeking Lieyun Douluo’s relics on Dragon Bone Mountain.