Chapter Summaries

Hu Haoran subdued the Four Great Powers’ forces during Operation Crimson Jade and prepared to use them as undercover informants while shifting suspicion onto Lieyun Sect. As he left, an unseen witness placed him on a must-kill list.

• Zeng Xiao poisoned Zhu Zhihui and brought him down after Zhu Zhihui asked what force had captured him.
• Hu Haoran ordered the captives awakened and treated, then used his power to make them revere him.
• Dongfang Fu and Wu Chong handed Hu Haoran the thousand-year soul spirit and Rank 8 Soul Tool, which he gave to Shen Mengyan for safekeeping.
• Hu Haoran told Zhao Yuanyi to blame the defeat on two Title Douluo and suggested implicating Lieyun Sect.
• Hu Haoran instructed the subdued members to remain undercover, report on their forces, and pass him intelligence about Haori City.
• An unseen witness watched Hu Haoran and began preparing a soul skill to kill him.

Hu Haoran returned alone to the City Lord's Mansion after sending Shen Mengyan and the others back with the rewards, but he sensed a powerful pursuer tracking him through the Red Jade Mountain Range. Zhao Guangxin ambushed him with a soul attack, and Hu Haoran survived the strike as the two prepared to fight.

• Hu Haoran sent Shen Mengyan and the others to Hualei Pavilion with the thousand-year soul spirits and Level Eight Fixed Soul Tools, then headed alone for the City Lord's Mansion.
• A hidden pursuer followed Hu Haoran through the Red Jade Mountain Range, while Hu Haoran sensed growing danger and tried to evade him.
• Zhao Guangxin struck Hu Haoran with his Fourth Soul Skill, Soul Blast, but Hu Haoran's Rakshasa Sword Spirit responded and cleared the attack's effects.
• Hu Haoran identified the attack as a Zhao Family soul skill and confronted the pursuer, who revealed himself as Zhao Guangxin.
• Hu Haoran activated his Lightning Eye and Ice Fire Immunity Body as Zhao Guangxin declared his intent to kill him in the mountains.

Hu Haoran struggled to escape Zhao Guangxin, an eighty-eighth-rank Soul Douluo who attacked him with spiritual power, simulated Sword Intent, and the Ice Dragon Divine Spear. Zhao Guangxin became interested in Hu Haoran’s movement technique and continued pursuing him, while Hu Haoran remained determined not to be captured.

• Zhao Guangxin struck Hu Haoran with Mental Impact, and the Rakshasa Sword Spirit helped weaken the attack.
• Zhao Guangxin used Mental Simulation to imitate Sword Intent, then drew the Ice Dragon Divine Spear and unleashed a sweeping ice attack.
• Hu Haoran fled as the Rakshasa Sword Spirit used Autumn Thunder Explodes Lightning and Destroys to hinder Zhao Guangxin.
• Hu Haoran used Dragon Roams the Nine Heavens, Roaming Dragon Strike to speed away, and Zhao Guangxin decided he wanted to learn the technique before killing him.
• Hu Haoran noticed Zhao Guangxin’s killing intent had faded but kept fleeing to avoid falling into his hands.

Hu Haoran fled Zhao Guangxin through the Red Jade Mountain Range, only to encounter the injured Bloodhand Douluo, a dangerous Title Douluo he recognized. Bloodhand Douluo appeared before them, leaving Hu Haoran trapped between two threats.

• Zhao Guangxin pursued Hu Haoran and demanded the secret of his movement technique, but Hu Haoran refused and challenged him to swear a Spirit Oath.
• Zhao Guangxin intensified his attacks as Hu Haoran fled, and their commotion awakened an injured man healing in a cave.
• The man sensed Hu Haoran and Zhao Guangxin and left the cave to deal with them, while Hu Haoran felt an even greater danger approaching.
• A blood-scented wind swept over Hu Haoran and Zhao Guangxin, and Bloodhand Douluo appeared before them.
• Hu Haoran recognized Bloodhand Douluo as a ruthless Elder of the Evil Soul Tower, while Zhao Guangxin realized the encounter could put him in danger.

Zhao Guangxin and Hu Haoran confronted the injured Bloodhand Douluo, an elder of the Evil Soul Tower, who attacked them to absorb their blood and heal himself. After Zhao Guangxin blocked his first strike and learned of his injuries, he challenged Bloodhand Douluo and launched a spiritual attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Hu Haoran told Zhao Guangxin that Bloodhand Douluo was an outer sect elder of the Evil Soul Tower and warned him not to lower his guard.
• Zhao Guangxin tried to appease Bloodhand Douluo, but Bloodhand Douluo attacked and revealed that he wanted their blood to recover from his injuries.
• Zhao Guangxin used his Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm soul spirit and Sixth Soul Skill, Mental Barrier, to block Bloodhand Douluo's attack while Hu Haoran took cover behind him.
• Hu Haoran revealed that Bloodhand Douluo had been seriously injured by an unknown Douluo and Dust Douluo in the Azure Cloud Imperial Capital.
• Zhao Guangxin challenged Bloodhand Douluo and unleashed Fourth Soul Skill, Soul Blast, a spiritual attack that Bloodhand Douluo recognized.

Zhao Guangxin entered his mecha and fought Bloodhand Douluo, who had dismissed him until he saw the mecha's power. Their battle escalated as Zhao Guangxin activated the mecha's defenses against Bloodhand Douluo's close-range soul skill, leaving Hu Haoran watching for the outcome.

• Bloodhand Douluo blocked Zhao Guangxin's probing spiritual attack and expressed interest in absorbing his blood.
• Zhao Guangxin entered his mecha, and Bloodhand Douluo recognized it as a powerful combat tool.
• Zhao Guangxin attacked with the Ice Dragon Divine Spear, and Bloodhand Douluo countered with his Bloody Tornado soul skill.
• Zhao Guangxin and Bloodhand Douluo engaged in close combat, exchanging near-lethal strikes while Hu Haoran summoned Zeng Xiao.
• Bloodhand Douluo unleashed his Blood Severing Strangler soul skill, and Zhao Guangxin activated all of his mecha's defenses to withstand it.

Zhao Guangxin and Bloodhand Douluo fought on despite their dwindling strength, while Hu Haoran tried to keep them locked in combat until Zeng Xiao arrived. Bloodhand Douluo avoided Zhao Guangxin’s traps, leaving both men searching for an opening as Zeng Xiao rushed to protect Hu Haoran.

• Bloodhand Douluo blasted Zhao Guangxin away, damaging his mecha, while both fighters’ injuries and exhausted Soul Power worsened.
• Hu Haoran pointed out Bloodhand Douluo’s weakening condition and urged Zhao Guangxin to kill him for the rewards and prestige.
• Zhao Guangxin declared that Bloodhand Douluo would be his stepping stone, prompting Bloodhand Douluo to unleash Blood Shadow Traceless.
• Zhao Guangxin used Mental Weakness and Soul Blast, then formed a spiritual perimeter to catch Bloodhand Douluo if he attacked.
• Zeng Xiao hurried toward Hu Haoran after receiving his message and told Hong Zuifeng to protect Shen Mengyan.
• Bloodhand Douluo retreated from Zhao Guangxin’s Soul Skills as Zhao taunted him, and Bloodhand Douluo searched for an opening with his Bloodlight Blade.

Zhao Guangxin and the badly injured Bloodhand Douluo fought fiercely while Hu Haoran and Zeng Xiao watched for a chance to intervene. When Zhao Guangxin bound Bloodhand Douluo and prepared to strike, Hu Haoran ordered Zeng Xiao to act.

• Bloodhand Douluo attacked Zhao Guangxin with his Bloody Tornado, but Zhao Guangxin blocked it with his Mental Barrier.
• Bloodhand Douluo struggled to fight through his injuries as Zhao Guangxin and he exchanged attacks, while Hu Haoran waited for Zeng Xiao to arrive.
• Zeng Xiao reached Hu Haoran and secretly watched the battle after Hu Haoran told him to wait for an opportunity.
• Zhao Guangxin used his Ice Ray Gun to drive Bloodhand Douluo back, and Zeng Xiao observed that Bloodhand Douluo's injuries had weakened him greatly.
• Zhao Guangxin bound Bloodhand Douluo with his Soul Chain and prepared to strike, so Hu Haoran called on Zeng Xiao to intervene.

Zeng Xiao joined Bloodhand Douluo’s fight against Zhao Guangxin, using poison and his Battle Armor to help overwhelm him. Zeng Xiao knocked Zhao Guangxin unconscious and carried him toward Bloodhand Douluo, secretly preparing to attack his former colleague.

• Zeng Xiao appeared in Three-word Battle Armor and attacked Zhao Guangxin with his Ghost Scorpion Poison Needle.
• Zeng Xiao unleashed Poison Sea Dead Tide while Zhao Guangxin tried to freeze the poison with his Ice Ray Gun.
• Bloodhand Douluo attacked Zhao Guangxin with Blood Feast, and their combined assault poisoned and overwhelmed him.
• Zeng Xiao stopped Bloodhand Douluo from killing Zhao Guangxin, saying they should keep him alive, then knocked him unconscious.
• Zeng Xiao carried Zhao Guangxin toward Bloodhand Douluo while preparing a sneak attack against his former colleague.

Hu Haoran had Zeng Xiao turn on Bloodhand Douluo, then spent Douluo Crystal Points to subdue Bloodhand Douluo and Zhao Guangxin. After Zeng Xiao removed their poison, the two men awoke and accepted Hu Haoran as their master.

• Bloodhand Douluo asked Zeng Xiao to hand Zhao Guangxin over to him, and Zeng Xiao agreed before attacking him with Ghost Scorpion Venomous Ray.
• Zeng Xiao revealed that he served Hu Haoran, who appeared and claimed to be Zeng Xiao's master.
• Hu Haoran ordered Zeng Xiao to capture Bloodhand Douluo and Zhao Guangxin, then spent forty million Douluo Crystal Points to subdue them.
• Zeng Xiao absorbed the poison from both prisoners, and Hu Haoran said he would treat their injuries.
• Mu Li and Zhao Guangxin woke up, knelt before Hu Haoran, and called him Master.

Hu Haoran instructed Zhao Guangxin to conceal the truth about the failed mission, then gave Mu Li pills to restore the essence blood he had lost. He also rewarded Zeng Xiao and planned to provide pills for Hong Zuifeng, leaving his subordinates equipped to recover and grow stronger.

• Hu Haoran told Zhao Guangxin to report that a Title Douluo had thwarted the mission and not to expose Hu Haoran’s group.
• Hu Haoran criticized Mu Li for failing to defeat Zhao Guangxin, then explained that replenishing his lost essence blood could restore his combat strength.
• Hu Haoran gave Mu Li Blood Phoenix Immortal Pills and Dragon Marrow Great Tonic Pills, and told him to focus on healing after returning with Zeng Xiao.
• Hu Haoran warned Mu Li that Hong Zuifeng was one of his people, and Mu Li respectfully agreed not to cause conflict with him.
• Hu Haoran gave Zeng Xiao a bottle of Myriad Poisons Heart Devouring Pills and promised stronger poison pills if he rendered great service.
• Hu Haoran planned to reward Hong Zuifeng with cultivation pills after they returned to the City Lord’s Mansion.

Hu Haoran returned to Haori City after arranging for Mu Li to recover and serve as Hualei Pavilion’s new Supreme Elder. He learned that the City Guard was developing but needed soul rings, then went to bring out Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone from the Primary Ice Domain.

• Hu Haoran sent Zeng Xiao and the injured Mu Li back to Hualei Pavilion, telling Mu Li to recover before revealing himself as the sect’s new Supreme Elder.
• Shi Danda told Hu Haoran that the Five Guards had begun patrolling Haori City and that several Reserve Army members had awakened Soul Power.
• Shi Danda explained that many guards needed soul rings to break through, while Hu Haoran said he had found a possible solution but it would take time.
• Hu Haoran reflected that the eleven people in the Primary Ice Domain had earned him over three hundred million Douluo Crystal Points by hunting domain beasts for a year.
• Hu Haoran returned to his courtyard to bring Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone out of the Primary Ice Domain, intending to give them a vacation.

Hu Haoran recalled the eleven members of Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone from the Primary Ice Domain and assessed their improved strength. After granting them a month off, he visited Hong Zuifeng and gave him pills, leaving Hong to begin receiving the gift.

• Hu Haoran summoned all eleven youths from the Primary Ice Domain, and Feng Jianchen gained insight from Hu Haoran's Sword Intent.
• The Four Heroes of Dragon Bone revealed level-forty Soul Power and purple soul rings, while Haori Squad showed purple soul rings and levels from thirty-seven to thirty-nine.
• Hu Haoran praised the youths and granted them a month off to visit their families.
• Hu Haoran visited Hong Zuifeng, assured him the supplies were safe, and said Zhao Guangxin and Bloodhand Douluo had been dealt with.
• Hu Haoran gave Hong Zuifeng a bottle containing thirty precious pills, insisting they were suited to Hong and would be useless to him.

Hu Haoran gave Hong Zuifeng a bottle of Golden Dragon Pills and told him to take leave and enter seclusion. That night, Hu Haoran spoke with Ye Ye about missing their parents and wondered why she did not use her leave to visit hers.

• Hu Haoran gave Hong Zuifeng thirty Golden Dragon Pills, which Hong Zuifeng believed could help him reach level ninety-four.
• Hu Haoran told Hong Zuifeng that Haori Squad, the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone, and the others were on leave, and encouraged him to rest and cultivate.
• Hu Haoran planned to stroll around Haori City the next day to clear his head and see how its residents were living.
• Ye Ye found Hu Haoran gazing at the moon, and he told her he was grieving for the parents he had lost on Earth.
• Hu Haoran asked Ye Ye why she did not use her leave to visit her parents, since she said she missed them.

Ye Ye told Hu Haoran how bandits destroyed her village and killed her parents, then asked him to teach her swordsmanship. Hu Haoran agreed to find a beginner technique suited to her, intrigued that she had sensed his carefully concealed Sword Intent.

• Ye Ye explained that mounted bandits had raided her village when she was young, killing her father and leaving her mother's fate unknown.
• Hu Haoran comforted Ye Ye and encouraged her to grow stronger so she could help prevent similar tragedies.
• Ye Ye said that meeting Hu Haoran and joining his recruitment plan had given her a new sense of happiness and purpose.
• Ye Ye described Hu Haoran's Sword Intent in detail, surprising him because he had meant only Feng Jianchen and Song Yingying to sense it.
• Ye Ye asked to learn swordsmanship from Hu Haoran, and he agreed to consider a suitable beginner's technique for her.

Hu Haoran selected a sword technique and a dangerous sword for Ye Ye, then toured Haori City to see how his reforms had changed it. He left pleased by the orderly streets and the vendors’ gratitude toward the city lord.

• Hu Haoran chose the Dark Sky Shadow Sword and the Blood Shadow Sword for Ye Ye, spending five million Douluo Crystal Points.
• After dawn, Hu Haoran gave Ye Ye the sword technique and sword and told her to study them at her own pace.
• Hu Haoran walked through Haori City and saw orderly stalls, cheerful residents, and guards efficiently resolving disputes.
• A vendor offered Hu Haoran a snow pear, but Hu Haoran refused to take it for free.
• Hu Haoran asked vendors about the city lord, and they praised his policies for ending oppression and allowing small vendors to keep their earnings.

Hu Haoran planned to subdue the Zhu Family and extend the City Lord's Mansion's control over Haori City. After learning that Hualei Pavilion already controlled much of the family's strength, he prepared an operation and received a system quest to subdue all six Soul Douluos and ten Soul Sages.

• Hu Haoran observed that the Four Great Powers still controlled their headquarters and left parts of Haori City beyond the City Lord's Mansion's reach.
• Hu Haoran told Hualei Pavilion's leaders that he intended to take down the Zhu Family and make it submit rather than destroy it.
• Zeng Xiao revealed that Hualei Pavilion had three Title Douluos, while Luo Fei explained that insiders had already brought two Soul Douluos and five Soul Sages over to their side.
• Hu Haoran agreed to target the remaining Zhu Family fighters, while Shen Mengyan stayed behind and Hu Haoran promised to help strengthen her and the others later.
• The Douluo System issued Hu Haoran a quest to conquer Haori City by subduing the Zhu Family's six Soul Douluos and ten Soul Sages.

Hu Haoran and his allies planned to ambush the Zhu Family’s two remaining retainers, Mu Sicheng and Quan Zhenyang, when they searched Dragon Bone Mountain for a rare herb. The two retainers arrived and began looking for Bone Dragon Corpse Grass, unaware that their plans had already leaked.

• Hu Haoran agreed to capture the Zhu Family retainers one by one and asked Luo Fei for details about their activities.
• Luo Fei reported that Mu Sicheng and Quan Zhenyang would visit Dragon Bone Mountain to find an herb Quan Zhenyang needed for a breakthrough pill.
• Hu Haoran ordered Zhu Zhenming to find out when the retainers would set off while the group prepared an ambush on their home ground.
• Three days later, Mu Sicheng and Quan Zhenyang entered Dragon Bone Mountain, and Quan Zhenyang revealed that they were searching for poisonous Bone Dragon Corpse Grass.
• Quan Zhenyang claimed he wanted to experiment with the herb, while Mu Sicheng demanded the promised reward whether or not they found it.

Hu Haoran and the Zhu Family members pursued Mu Sicheng and Quan Zhenyang into Dragon Bone Mountain, hoping to capture them with the Prison God Hall Interface. After the two men split up, Mu Sicheng wandered into a strange herb-filled area where communication Soul Tools stopped working.

• Luo Fei told Hu Haoran that Mu Sicheng and Quan Zhenyang had entered the mountain, and Hu Haoran assembled Xue Jinghong, Qian Duoxiang, and Mu Li for the operation.
• Hu Haoran’s group followed the pair into Dragon Bone Mountain while Zhu Zhenming, Zhu Luanxin, and Zhu Wuju secretly tracked them.
• Quan Zhenyang sensed a disturbance but agreed when Mu Sicheng suggested that they split up to search for the Bone Dragon Corpse Grass.
• Zhu Zhenming continued after Mu Sicheng while Zhu Luanxin and Zhu Wuju followed Quan Zhenyang; Hu Haoran joined Zhu Zhenming, and Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang pursued Quan Zhenyang.
• Mu Sicheng found a region filled with dragon-aura herbs and powerful Soul Beasts, then discovered that his communication Soul Tool had no signal.

Hu Haoran tracked Zhu Zhenming into Dragon Soul Valley, a rare treasure land believed to be the Emerald Dragon King's resting place. After learning that Mu Sicheng was cultivating there, Hu Haoran ordered Zhu Zhenming to subdue him, and Zhu Zhenming attacked.

• Zhu Zhenming found a valley filled with precious herbs and dragon aura, but his communication Soul Tool could not send messages, so he left marks and followed Mu Sicheng.
• Hu Haoran followed Zhu Zhenming's lost signal, discovered the herbs, and used the Douluo System to identify the place as Dragon Soul Valley, where the Emerald Dragon King had fallen.
• Hu Haoran found Zhu Zhenming following Mu Sicheng and explained that the valley was a rare treasure land protected by the Dragon King's aura.
• Hu Haoran insisted that they subdue Mu Sicheng before he could spread news of the valley, and Zhu Zhenming agreed that Mu Sicheng might want the place for himself.
• Zhu Zhenming used Netherflame Silk and Netherflame Burn to bind Mu Sicheng and set him alight.