Chapter Summaries

Dan Heng’s family traveled toward Star Luo City and met the Peerless Dragon Serpent, Meng Shu, along the way. After Gu Yuena’s injuries worsened at their camp, Dan Heng grew agitated as she went to rest.

• Dan Heng’s family boarded a carriage for Star Luo City, and Gu Yuena suggested they travel through the Star Dou Great Forest outskirts.
• Zi Ji raced a luxurious carriage, so Dan Heng took over driving and healed the horse’s whip wounds.
• Meng Shu invited Dan Heng’s family to camp with his family, introducing his wife Chao Tianxiang and granddaughter Meng Yiran.
• Dan Heng introduced himself as a scholar rather than a Soul Master, disappointing Meng Shu and Meng Yiran.
• Gu Yuena coughed blood and went to rest in the carriage, while Dan Heng grew agitated and Meng Shu asked whether she was a Soul Master.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu tried to recruit Zhu Zhuqing into the Meng Family and show off his ability to guide her, but Zhu Zhuqing refused and easily evaded Meng Yiran's attacks. The chapter ended when Meng Yiran screamed from the shadows, prompting Dragon Duke Meng Shu to rush to her.

• Dragon Duke Meng Shu learned that Zhu Zhuqing was a fourteen-year-old Level thirty-one Soul Elder and offered to support her if she joined the Meng Family, but Zhu Zhuqing refused because she already had a teacher.
• Dan Heng asked Zi Ji to deliver roast meat to Gu Yuena, and Zi Ji anxiously obeyed after sensing Gu Yuena's displeasure.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu invited Zhu Zhuqing to demonstrate her skills, but she ignored him, and Meng Yiran attacked her in anger.
• Zhu Zhuqing effortlessly dodged Meng Yiran while keeping her roast meat steady, and Dragon Duke Meng Shu could find no flaws in her combat skills.
• Meng Yiran walked into the shadows to use the bathroom and screamed; Dragon Duke Meng Shu rushed to investigate.

Dan Heng confronted the Titan Giant Ape after it captured the Peerless Dragon Serpent family, while Gu Yuena hid her coughing blood from Zhu Zhuqing. The Titan Giant Ape revealed that it had come because someone had bullied its dragon Elder Sister, and Dan Heng asked who she was.

• The Titan Giant Ape seized Chao Tianxiang, Meng Shu, and Meng Yiran and bound them in the darkness.
• Dan Heng sent Zhu Zhuqing to the carriage, where she found Zi Ji frightened and stuffing herself with roast meat.
• Gu Yuena gave Zhu Zhuqing the roast meat and sent Zi Ji to check on Dan Heng, then asked Zhu Zhuqing to keep her bloodied meat a secret.
• Dan Heng approached the Titan Giant Ape and calmly asked why it was toying with the captives.
• The Titan Giant Ape said it wanted to confront the humans who had bullied its dragon Elder Sister, and Dan Heng asked for her name.

Zi Ji watched as the Titan Giant Ape confronted Dan Heng on her behalf, while Dan Heng offered to stay behind to protect the Peerless Dragon Serpent family. Before the Titan Giant Ape could finish describing Zi Ji’s grievance, Zi Ji appeared in her Black Dragon form and carried it away into the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zi Ji panicked when the Titan Giant Ape was asked to reveal her name, then relaxed when it called her only its dragon sister.
• The Titan Giant Ape accused Dan Heng of bullying its dragon sister and refused to let the Peerless Dragon Serpent family leave.
• Dan Heng offered to stay behind in exchange for the family’s freedom, but the Titan Giant Ape refused.
• The Titan Giant Ape demanded that Dan Heng lick its dragon sister’s toes and began listing accusations against him.
• Zi Ji charged out in Black Dragon form, bit the Titan Giant Ape by the neck, and flew away with it.
• Dan Heng recognized the Black Dragon and decided not to wonder what the Titan Giant Ape had been about to say.

Zi Ji reprimanded the Titan Giant Ape for nearly exposing their identities and their connection to My Lord. Back at camp, Dan Heng accepted Dragon Duke Meng Shu’s friendship and agreed to travel toward Star Luo City alongside the Peerless Dragon Serpent, then returned to the carriage to find Gu Yuena’s condition rapidly worsening.

• Zi Ji scolded the Titan Giant Ape for revealing too much, while he explained that he had come to defend her after believing a human had humiliated her.
• Meng Shu thanked Dan Heng for protecting his family, offered him a place as an honored retainer, and accepted his polite refusal.
• Dan Heng told Meng Shu that he was traveling to Star Luo City, and Meng Shu proposed that their groups travel the same route together.
• Meng Yiran offered Dan Heng wine and showed her growing admiration, but Dan Heng revealed he was married and left for the carriage to care for his frail wife.
• Gu Yuena curled into Dan Heng’s arms, and he discovered that her already serious injuries had become unstable and were worsening.

Dan Heng realized Gu Yuena’s injuries might be beyond his ability to heal, and he considered seeking medicine from the Divine Realm despite his troubled history with its gods. After Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Gu Yuena had coughed up blood, Zi Ji returned and was punished by Gu Yuena for making everyone worry.

• Dan Heng sensed Gu Yuena’s injuries while they rested and feared he might not be able to heal her.
• Dan Heng went outside to think about Gu Yuena’s condition, and Zhu Zhuqing told him that Gu Yuena had coughed up blood.
• Dan Heng considered looking for medicine in the Divine Realm but worried the gods there might refuse him.
• Zi Ji returned late and nervously entered the carriage when Gu Yuena called for her.
• Gu Yuena pinched Zi Ji as punishment, then gently warned her not to disappear and worry everyone again.

Prince Zhu learned that the Star Luo Royal Family still opposed Zhu Zhuqing’s choice of teacher, while Dan Heng and his companions arrived in Star Luo City. After Meng Yiran fell for Dan Heng, Dragon Duke Meng Shu suggested she keep spending time with him because he believed Gu Yuena was seriously ill.

• Prince Zhu told Madam Zhu that the Emperor had warned him about Zhu Zhuqing’s teacher and still wanted her matched with Dai Mubai.
• Madam Zhu said she would confront her sister, the Empress, while Prince Zhu promised to buy Zhuqing more time.
• Dan Heng’s group arrived in Star Luo City, where Dragon Duke Meng Shu gave Dan Heng his address before departing with his family.
• Meng Yiran confessed her admiration for Dan Heng, but Gu Yuena and Zi Ji reminded her that Dan Heng already had a wife.
• Gu Yuena and Dan Heng went out to explore the city, while Zhu Zhuqing stayed at the inn and Zi Ji remained behind.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu told Meng Yiran she could keep spending time with Dan Heng, explaining that Gu Yuena appeared seriously ill.

Dan Heng and Gu Yuena visited a street stall in Star Luo City, where they each won a plush toy with a single iron-ring toss. A blond First Prince saw Gu Yuena as the couple departed and reluctantly left with Charles.

• Gu Yuena asked Dan Heng to try the ring toss with her, and he bought two rings despite onlookers criticizing his frugality.
• Dan Heng casually tossed a ring and won the Little Azure Dragon plush Gu Yuena had admired.
• Gu Yuena tossed her ring and won a Silver Dragon plush, then gave it to Dan Heng as a matching toy.
• The blond First Prince watched Dan Heng and Gu Yuena leave, became captivated by Gu Yuena, and told Charles to return with him.

After Zi Ji’s extravagant meal forced Gu Yuena to discipline her, Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to gather money and begin Dan Heng’s Self-Improvement Plan. The next morning, Royal Guard Captain Charles paid their hotel bill and entered to meet them, leaving Zhu Zhuqing worried that he might expose her identity.

• A hotel servant presented Dan Heng with a bill of more than three thousand Gold Soul Coins for Zi Ji’s meals, and Gu Yuena put it on their tab.
• Gu Yuena reprimanded Zi Ji, then summoned Di Tian and ordered him to obtain about ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and quietly begin Dan Heng’s Self-Improvement Plan.
• The next morning, a servant told Dan Heng and Gu Yuena that Charles had paid their bill and wanted to meet them.
• Zhu Zhuqing feared Charles would recognize her and reveal her identity to the Star Luo Royal Family.
• Charles entered the private room and greeted Dan Heng, Gu Yuena, and the others.

Charles tried to recruit Gu Yuena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zi Ji for a beauty pageant with a promised million Gold Soul Coins, but Dan Heng and the women refused him. After Zi Ji went to investigate Charles’s offer, he realized Zhu Zhuqing might be the Third Prince Consort and planned to send Gu Yuena to the First Prince.

• Charles offered the three women a place in his beauty pageant and promised one million Gold Soul Coins, but they ignored him and Dan Heng refused on their behalf.
• Charles threatened them after they declined, but backed down when Dan Heng asked whether he intended to attack them and left with a forced smile.
• Gu Yuena sent Zi Ji to Charles’s residence to check whether the prize money was real, while Zhu Zhuqing worried that Charles had recognized her.
• Gu Yuena asked Dan Heng what he would do if she were taken away, and he said he did not know before she began coughing and grew pale.
• At his estate, Charles smashed furnishings and raged about the women, then recognized Zhu Zhuqing as the Third Prince Consort and ordered Gu Yuena sent to the First Prince.
• A maid announced that Zi Ji had arrived at Charles’s residence, claiming he had invited her.

Charles tried to use Zi Ji to learn about Gu Yuena and attract Dai Weisi’s attention, but Zi Ji rejected them both. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing at the hotel and asked her to return home, and Zhu Zhuqing left with her after Dan Heng told her to come back soon.

• Zi Ji arrived alone at Charles’s estate to claim a million Gold Soul Coins and ate freely while Charles tried to win her over.
• Charles brought Dai Weisi to meet Zi Ji, but she rudely refused to answer his questions and told him to get lost.
• Dan Heng returned to the hotel with Gu Yuena, whose injury had worsened, and stayed with her while she rested.
• Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing and asked her to return home with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing hesitated, but Dan Heng told her to go and come back early, so she agreed to leave with Zhu Zhuyun.

Dan Heng began to reconsider letting Zhu Zhuqing go home, while Gu Yuena reassured him and recovered in his care. Zhu Zhuqing returned to Zhu Manor, where her father said the Star Luo Royal Family wanted to see her and Zhu Zhuyun, leaving her afraid that Dan Heng would refuse to take her back.

• Gu Yuena told Dan Heng she would support whatever he chose, and he left to make her soup as his feelings for her stirred.
• Servants of Count Charles came to collect Gu Yuena, but Di Tian drove them away and told Dan Heng he would handle things.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Zhu Manor with Zhu Zhuyun and learned that her family and the royal family had allowed her earlier escape.
• Zhu Zhuyun mocked Dan Heng, and Zhu Zhuqing defended her teacher before they nearly fought until Prince Zhu intervened.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Prince Zhu she wanted to keep studying under Dan Heng, but he said she and Zhu Zhuyun had to meet the emperor and empress the next day.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that Dan Heng would refuse to take her back after her return drew the royal family's attention.

Gu Yuena asked Di Tian to watch over Dan Heng and help him if trouble arose, while Dan Heng cared for her and resolved to seek better medicine in the Divine Realm. Elsewhere, Empress Zhu warned Dai Weisi against pursuing other women, and Charles seized on the deaths of his servants as an excuse to target Dan Heng.

• Di Tian told Gu Yuena that Charles's servants would likely cause trouble, and she ordered him to monitor Dan Heng and intervene if needed.
• Dan Heng returned with pastries and fed Gu Yuena her medicinal soup, deciding that he would need to visit the Divine Realm to find a cure for her injuries.
• Empress Zhu warned Dai Weisi against pursuing Gu Yuena and told him to speak properly with Zhu Zhuyun.
• Charles learned that his servants had been found dead outside the city and decided to use their deaths as a pretext to go after Dan Heng and claim the two women.

Charles drugged and trapped Zi Ji, while Dan Heng was stopped by Star Luo imperial guards on a false murder inquiry. Sensing Gu Yuena tear open space nearby, Dan Heng incapacitated the guards and hurried toward her.

• Charles confronted Zi Ji over her spending and revealed that he had secretly drugged her with aphrodisiacs.
• Charles's Soul Masters trapped Zi Ji in nets and fumes, but she resisted without revealing her true form.
• Charles ordered his men to keep weakening Zi Ji, while one Soul Master questioned why she had not used her martial soul.
• Star Luo imperial guards accused Dan Heng of needing to answer questions about a servant's death and tried to seize him.
• Dan Heng sensed Gu Yuena's spatial fluctuation, froze the guards with his gaze, and rushed toward her.

Gu Yuena rescued Zi Ji from Charles’s men but collapsed from her injuries, and Dan Heng arrived to protect them and attack the remaining soul masters. At the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Empress Zhu tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to abandon Dan Heng as her master, but Zhu Zhuqing defended him.

• Gu Yuena dispersed the smoke, freed Zi Ji from the nets, and killed or wounded most of Charles’s guards with Wind Blades.
• Gu Yuena’s injuries worsened as she opened a Space Tunnel, and Charles ordered the surviving soul masters to attack her.
• Dan Heng caught the unconscious Gu Yuena, then used water dragons to kill the soul masters who charged him as Charles fled.
• Empress Zhu summoned Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing and urged Zhu Zhuqing to stop treating Dan Heng as her master.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared that Dan Heng was the greatest man in the world and that learning from him was her greatest good fortune.

Dan Heng returned the injured Gu Yuena to a hotel and went to confront the man who had disrupted his life, intending to seek revenge and bring his student Zhu Zhuqing home. At the imperial palace, Dai Laozu failed to move Dan Heng and was stunned by his strength.

• Dan Heng put the sleeping Gu Yuena to bed, left Zi Ji unconscious on a blanket, and asked Di Tian to guard them while he went to the Divine Realm.
• Dan Heng found Charles's associates and learned that Charles had gone to the palace; thinking of Zhu Zhuqing, he decided to go after them.
• Dan Heng entered the Star Luo imperial palace and followed Charles's aura to the emperor's harem.
• Dai Laozu confronted Dan Heng, who admitted he had come for revenge and to take his disciple home.
• Dai Laozu grabbed Dan Heng's shoulder and used his full strength, but could not move him and hurt his own hand.

Dan Heng entered the Star Luo palace to take revenge, while Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had reached Soul Elder and Empress Zhu became suspicious of her teacher. Charles warned the palace that Dan Heng was coming, but Dan Heng arrived before he could finish explaining.

• Dai Laozu tried to stop Dan Heng, then released him and followed nervously as Dan Heng said he would leave after taking revenge.
• Empress Zhu questioned Zhu Zhuqing about her cultivation and mocked her teacher, so Zhu Zhuqing revealed her three soul rings and Soul Elder strength.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun reacted with shock to Zhu Zhuqing's progress, while Dai Weisi worried that his missing younger brother might be stronger still.
• Charles rushed into the Imperial Garden and warned Empress Zhu that Dan Heng was terrifying, then portrayed him as a threat to the royal family.
• Empress Zhu accused Zhu Zhuqing of being deceived by her teacher, but Charles insisted Dan Heng would come to the palace.
• The guards spotted Dan Heng approaching the pavilion, and Charles collapsed in terror.

Dan Heng confronted Charles at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, killed him, and secured permission from Dai Laozu to take Zhu Zhuqing away. He left the palace with Zhu Zhuqing following him.

• Dan Heng arrived at the pavilion, where palace guards confronted him and Empress Zhu questioned his unauthorized entry.
• Dan Heng erased the guards’ martial souls with a glance, then killed Charles with a streak of cyan light.
• Dai Laozu arrived and revealed he had brought Dan Heng to the palace, while concealing that Dan Heng had knocked him unconscious earlier.
• Dan Heng asked Zhu Zhuqing to leave with him, and Dai Laozu overruled Empress Zhu’s objection and gave his approval.
• Dan Heng apologized to Dai Laozu before leaving, and Zhu Zhuqing followed him without acknowledging Empress Zhu.

After Dan Heng took Zhu Zhuqing from the imperial palace, Empress Zhu granted Zhu Zhuyun the royal family's highest level of support for their future competition. At the Divine Realm's God Gate, the God of Anger and the God of Gluttony sensed a powerful god ascending from the mortal planes.

• Dai Laozu ordered Empress Zhu not to speak of Dan Heng's actions or provoke him, while Empress Zhu resolved to investigate Dan Heng's background.
• Empress Zhu praised Zhu Zhuyun's maturity and promised her the royal family's highest level of resource support ahead of the competition five years later.
• Dan Heng sent Zhu Zhuqing back to the hotel to care for his unconscious master's wife, then disappeared into the crowd.
• Zhu Zhuqing felt free as she hurried away from the imperial palace toward the hotel.
• At the Divine Realm's God Gate, the God of Anger complained about guarding it while the God of Gluttony ate.
• A colorful vortex appeared in the God Gate after the God of Anger kicked its frame, and the two gods sensed a powerful ascender.

Dan Heng forced his way into the Divine Realm’s God Gate while seeking divine medicine to save Gu Yuena, then defeated the God of Anger when he challenged him. The God of Gluttony directed Dan Heng to the Life God King and reported his arrival to the Destruction God King.

• The God of Anger and the God of Gluttony noticed that someone was forcing his way through the God Gate, and the God of Anger decided to confront him.
• Dan Heng emerged from the shattered God Gate, apologized for the damage, and explained that he needed divine medicine to save his injured friend.
• The God of Anger attacked Dan Heng despite his explanation, and Dan Heng pierced his shoulder with the Cloud Piercer Spear, suppressing his divine power.
• The God of Gluttony told Dan Heng that the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life were together, and Dan Heng flew toward them.
• The God of Gluttony reported Dan Heng’s arrival to the Destruction God King while the God of Anger seethed over his defeat.