Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao and the injured Qian Renxue traveled east by boat while Tang San pursued their trail and patrols tightened around Storm City. Qian Renxue revealed her true appearance and pretended to be Dai Yao’s wife to get them past the soldiers, then asked him what he wanted to know.

• Dai Yao cared for Qian Renxue as they sailed east, while she secretly concealed how much she had recovered so she could continue relying on him.
• Tang San found the hidden Thatched Hut, learned that two people had passed through and one was seriously injured, and followed their carriage trail toward Azure Billows River.
• Dai Yao and Qian Renxue encountered searching experts and eventually reached Storm City, where patrol boats inspected the river and blocked their route toward the sea.
• When soldiers questioned Dai Yao about the person aboard his boat, Qian Renxue appeared in her true form, called him her husband, and charmed the patrolmen into letting them pass.
• After they escaped Storm City, Dai Yao wondered about Qian Renxue’s feelings, and she asked him whether he had anything he wanted to ask.

Dai Yao and Qian Renxue escaped to the sea, where news of the continent’s upheaval deepened Qian Renxue’s despair. After Dai Yao explained why he did not hate his absent mother, Qian Renxue began eating again and told him to call her Xue Er.

• Qian Renxue revealed her true appearance, and Dai Yao challenged her high-and-mighty attitude toward him as they fled toward the sea.
• Three days later, Dai Yao and Qian Renxue reached the ocean, and Dark Qian Renxue teased Qian Renxue about pretending to be ill to receive Dai Yao’s care.
• Dai Yao reported that Tang San had become Heaven Dou’s regent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Cyan Lotus Sect had moved west, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been destroyed, and the Worship Hall was pressing Heaven Dou to return Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue withdrew into silence and stopped eating after learning of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s destruction, while Dai Yao continued preparing and eating the untouched meals.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Dai Yao hated his absent parents, and he said he believed his mother had loved him.
• Qian Renxue took the bowl from Dai Yao, began eating, broke down crying, and asked him to call her Xue Er.

Dai Yao and Qian Renxue grew closer while sailing away from the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Renxue opened up about her painful past. At Jialing Pass, she gave Dai Yao the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and departed in her angel form, leaving him to continue his own plans.

• Qian Renxue broke down over Bibi Dong’s rejection, and Dai Yao comforted her until she calmed down.
• As they traveled south by sea, Dai Yao and Qian Renxue shared stories about their pasts, and Qian Renxue asked him to call her Xue Er.
• Dai Yao insisted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could not fall into Tang San’s hands, but Qian Renxue kept its location secret while promising the Worship Hall would help him take revenge.
• After a month at sea and more than ten days traveling by carriage, Dai Yao brought Qian Renxue to Jialing Pass and learned she had already taken the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Qian Renxue gave Dai Yao the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, thanked him for being her friend, and flew toward Jialing Pass in her angel battle attire.

Qian Renxue returned safely to Jialing Pass and learned that a mysterious black-haired expert had crippled Spirit Hall’s reinforcements and enabled the Clear Sky Sect’s return. She ordered the injured elders back to Spirit City and waited wistfully for Dai Yao.

• Qian Renxue confronted Tang Xiao and the Second Elder at Jialing Pass, but held back from fighting after seeing that Spirit Hall’s worships were injured.
• Qian Renxue told the elders that Asura Emperor had helped her escape and was already returning to Spirit City, without revealing that he was Dai Yao.
• Qian Renxue forgave Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo for fleeing, then questioned Second Worship about the Clear Sky Sect’s return.
• Golden Alligator Douluo explained that a black-haired man had defeated him and forced him unconscious, while Chrysanthemum Douluo said the same man had shattered his and Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qian Renxue ordered Second Worship to rest and directed several elders to return with her to Spirit City, then gazed toward Dai Yao’s departure with longing.

Dai Yao escaped Jialing Pass with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and headed for Vast Sea City, while Tang San consolidated his hold over the Heaven Dou Empire and agreed to marry Xue Ke under pressure. The Heaven Dou Palace conflict left every faction weakened or embittered, setting the stage for greater turmoil.

• Dai Yao learned that the Spirit Beast Clan had engineered his isolation, then left Jialing Pass with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and resolved to postpone choosing a godhood.
• Dai Yao flew toward Vast Sea City, where the Cyan Lotus Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had relocated.
• Tang San lamented losing Qian Renxue and Dai Yao, while Yu Xiaogang grieved the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang San learned that the Clear Sky Sect could not contact its secret supporters and that the Tang Sect's hidden-weapon development had stalled.
• The Seventh Elder urged Tang San to marry Xue Ke to secure the Heaven Dou Empire, and Tang San angrily refused at first.
• Yu Xiaogang pressured Tang San to consider the lives depending on the alliance, and Tang San agreed to marry Xue Ke.

Dai Yao returned to Vast Sea City and tested the Cyan Lotus Sect’s defenses before revealing himself to its disciples. He reunited with the sect’s leaders and Ning Fengzhi, and promised Lou Gao that Feng Wutong would arrive within a month.

• Dai Yao flew into Vast Sea City and approached the Cyan Lotus Sect, where its patrol disciples challenged him.
• Dai Yao tested the sect’s defenses, evaded the disciples’ formation, and faced hidden weapons, poison, and a siege crossbow before showing his Cyan Lotus Token.
• The disciples recognized Dai Yao as their sect master, and he told them they had only been doing their duty.
• Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Bo, the elders, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo welcomed Dai Yao, who thanked them for supporting the sect.
• Lou Gao asked when Feng Wutong would arrive, and Dai Yao promised she would come within a month.

At a Cyan Lotus Sect gathering, Dai Yao was urged to give Ning Rongrong an official status and was asked to settle Dugu Yan’s status as well. He proposed marriage to both women, then acknowledged his prior commitments to Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong, leaving the elders to accept the arrangement and plan to put him through “training.”

• Dai Yao thanked the Cyan Lotus Sect elders for their work, while Niu Ben credited Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong with supporting the sect during his absence.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Dai Yao to give Ning Rongrong a proper status, and Dugu Bo insisted that Dugu Yan’s status be settled at the same time.
• Dai Yao asked Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong to marry him, and both women accepted.
• Dai Yao revealed that he had also made marriage agreements with Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong, and Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong said they understood.
• Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Poison Douluo silently agreed to give Dai Yao a harsh lesson under the guise of training.

Dai Yao sparred with Sword Douluo and broke through his bottleneck after entering sudden enlightenment. After spending time with Ning Rongrong, he returned to the Cyan Lotus Sect and learned that the Star Luo Empire planned to execute Prince Dai Hengyu.

• Sword Douluo's Eighth Soul Skill sent Dai Yao flying, and Sword Douluo praised the power of his Thunder Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Dai Yao explained that he had hit a limit after compressing his Soul Power eight times, and Sword Douluo advised him to seek a new perspective.
• Sword Douluo's words triggered Dai Yao's sudden enlightenment, and after three days he realized how to complete a ninth compression.
• Sword Douluo accepted Dai Yao as Ning Rongrong's husband and left him alone with her; Dai Yao thanked Ning Rongrong for waiting and took her to watch the sunset above the sea.
• Dai Yao and Ning Rongrong returned to the Cyan Lotus Sect, where Dugu Yan told him that the Star Luo Empire had captured Prince Dai Hengyu and planned to execute him.

After learning that the Star Luo Empire had captured Prince Dai Hengyu and scheduled his execution, Dai Yao gathered the Cyan Lotus Sect’s elders to prepare a rescue mission. He left Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong to guard the sect, while Ning Rongrong sought secret help and Dai Yao went to the seaside to attempt a crucial breakthrough.

• Dugu Yan told Dai Yao that the Star Luo Empire had arrested Dai Hengyu and planned to execute him in one month, prompting Dai Yao to vow to return and rescue him.
• Dai Yao warned Ning Rongrong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must remain neutral, then ordered Dugu Yan to summon the Cyan Lotus Sect’s elders.
• Dai Yao explained the mission to the elders, addressed Bai He’s fears about the Speed Clan’s safety, and ordered all disciples at Soul King level and above to gather for departure in three days.
• Dai Yao told Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong to stay behind and protect the sect while he took Zhu Qing and Wutong to the Star Luo Empire; Dugu Yan agreed, and Ning Rongrong left to seek secret aid from Sword Grandfather and Bone Grandfather.
• Dai Yao went to the seaside to attempt the ninth compression of his Soul Power, hoping to gain a trump card for the coming mission.

Dai Yao tried to master a ninth compression of his Soul Power before the Cyan Lotus Sect’s journey to the Star Luo Empire, but an attempt exploded before he could complete it. Three days later, he set out with the sect’s elite forces, still unable to finish the technique and prepared to use its unstable power as a last resort.

• Dai Yao compressed his Soul Power on the beach, using the Chaos Cyan Lotus to replenish his spiritual power as he attempted the ninth compression.
• Dai Yao’s attempt ran out of control and exploded, but he escaped with Teleport and realized the incomplete technique had tremendous power.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo recognized Dai Yao’s explosion, and Ning Fengzhi arranged for Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong to support the group near Wu Pass.
• Dai Yao promised the Cyan Lotus Sect’s five hundred experts rewards and support for their families before leading them south toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Yao traveled with Dugu Yan, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong, knowing the ninth compression still reached only ninety-nine percent and deciding to use its explosion as a desperate attack if necessary.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City and confronted Bibi Dong, asking for Dai Yao and learning that Spirit Hall had found no clues about the mysterious force behind the Heaven Dou Palace Change. After Dai Yao was reported near Wu Pass City, Bibi Dong secretly ordered Spirit Hall forces to aid his mission, while Qian Renxue returned to Worship Hall and prepared for a revelation from Qian Daoliu.

• Qian Renxue entered Pope's Palace, where Bibi Dong rebuked Hu Liena for wanting to leave Spirit Hall to find Dai Yao.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about their relationship and the unfamiliar force behind the failed Heaven Dou Palace Change, but Bibi Dong said even Qian Daoliu had found no clues.
• Qian Renxue demanded Dai Yao from Bibi Dong, who refused and realized he mattered deeply to both Qian Renxue and Hu Liena.
• A cardinal reported that Dai Yao had reached the area outside Wu Pass City with several hundred spirit masters, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall forces in the Star Luo Empire to assist him discreetly.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue he would explain the reason for their conflict with Bibi Dong after she prayed at the Angel God Temple the next day.
• Qian Renxue asked for plain porridge, but found that without Dai Yao it tasted nothing like she remembered.

Dai Yao absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone while waiting outside Wu Pass for Spirit Hall’s response and tried to persuade Xiao Wu to help him. After Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong arrived with news that Bibi Dong would support him from the shadows, Dai Yao led his allies toward the Star Luo Empire to rescue Dai Hengyu.

• Dai Yao absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, but his Soul Power remained blocked at the rank seventy bottleneck.
• Dai Yao offered Xiao Wu freedom if she helped him, and Xiao Wu pretended to consider the offer while secretly planning to betray him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong arrived with news that Bibi Dong had agreed to aid Dai Yao covertly, while Ferdinand returned to oversee Spirit Hall in the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Yao learned that most of the Cyan Lotus Sect’s five hundred disciples had already entered the Star Luo Empire and ordered the remaining disciples to follow.
• Three days later, Dai Yao and his allies flew toward Wu Pass, where the frightened defenders watched him arrive before their city.

Dai Yao defeated Bai Feng and led the Cyan Lotus Sect in destroying Wu Pass as he advanced into the Star Luo Empire. In Star Luo City, the Star Luo Emperor and the Dai Family elders prepared a trap for him, while the First Elder criticized the family for driving Dai Yao away.

• Bai Feng challenged Dai Yao outside Wu Pass, but Dai Yao struck him down with Tear Sky Claw after Bai Feng activated his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Dai Yao ordered the Cyan Lotus Sect to destroy Wu Pass, and hidden disciples inside the city sabotaged its walls and crossbows before he and the elders flew toward the Star Luo heartland.
• The Star Luo Emperor received news of Wu Pass's fall and declared that Dai Yao would be buried in Star Luo City.
• The First Elder rebuked the Second Elder's plan to exploit Bai Feng's family connection to Dai Yao, noting that Bai Feng had once ignored Dai Yao.
• The Star Luo Emperor and the First Elder agreed to gather their forces and set a trap for Dai Yao in Star Luo City, while the Fifth Elder regretted not having defended him earlier.

After Dai Yao captured Wu Pass and returned to Star Luo City, the empire’s factions watched as the Imperial Family prepared to face his challenge. Dai Yao arrived in the snow, determined to end the conflict where his suffering began.

• News of Dai Yao’s return spread through Star Luo City, where nobles and other factions waited to see how the struggle would unfold.
• The Empress smashed her mirror and vowed to have the Zhu Family help stop Dai Yao from leaving alive.
• Dai Mubai visited Dai Weisi in the Cold Palace, told him Dai Yao had returned to take revenge, and shared his loneliness with his former rival.
• Dai Weisi told Dai Mubai that Dai Yaming was gravely weakened and unlikely to survive the winter, and Dai Mubai left the Cold Palace.
• Tang San, Bibi Dong, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the soul beast forces watched the Star Luo Empire as Dai Yao arrived in Star Luo City beneath falling snow.

Dai Yao entered Star Luo City and met with the Cyan Lotus Sect elders, who warned him that Prince Heng Yu might be bait or might have betrayed him. He met his old friend Ye Nantian, gave him a soul bone, and learned that Heng Yu had not been restricted and had been waiting to see him.

• Dai Yao entered Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong and met Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Bai He in a secret room.
• Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi warned Dai Yao that Prince Heng Yu might be bait and could have betrayed him, but Dai Yao decided to meet him before choosing a plan.
• Dai Yao met Ye Nantian at the White Tiger Hotel, where they renewed their friendship and Ye Nantian explained the hardships he had faced as a commoner Soul Master.
• Dai Yao introduced Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong as his wives and gave Ye Nantian a Ten Thousand Year Crimson Flame Tiger Soul Bone.
• Ye Nantian confirmed that Prince Heng Yu had not been restricted at Star Luo Royal Academy and had been waiting to meet Dai Yao.

Dai Yao reunited with Dai Hengyu at Star Luo Royal Academy and learned the truth about his mother Bai Su’s past. He left the chapter knowing that the Star Luo Emperor and the Empress were responsible for her death, while Dai Hengyu’s account set the stage for Dai Yao’s meeting with the Dai Family’s Old Ancestor.

• Dai Yao realized Dai Hengyu’s execution story was a warning and arranged to visit Star Luo Royal Academy with protection.
• Dai Yao entered the academy with Lan Yuxuan’s help and reunited with Dai Hengyu in the Principal’s Office.
• Dai Hengyu explained that the Dai Family’s Old Ancestor had summoned Dai Yao to negotiate an end to their feud, and Dai Yao agreed to meet him.
• Dai Hengyu told Dai Yao how he and the Crown Prince met Bai Su, how the Crown Prince married her despite her lack of affection, and how she later died in the Cold Palace at the Empress’s hands.
• Dai Yao absolved Dai Hengyu, identified the Star Luo Emperor and the Empress as his enemies, and thanked his uncle for revealing the truth.

Dai Yao confronted the Dai Family's First Elder, rejecting his offer to reconcile unless the Empress, the Second Elder, and the Star Luo Emperor died. Their negotiation erupted into violence, and Dugu Bo helped Dai Yao escape, leaving the First Elder to reckon with the threat he posed.

• The First Elder entered Dai Hengyu's room and asked Dai Yao what it would take for him to stop hating the Dai Family.
• Dai Yao demanded the Empress and Second Elder's deaths, and the First Elder agreed to both conditions.
• Dai Yao demanded the Star Luo Emperor's death, then shouted that the Emperor had caused his mother's death and refused to forgive the Dai Family.
• The First Elder unleashed his pressure, but Dai Yao resisted and brought the room down with his roar.
• Dugu Bo intervened and threatened to poison Star Luo City if the First Elder attacked Dai Yao, then escorted Dai Yao away.
• The First Elder let them leave and worried about Dai Yao's threat and who would protect the Dai Family after his own death.

Dai Yao rejected the Star Luo Dai Family’s offer of reconciliation and prepared the Cyan Lotus Sect to attack the imperial palace. After visiting his mother’s nameless grave with Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong, he led his followers toward the palace on his birthday to settle their long-standing grudge.

• Dai Yao told the elders that Prince Heng Yu was safe, then declared his intention to avenge his mother and gained the Medical, Construction, and Information Departments’ support.
• Dai Yao took Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong to his mother’s lonely grave, where they paid their respects and he vowed to kill her enemies.
• The First Elder told the Star Luo Emperor that Dai Yao demanded the Empress, the Second Elder, and the Emperor’s deaths, ending any hope of reconciliation.
• The Star Luo Emperor and First Elder realized Dai Yao might attack on his birthday, the day his mother had been killed.
• On Dai Yao’s birthday, Dugu Bo agreed to support the plan, and Dai Yao led hundreds of Cyan Lotus Sect Disciples toward the Star Luo Imperial Palace.

Dai Yao attacked the Star Luo Imperial Palace and confronted the Star Luo Emperor, declaring that he had returned to collect a debt with a powerful force at his back. Spirit Hall kept the city’s other forces from intervening, and the standoff ended with both sides preparing for battle.

• Dai Yao flew over the Star Luo Imperial Palace and used lightning to blast open its walls, drawing soldiers and imperial officials into alarm.
• The First Elder, several Soul Douluo, the Star Luo Emperor, and a Zhu Family woman emerged to confront Dai Yao.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Dugu Bo joined Dai Yao, who announced that he had returned to collect a debt from the Dai Family and Zhu Family.
• Ferdinand ordered Star Luo City’s forces not to intervene, leaving the imperial family to face Dai Yao’s gathered fighters alone.
• The Star Luo Emperor threatened Dai Yao and questioned his allies, while Dugu Bo declared that Dai Yao was his grandson-in-law and challenged the First Elder.

Dai Mubai confronted Dai Yao to protect the Empress, but Dai Yao defeated him with a single palm strike without releasing his martial soul. Dai Yao spared him, then turned toward the Star Luo Emperor and the elders as the larger battle began.

• The Empress watched Dai Yao from the palace, and Dai Mubai came to tell her he would protect her from him.
• Dai Mubai challenged Dai Yao, insisting he could not stand aside while his mother was in danger.
• Dai Yao accepted the duel and defeated Dai Mubai in one strike, sending him crashing into the palace wall.
• The Star Luo Emperor berated Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai admitted his defeat while Dai Yao told him five years had widened the gap between them.
• Dai Yao rose toward the assembled experts and challenged the Star Luo Emperor as the real battle began.