Chapter Summaries

Hu Haoran and the Rakshasa Sword Spirit fought through the Silver Flying Fish school in Sinking Moon Marsh, adapting to their attacks and killing more than half their number. Hu Haoran detected the Heaven-tier leader and used the slaughter as cover to draw closer, leaving the leader scrambling to keep him at bay.

• Hu Haoran defended against the Silver Flying Fish's Gale blades while the Rakshasa Sword Spirit attacked with Spring Thunder Stab.
• Hu Haoran discovered the Heaven-tier Silver Flying Fish leader directing the school and decided to deal with it after thinning the fish.
• Hu Haoran unleashed Roaring Sword River, but the leader steadied the school and ordered the fish to fire Silver Fish Cannonballs.
• Hu Haoran and the Rakshasa Sword Spirit dodged the cannonballs until the fish tired from absorbing earth element, then counterattacked with Autumn Thunder Explodes Lightning and Destroys.
• Hu Haoran and the Rakshasa Sword Spirit slaughtered more than half of the school, while Hu Haoran locked onto the leader and moved closer as it ordered the remaining fish to block him.

Hu Haoran and Rakshasa Sword Spirit slaughtered the Silver Flying Fish army, and Hu Haoran killed its Heaven-tier leader. After learning his soul rings had reached their spiritual-power limit, Hu Haoran decided to end his secluded cultivation and leave with over two hundred million Douluo Crystal Points.

• Hu Haoran and Rakshasa Sword Spirit fought their way through the Silver Flying Fish, killing more than fifteen thousand and leaving only a few hundred.
• The Heaven-tier Silver Flying Fish attacked Hu Haoran, while Hu Haoran ordered Rakshasa Sword Spirit to finish off the remaining fish.
• Hu Haoran used his Lightning Angel Wings and spirit bone skills to outpace the Heaven-tier Silver Flying Fish and stab it through the head.
• Hu Haoran learned that each of his five soul rings had reached the thirty-five-thousand-year limit set by his spiritual power.
• Hu Haoran decided to end his secluded cultivation after accumulating over two hundred million Douluo Crystal Points.

After returning from the Earth Domain, Hu Haoran learned about Hualei Pavilion’s progress and supplied it with equipment. He prepared to leave for Haori City the next day to take over the city and asked whom else he should bring.

• The Douluo System rewarded Hu Haoran with 100,000 Douluo Crystal Points and 1,000 skill points for completing his first training session in the Earth Domain, where seventy days had passed while only a week passed outside.
• Hu Haoran met with Hualei Pavilion’s members, who reported progress on member records, missions, the Spirit Medicine Hall, and plans for a defensive soul formation and Fixed Soul Tools.
• Hu Haoran promised to help with the materials for the defensive formation and provided five thousand sets of armor and Soul Tools for outstanding pavilion members.
• Hu Haoran announced that he would leave for Haori City the next day with Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, Qiu Tieshan, Wang Xiaobei, Liu Yu, Zhao Kuang, and Elder Hong, then asked for further recommendations.

Hu Haoran prepared to lead Hualei Pavilion’s young members to Haori City, where the Four Great Powers had seized control of the City Lord’s Manor. After hearing of their abuses, he planned to confront them and use their reaction as grounds to punish them.

• Song Dashan, Song Dajiang, and Luo Fei asked Hu Haoran to take their children to Haori City for experience, and he agreed while warning them of the danger.
• Shen Mengyan briefed Hu Haoran on Haori City, and he spent one hundred million Douluo Crystal Points on supplies and resources for Hualei Pavilion.
• Hu Haoran led the Little Bear Team, the Three Dragon Combination, Hong Zuifeng, and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone to Haori City, where Song Biao addressed him as City Lord.
• At a restaurant, Hu Haoran overheard diners complain that the Four Great Powers had occupied the City Lord’s Manor and oppressed the people of Haori City.
• Hu Haoran agreed with Luo Ye’s call to remove the Four Great Powers, while Liu Yu and Gao Cheng proposed provoking their people into giving him a pretext to act.

Hu Haoran and his allies staged a confrontation at the City Lord’s Mansion to record its guards abusing their authority. After the guards captured Hu Haoran, Song Linlin, and Song Yingying, Gao Cheng reported that they had gathered enough evidence, and Hu Haoran prepared to act.

• Hu Haoran, Gao Cheng, and Liu Yu planned to expose the City Lord’s Mansion guards with a recording Soul Tool and boost Hu Haoran’s authority.
• Hu Haoran went to the mansion with Song Linlin and Song Yingying, pretending to be a timid child as its guards insulted and slapped him.
• Zhao Dagou’s guards captured the three and dragged them inside while citizens watched helplessly.
• Gao Cheng followed with the others and secretly recorded the guards and officers plotting to abuse the two girls and kill Hu Haoran.
• Gao Cheng told Hu Haoran that they had collected enough evidence, and Hu Haoran stopped pretending to cry and smiled cruelly.

Hu Haoran revealed himself as a Five-Ring Soul King and slaughtered the corrupt members of Haori City's City Lord's Mansion. After proving that he was the City Lord, he enlisted Shi Danda to help expose four remaining officers tied to the Four Great Powers.

• Hu Haoran killed a soldier who attacked him and revealed his five soul rings while Hong Zuifeng sealed the mansion.
• Hu Haoran executed another soldier who threatened him with the Zhao Family, then ordered his allies to kill everyone who had harbored killing intent toward him.
• Hu Haoran spared the remaining innocent mansion personnel and proved his identity with Viscount Thunder Sword's noble badge and Haori City's City Lord's Seal.
• Shi Danda confirmed that the slain officials deserved their deaths and offered to help Hu Haoran identify corrupt members of the Four Great Powers.
• Shi Danda warned Hu Haoran that four high-ranking Soul King officers still controlled much of Haori City's military, and Hu Haoran ordered him to gather evidence against them by the next day.

Hu Haoran prepared to take control of Haori City by gathering evidence against its four corrupt commanders and ordering their execution. The commanders arrived arrogantly, but after Hu Haoran exposed their crimes, Song Gongyu attacked and Hu Haoran called on Elder Hong to intervene.

• Hu Haoran ordered Shi Danda to summon the four senior officers and prepare evidence so they could be executed that night.
• Shi Danda presented records of the commanders' crimes, and Hu Haoran resolved to punish them.
• Zhao Yixiu dismissed warnings and joined Song Gongyu, Li Taitang, and Zhu Damao in going to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Hu Haoran confronted the four commanders and played recordings proving their crimes.
• The commanders admitted their guilt and threatened to destroy the evidence, so Song Gongyu charged at Hu Haoran.
• Hu Haoran declared Song Gongyu's attack an additional crime and asked Elder Hong to act.

Hu Haoran had Hong Zuifeng defeat the Four Great Commanders and secretly raid their residences, reclaiming the City Lord's Mansion’s resources. With the Four Great Powers enraged and Haori City’s people hopeful, Hu Haoran prepared to take full control of the city the next day.

• Hong Zuifeng sealed the City Lord's Mansion, killed the commanders’ followers, and stripped the Four Great Commanders of their cultivation while leaving them alive and mute.
• Hu Haoran sent teams led by Xiong Yingtian and others to raid the four commanders’ residences before the Four Great Powers could intervene.
• The City Lord's Mansion’s forces ransacked the residences, returned with goods worth more than fifty million Gold Soul Coins, and left the four estates burning.
• The Four Great Powers erupted in outrage, while Haori City’s common people saw Hu Haoran’s defeat of the commanders as a sign of hope.
• Hu Haoran declared that he would take control of Haori City and execute the Four Great Commanders after daybreak.

Hu Haoran prepared to execute the Four Great Commanders before Haori City's citizens, insisting he would face the Four Great Powers without relying on Elder Hong. Their representatives interrupted the execution, but Hu Haoran killed the Zhu Family representative and silenced the others.

• Hu Haoran told Gao Cheng and Liu Yu he would deal firmly with the Four Great Powers but would not recklessly start a war, and he explained to Song Biao why he would not rely on Elder Hong to secure Haori City.
• Hu Haoran brought the crippled Zhao Yixiu, Song Gongyu, Li Taitang, and Zhu Damao to Haori Plaza and ordered their execution before the citizens.
• Representatives of the Zhao Family, Berserk Gang, Blood Sand Gang, and Zhu Family arrived and called for the execution to stop.
• After a Zhu Family representative insulted him, Hu Haoran drew the Star Scar Sword and killed him with one stroke.
• Hu Haoran warned the other representatives not to challenge him, and they fell silent.

Hu Haoran confronted the Four Great Powers’ representatives as he tried to execute Haori City’s former Four Great Commanders, citing their crimes and his authority as city lord and viscount. He put the commanders’ fate to the people, and the crowd began to turn against them.

• Hu Haoran ordered the executioners to resume beheading the four commanders and warned the Four Great Powers’ representatives not to interfere.
• The Blood Sand Gang, Zhao Family, and Berserk Gang representatives challenged the executions, but Hu Haoran presented a recording of the commanders’ crimes and invoked his authority as a viscount.
• Hu Haoran offered to let the people decide whether the commanders would live or die, despite a Berserk Gang representative’s attempt to intimidate the crowd.
• Hu Haoran warned that anyone threatening the people would suffer the Zhu Family’s fate.
• An unidentified person in the crowd called for the commanders to be killed, and the crowd began to stir.

Hu Haoran executed the Four Great Commanders, then announced that Haori City would abolish personal taxes and recruit residents into the City Guard. He left the crowd eager to enlist as he began rebuilding the city’s defenses ahead of the Zhu Family’s likely retaliation.

• Hu Haoran had the Four Great Commanders executed after the crowd demanded their deaths.
• Hu Haoran told Shi Danda that he let the Four Great Powers’ representatives leave because the City Lord’s Manor was not strong enough to confront them, and warned that the Zhu Family would retaliate.
• Hu Haoran formally took office as City Lord of Haori City and announced that personal taxes were abolished.
• Hu Haoran announced that residents could register for the City Guard, with those who failed its tests joining the Reserve Army for training.
• Hu Haoran assured a hesitant resident that ordinary people could become guards and receive cultivation resources, stirring the crowd’s interest in enlisting.

Hu Haoran's recruitment drive drew many young people to sign up for Haori City's City Guard, while the Zhu Family debated how to respond to his rise. Zhu Tianming ruled out killing Hu Haoran but proposed forcing him to leave the city.

• Hu Haoran opened City Guard registration, and young citizens crowded the City Lord's Mansion to sign up.
• Shi Danda directed the applicants to register their information, and Hu Haoran's tax cancellation and recruitment plan won him public support.
• The Zhao Family, Berserk Gang, and Blood Sand Gang chose to wait and observe, while the Zhu Family plotted retaliation for Hu Haoran killing its representative.
• Zhu Xiaoxiao, Zhu Zhihui, and Zhu Tianguang argued over whether to investigate Hu Haoran or strike first.
• Zhu Tianming reminded the Zhu Family leaders that Hu Haoran had won the National Youth Soul Master Competition and came from the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan, so killing him was too dangerous.
• Zhu Tianming proposed causing trouble for Hu Haoran to force him out of Haori City.

Hu Haoran organized trials for Haori City's City Guard after a flood of applicants came to enlist, and the recruitment eventually drew 150,000 people. Shi Danda reported that most applicants had modest abilities, though seven eighteen-year-olds had reached level nineteen Soul Power.

• More than 100,000 people flocked to enlist in Haori City's City Guard, and Hu Haoran arranged six trials to assess their abilities.
• Shi Danda and Luo Ye began testing applicants at Haori Plaza, recording their results in the Computer Soul Tool System and offering those who failed a place in the Reserve Army.
• After a month, recruitment reached 150,000 applicants, and Hu Haoran paused enrollment so the force would remain manageable.
• Hu Haoran celebrated his ninth birthday as the City Guard trials continued and the Four Great Powers kept testing his influence.
• Shi Danda told Hu Haoran that seven eighteen-year-olds had reached level nineteen Soul Power, while the applicants' average level was eleven and more than 70,000 were not Soul Masters.

Hu Haoran organized the Haori City Guard into five divisions and addressed the challenge of training recruits who lacked Soul Rings or innate Soul Power. He appointed Shi Danda as overall commander, leaving him to train the Guard while Hu Haoran sought a way to help the reserve recruits cultivate.

• Hu Haoran and Shi Danda discussed the difficulty of obtaining Soul Rings for more than thirty thousand recruits, and Hong Zuifeng explained that the Linglong Chamber of Commerce and Spirit Transfer Tower could create Soul Spirits.
• Shi Danda suggested splitting the recruits into specialized squads, and Hu Haoran established the Strength Battle Guard, Shadow Sting Guard, Vajra Guard, Dragon Capture Guard, and Glazed Guard with distinct duties.
• Shi Danda asked how to handle the more than seventy thousand recruits without innate Soul Power, and Hong Zuifeng said hard training might awaken their potential, though it would be difficult.
• Hu Haoran designated those recruits as the Reserve Army and ordered Shi Danda to find promising trainees while he searched for a cultivation method.
• Hu Haoran appointed Shi Danda overall commander of the Haori City Guard and arranged for Xiong Yingtian and Hong Zuifeng to assist with training.

Hu Haoran and Shi Danda organized training for Haori City's 150,000 recruits and established the City Guard's divisions. After addressing the troops and assigning commanders, Hu Haoran began assessing seven recruits temporarily selected for his Haori Guard.

• Hu Haoran ordered Shi Danda to begin training, keep Xiong Yingtian and the others under his command, establish the Haori Guard, and provide the names of seven promising eighteen-year-olds.
• Hu Haoran, Shi Danda, and Hong Zuifeng spent hours designing a training plan suited to the recruits and Haori City's military.
• The recruits practiced Standing Military Posture, then Hu Haoran explained the City Guard's divisions and urged them to endure hardship and obey orders.
• Shi Danda and the Little Bear Team and Three Dragon Combination divided the recruits, assigning commanders to the five guards and the Reserve Army.
• Hu Haoran temporarily placed the seven talented recruits in the Haori Guard and warned that they would be demoted if they failed his assessment.

Hu Haoran formed seven young Soul Masters into Haori Squad One and set a demanding two-month test for them to reach Soul Elder level. He entrusted their training to Hong Zuifeng, then considered how to secure more resources for Haori City and Hualei Pavilion.

• Hu Haoran had Wu Dawei, Gu Ling'er, Kai Qi, Feng Jianchen, Ye Ye, Yao Wuxin, and Shui Qi introduce themselves and explained that military drills would build unity and coordination.
• Hu Haoran named the seven Haori Squad One and required them to reach level thirty or gain Soul Elder-level strength within two months.
• Yao Wuxin questioned the difficulty, but Wu Dawei and the others committed to the challenge.
• Hu Haoran assigned Hong Zuifeng to train Haori Squad One and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone, asking him to report when they needed soul rings.
• Hu Haoran recognized the shortage of resources and decided he would periodically target the Four Great Powers to seize their wealth.

Hu Haoran gave Shi Danda cultivation manuals and combat skills to strengthen the City Guard, assigning them among the Five Guards and Reserve Army. He then turned to a medicinal-herb shortage caused by the Zhu Family intercepting supplies, and received a message from Bai Feiyu at the Spirit Pill Hall.

• Hu Haoran praised the recruits’ progress and told Shi Danda that their training would next focus on physical fitness and combat strength.
• Hu Haoran gave Shi Danda the Sun Moon Profound Art and Cloud Sea Profound Art, assigning the first to the Five Guards and the second to the Reserve Army.
• Hu Haoran handed over six combat skills and assigned them to the guards according to their specialties.
• Hu Haoran left Shi Danda, Xiong Yingtian, and the others to train the soldiers while he focused on the troublesome Zhu Family.
• Hu Haoran learned that the Zhu Family was intercepting the Spirit Pill Hall’s herbs, disrupting supplies for the City Lord’s Manor, and received a message from Bai Feiyu.

Hu Haoran went to the Spirit Pill Hall after Bai Feiyu reported that its herb shipments were being robbed, with the Zhu Family suspected. He decided to target the Zhu Family and planned to begin by striking at its resources and investigating its pill refiner, Tai Feng.

• Bai Feiyu urgently summoned Hu Haoran to address repeated robberies of the Spirit Pill Hall's medicinal herbs.
• Hu Haoran disguised himself and evaded watchers from the Four Great Powers before entering the Spirit Pill Hall.
• Bai Feiyu and Bai Feiling explained that the stolen herbs had disrupted pill production and left the hall behind on customer orders.
• Bai Feiyu recounted how Tai Feng had tried to seize a ten-thousand-year Azure Nether Ghost Vine, but Hall Master Luo Fei stopped him.
• Hu Haoran said he intended to bring the Zhu Family under Hualei Pavilion and proposed robbing its resources before questioning Tai Feng for information.

Hu Haoran learned about the Zhu Family and prepared Hualei Pavilion to protect the Spirit Medicine Hall’s next herb shipment, planning to draw the Zhu Family’s retainers into a trap. Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang prepared to raid the shipment, unaware that the pavilion expected their attack.

• Bai Feiyu and Bai Feiling asked Hu Haoran to protect the Spirit Medicine Hall’s shipment of medicinal herbs arriving the following night.
• Hu Haoran ordered Xue Jinghong and the War Hall to prepare, then asked Bai Feiling to explain the Zhu Family’s strength and retainers.
• Bai Feiling identified Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang as the likely attackers, and Hu Haoran ordered false information leaked that the shipment contained ten-thousand-year-quality materials.
• Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang agreed to seize the shipment, hoping the stolen herbs and their profits would help Jing Kongxiang obtain pills to advance to Soul Sage.
• Jing Kongxiang felt uneasy as the three retainers discussed their plan.

Hu Haoran and the Hualei Pavilion forces prepared an ambush for the Zhu Family members attacking the Spirit Pill Hall’s medicinal caravans. As the caravan entered Haori City’s territory, Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang waited to rob it, unaware that Hu Haoran’s trap was ready.

• Hu Haoran ordered Xue Jinghong to set a trap for the three Zhu Family elders and told Zhan Ya to support the operation.
• Bai Feiyu and Bai Feiling coordinated with the caravan as Hu Haoran’s forces prepared to intercept the attackers.
• The Spirit Pill Hall caravan entered Haori City’s territory cautiously after suffering repeated raids.
• Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang discussed their plan to rob the caravan while sparing the guards’ lives.
• Hu Haoran, Xue Jinghong, and Bai Feiyu watched the three Zhu Family elders from hiding, and Hu Haoran ordered that they be captured alive for questioning.