Chapter Summaries

After Dai Yao defeated the fat man, Dai Yaming prepared to attack him, fearing his growing strength. Ye Nantian intervened and stood between them, but the confrontation threatened to escalate into a clash between commoner and noble Soul Masters.

• Dai Yao defeated the fat man, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyue reacted to his unexpected strength.
• Dai Yaming checked the fat man's injuries, then threatened to kill Dai Yao and attacked him despite the crowd's protests.
• Dai Yao prepared to face Dai Yaming, knowing his opponent's peak Soul Grandmaster rank and Spirit Bone made him a formidable threat.
• Ye Nantian arrived and stepped in to protect Dai Yao, after Feng Wutong had sought his help.
• Dai Yaming insulted Ye Nantian and the commoners, prompting Commoner Soul Masters and Noble Soul Masters to face off as Ye Nantian weighed the risk of fighting back.

Dai Yao challenged Dai Yaming to a duel ten days later, despite Ye Nantian warning him about the Second Prince’s strength and Spirit Bone. After returning to Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yao promised to avenge her, while she urged him to flee and then affirmed her faith in him; he tried to suppress his wavering feelings by showing her a purple lotus.

• Dai Yao thanked Ye Nantian and challenged Dai Yaming to settle their conflict in a battle ten days later.
• Dai Yaming accepted after Dai Yao provoked him, while Noble Soul Masters mocked Dai Yao for challenging a stronger opponent.
• Ye Nantian warned Dai Yao that Dai Yaming had far greater Soul Power, a Spirit Bone, and formidable abilities, but Dai Yao said he still had a chance.
• Dai Yao returned to the Cultivation Ground, where Feng Wutong left him to care for the injured Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Yao promised to avenge Zhu Zhuqing, but she urged him to flee and then said she trusted him and would not live if he died.
• Dai Yao struggled against his growing feelings for Zhu Zhuqing and showed her a purple lotus that carried an intense longing.

Dai Yao gave Zhu Zhuqing the Purple Lotus, which healed her injuries and began mutating her Martial Soul, so they agreed to keep it secret. He then traveled to the Star Luo Royal Beast Garden and forced the Soul Master who had failed to protect him before to help hunt his Second Spirit Ring.

• Dai Yao gave Zhu Zhuqing the Purple Lotus, and it rapidly healed her injuries while causing her Martial Soul to mutate.
• Dai Yao warned Zhu Zhuqing to keep the Purple Lotus and her changing Martial Soul secret, and she agreed not to reveal her Martial Soul at the academy.
• Dai Yao left to hunt his Second Spirit Ring and arrived at the Star Luo Royal Beast Garden after a day and a night of travel.
• Dai Yao confronted the guard captain about the earlier assassination attempt and summoned the Soul Master who had been assigned to protect him.
• Dai Yao threatened to report the Soul Master for neglecting his duty unless he helped hunt a spirit beast, and the Soul Master agreed.
• Dai Yao chose a thirteen-hundred-year-old Earth Walking Dragon for his Second Spirit Ring.

Dai Yao convinced the middle-aged Soul Master to help him seek a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring by revealing that his First Spirit Ring was seven hundred years old. They found a Thousand-Year Earth Walking Dragon, which emerged from its cave after the Soul Master released his Spirit Rings.

• The middle-aged Soul Master refused to help Dai Yao absorb a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, fearing the prince would die and he would be blamed.
• Dai Yao threatened to report the Soul Master, but the Soul Master refused to yield, so Dai Yao showed him his seven-hundred-year First Spirit Ring.
• The Soul Master was shocked by Dai Yao's unusually powerful ring and agreed to help him hunt a thousand-year soul beast.
• Dai Yao and the Soul Master traveled through the Star Luo Royal Beast Garden until they found a suitable Earth Walking Dragon.
• The Soul Master released his four Spirit Rings, awakening a Thousand-Year Earth Walking Dragon in its cave.

Dai Yao hunted an Earth Walking Dragon and risked his life absorbing its thousand-year Spirit Ring as his Second Spirit Ring. The Green Lotus repaired his collapsing body, and he emerged with one yellow and one purple Spirit Ring, astonishing the middle-aged Soul Master.

• Dai Yao identified an Earth Walking Dragon as roughly thirteen to fourteen hundred years old and asked the middle-aged Soul Master to subdue it.
• The middle-aged Soul Master fought and gravely wounded the Earth Walking Dragon, allowing Dai Yao to deliver the final blow.
• Dai Yao began absorbing the Earth Walking Dragon's purple Spirit Ring while the middle-aged Soul Master kept watch.
• As the violent Spirit Ring energy tore apart Dai Yao's body, he called on the Green Lotus to restore him, and it repeatedly repaired him until he absorbed the energy.
• The Spirit Ring rejected the Chaos Cyan Lotus and attached itself to the Sacred White Tiger, leaving Dai Yao with a thousand-year Second Spirit Ring.
• The middle-aged Soul Master declared that Dai Yao had created a miracle because no one in the Spirit Master World had absorbed a thousand-year Spirit Ring as a Second Spirit Ring.

After absorbing a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, Dai Yao returned to the Royal Academy and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing. She showed him her transformed Martial Soul, the Netherworld Overlord, whose power chilled him despite leaving the cavern unchanged.

• Dai Yao reached Soul Power Level twenty-three after absorbing the Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and left the Beast Taming Garden with the middle-aged Soul Master.
• The guard captain complained that Dai Yao was gone, while the middle-aged Soul Master said he had seen a legend rising.
• Dai Yao returned to the Royal Academy and went to his Cultivation Ground, where Zhu Zhuqing was cultivating with her strengthened Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing greeted Dai Yao and told him that the Purple Lotus had greatly strengthened her Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Netherworld Overlord, summoning an Ice Crystal Crown and making Dai Yao feel intense cold without changing the cavern's temperature.

Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing discussed the Netherworld Overlord Martial Soul and his coming duel with Dai Yaming, then visited the Spirit Hall in Star Luo Imperial City. Dai Yao identified himself as the Fourth Prince and sought the powerful institution as a way to escape the forces arrayed against him.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her transformed Martial Soul was the Netherworld Overlord, and Dai Yao warned her not to use it again until they could leave the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged Dai Yao to avoid dueling Dai Yaming, but Dai Yao revealed his unusual purple second Spirit Ring and reassured her that he could win.
• The next day, Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing walked through Star Luo Imperial City, where residents recognized their imperial clothing and showed them respect.
• Dai Yao brought Zhu Zhuqing to the city's Spirit Hall, hoping to find a way to leave the empire despite its competing powers.
• An old man stopped Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing at Spirit Hall, and Dai Yao introduced himself as the Fourth Prince.

Dai Yao visited Spirit Hall with Zhu Zhuqing to register as a Soul Master, prompting Bishop Ferdinand to take a personal interest in him. After leading Dai Yao to the registration palace, Ferdinand watched as Dai Yao noticed the black awakening stone and the Six-Winged Angel portrait.

• Bishop Ferdinand initially dismissed Dai Yao's visit, then changed his mind when he learned the Fourth Prince wanted Soul Master Registration.
• Zhu Zhuqing grew irritated when she realized their outing had brought them to Spirit Hall, while Dai Yao kept his purpose to himself.
• Ferdinand met Dai Yao and assumed he was using registration as a pretext to draw closer to Spirit Hall.
• Ferdinand led Dai Yao to the registration palace, where Dai Yao felt his Soul Power respond to a black awakening stone and noticed the Six-Winged Angel portrait.

Dai Yao revealed his Thousand-Year Spirit Ring to Bishop Ferdinand, who urged him to join the Spirit Hall and warned that the First Prince would soon target him. Dai Yao declined to join for now but said he would leave the Star Luo Empire after his duel with Dai Yaming and might need Ferdinand’s help.

• Dai Yao manifested his White Tiger Spirit and showed Ferdinand his yellow and purple Spirit Rings, shocking the bishop with the Thousand-Year Ring.
• Ferdinand explained that the First Prince had ignored Dai Yao while competing for the Star Luo Royal Team captaincy, but would now have time to deal with him.
• Ferdinand offered Dai Yao resources and protection if he joined the Spirit Hall, but Dai Yao questioned whether its leaders and young geniuses would truly trust or accept him.
• Dai Yao declined to join the Spirit Hall immediately and told Ferdinand he planned to leave the Star Luo Empire after his duel with Dai Yaming.
• Ferdinand promised to help Dai Yao leave safely and said he would trust him as a sign of the Spirit Hall’s sincerity.

Dai Yao explained to Zhu Zhuqing why they should align with Spirit Hall without fully severing ties with their families. Back at the academy, Dai Hengyu summoned Dai Yao to question him about visiting Spirit Hall, and Dai Yao defended the visit as a way to claim a Soul Master subsidy.

• Dai Yao told Bishop Ferdinand he planned to leave the Star Luo Empire after his duel with Dai Yaming, and Ferdinand promised Spirit Hall would await him.
• Dai Yao explained to Zhu Zhuqing that Spirit Hall could protect them while allowing them more freedom than the Heaven Dou Empire or the Upper Three Sects, and clarified that aligning with Spirit Hall did not require cutting ties with their clans.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized Dai Yao was considering her feelings about her family and thanked him, though she remained conflicted about truly joining Spirit Hall.
• After returning to the academy, Dai Yao continued cultivating beneath the waterfall until Feng Wutong and Zhang Xiaofan arrived; Zhang Xiaofan conveyed Prince Dai Hengyu’s request to see him.
• Dai Hengyu asked Dai Yao why he had visited Spirit Hall, and Dai Yao claimed he had gone to register as a Soul Master to receive the monthly subsidy.

Dai Hengyu let Dai Yao leave the Star Luo Empire and gave him seven days before his secret visit to the Spirit Hall became public. The night before the duel, Dai Yao met Dai Mubai, who revealed that he was also leaving the empire.

• Dai Hengyu accepted Dai Yao’s decision to leave, warned that he had only seven days, and let him go after Dai Yao kowtowed to him.
• Dai Hengyu ordered a Shadow Guard to eliminate everyone who knew Dai Yao had gone to the Spirit Hall.
• Dai Yao spent the night before the duel by the waterfall with Zhu Zhuqing, then sensed someone nearby and sent her back to her room.
• Dai Yao confronted Dai Mubai in the forest and realized that Dai Mubai’s apparent defeat had concealed his continued cultivation.
• Dai Mubai told Dai Yao that he was leaving the Star Luo Empire and warned him that Dai Weisi was preparing to target him; Dai Yao concealed his own plans to leave.

On the morning of the Ten-Day Agreement, Dai Yao reassured Zhu Zhuqing and his friends before heading to his duel with the Second Prince, Dai Yaming. The White Tiger Duel Arena filled with spectators and powerful guests, and the chapter ended as Dai Yao arrived.

• Dai Yao promised Zhu Zhuqing that he would win the duel and return alive.
• Feng Wutong and Zhang Xiaofan worried about Dai Yao, but he assured them he would win.
• Spectators and nobles gathered at the White Tiger Duel Arena to watch the duel between the princes.
• Bishop Ferdinand and Fifth Elder exchanged barbed remarks while Dai Mubai drank nearby.
• Dai Yaming waited on the arena floor as Dai Weisi privately predicted that he would defeat Dai Yao.
• Ferdinand spotted Dai Yao entering the arena passageway.

Dai Yao began his duel with Dai Yaming, resisting the pressure of their Soul Power gap and launching a rapid attack with his Sacred White Tiger Spirit. Dai Yaming blocked Dai Yao’s Eight Extremes—Collapse after preparing for its Hidden Strength, and Dai Yao prepared to continue the fight with his Spirit Rings.

• Dai Yao appeared in the Duel Arena, where Dai Yaming confronted him over the accusations that had cost him influence.
• A referee set the match rules, and Dai Yaming and Dai Yao introduced their levels and Martial Souls before the duel began.
• Dai Yaming activated Martial Soul Possession, but Dai Yao’s waterfall training let him withstand the Soul Power pressure and charge forward at great speed.
• Dai Yao struck Dai Yaming with Eight Extremes—Collapse, but Dai Yaming used White Tiger Body Barrier to block the blow.
• Dai Yaming revealed that Fatty had told him about Dai Yao’s Hidden Strength, and Dai Yao summoned his two Spirit Rings to continue the fight.

Dai Yao revealed a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and began fighting Dai Yaming with his Second Spirit Skill, overturning expectations in their duel to the death. The chapter ended as Dai Yaming prepared to face Dai Yao’s White Tiger Light Wave, relying on his greater Soul Power.

• Dai Yaming taunted Dai Yao after gaining the advantage, while the crowd cheered for the Second Prince.
• Dai Yao revealed a purple Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, shocking the spectators, nobles, and Dai Yaming.
• The Fifth Elder questioned the family’s rules, while Bishop Ferdinand celebrated Dai Yao’s talent and the prospect of recruiting him for Spirit Hall.
• Dai Yao activated his Second Spirit Skill, White Tiger Light Wave, and fired a powerful white blast at Dai Yaming.
• Dai Yaming overcame his fear and resolved to counter the attack, trusting in his six-level Soul Power advantage.

Dai Yao’s Thousand-Year Soul Skill overwhelmed Dai Yaming’s attack, but Dai Yaming survived with his three-thousand-year right arm Spirit Bone. The duel settled into a prolonged battle of skill clashes and evasion, leaving the spectators convinced Dai Yao would eventually run out of Soul Power, though Dai Yao remained confident in his Liquid Soul Power.

• Dai Yao’s White Tiger Light Wave pushed Dai Yaming’s attack back and blasted through the arena wall, but Dai Yaming emerged with his right arm glowing.
• Dai Yaming revealed that his three-thousand-year right arm bone had blocked the attack with its Spirit Bone skill, Destructive Death Ray.
• Dai Weisi judged that Dai Yao was at a disadvantage because Dai Yaming had greater Soul Power and combat experience.
• Dai Yao repeatedly used Eight Extremes Collapse and Explosive Step to avoid close combat, while Dai Yaming answered with defensive and Spirit Bone skills.
• Zhu Zhuyue called Dai Yao a coward, while Zhu Zhuqing worried that Dai Yao would exhaust his Soul Power.
• The spectators expected Dai Yao to lose as his Soul Power ran low, but Dai Yao trusted the Liquid Soul Power surging inside him.

Dai Yao outlasted Dai Yaming in a contest of Soul Power, turning the duel in his favor as Dai Yaming’s Martial Soul Possession failed. Dai Yao approached his weakened opponent, unaware that Dai Yaming was waiting for a chance to strike with his remaining Spirit Bone skill.

• Dai Yao and Dai Yaming exchanged Spirit Skills until both were exhausted, but Dai Yaming was shocked that Dai Yao still had Soul Power.
• Dai Yao revealed that his unusually robust Soul Power left him with far more reserves than Dai Yaming, and he continued attacking with the White Tiger Light Wave.
• Dai Yaming’s Soul Power dwindled to a single use of his Spirit Bone skill, and his Martial Soul Possession flickered out.
• Ye Nantian recognized that Dai Yaming was feigning weakness to set up a final strike, while Bishop Ferdinand considered the duel a test for Dai Yao.
• Dai Yao walked toward Dai Yaming, relishing the chance to repay the humiliation from three years earlier as Dai Yaming waited for him to enter the Destructive Death Ray’s range.

Dai Yao defeated Dai Yaming and began avenging the humiliation he had suffered, then challenged Zhu Zhu Yue to fight him in exchange for Dai Yaming’s release. Zhu Zhu Yue hesitated as Dai Yao provoked her, leaving the challenge unanswered.

• Dai Yao recognized Dai Yaming’s apparent opening as a trap and retreated, then countered with White Tiger Light Wave until Dai Yaming exhausted his strength.
• Dai Yao struck Dai Yaming repeatedly, declared that he was returning three years of humiliation, and pinned Dai Yaming beneath his foot.
• Dai Yao offered to release Dai Yaming if Zhu Zhu Yue defeated him, while Dai Yaming begged him to spare her.
• Dai Yao insisted that his Soul Power remained strong and taunted Zhu Zhu Yue for hesitating to accept his challenge.

Dai Yao challenged Zhu Zhuyue and defeated her with Eight Extremes Collapse, then began beating her to avenge her past humiliation of him and Zhu Qing. As Dai Yaming pleaded for Zhu Zhuyue’s life and spectators condemned Dai Yao, he prepared to strike again after receiving a voice transmission.

• Zhu Zhuyue accepted Dai Yao’s challenge, while Dai Hengyu urged Zhu Zhuqing to trust him.
• Zhu Zhuyue tried to wear Dai Yao down by circling him, but his Martial Soul pressure slowed her and he caught up.
• Dai Yao took Zhu Zhuyue’s Netherworld Hundred Claws and defeated her with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Dai Yao struck Zhu Zhuyue and said his punches were revenge for her humiliation of him and Zhu Qing.
• Dai Yaming admitted he had arranged Dai Yao’s bad reputation and begged Dai Yao to spare Zhu Zhuyue, but Dai Yao kicked him aside.
• As Dai Yao prepared to strike again amid the spectators’ condemnation, he received a voice transmission.

Dai Yao spared Dai Yaming and Zhu Zhuyue after forcing Dai Yaming to sacrifice his left arm, then received public acclaim and Zhu Zhuqing’s embrace. The chapter ended with Dai Weisi watching him with murderous intent as the story prepared to move toward Heaven Dou.

• Dai Yao ignored Fifth Elder’s warning and nearly attacked Dai Yaming, but stopped after seeing Dai Hengyu shake his head.
• Dai Yao demanded that Dai Yaming cut off one arm in exchange for both his and Zhu Zhuyue’s lives.
• Dai Yaming severed his left arm, and Dai Yao allowed him and Zhu Zhuyue to leave the Duel Arena.
• The spectators applauded Dai Yao, and Zhu Zhuqing rushed down from the stands and embraced him.
• Fifth Elder left the platform while Dai Weisi watched Dai Yao with killing intent.

After defeating Dai Yaming, Dai Yao attracted new supporters and unwanted attention, but decided to leave the Star Luo Empire before Dai Weisi could move against him. Lan Yuxuan arrived with a mission from Ferdinand to help him escape, leaving Dai Yao poised to depart.

• Dai Weisi left the arena with Zhu Zhuyun after Dai Yao defeated Dai Yaming, and Dai Yao realized he needed to leave the Star Luo Empire quickly.
• Dai Yao continued cultivating in the Simulated Environment while Zhu Zhuqing returned to her family to obtain her Second Spirit Ring.
• Dai Yao rejected visitors who wanted to join his faction because he planned to leave and avoid a confrontation with Dai Weisi.
• Dai Yao returned to the noble dining hall and endured growing attention from girls, which annoyed him and made Zhu Zhuqing visibly wistful.
• Lan Yuxuan visited Dai Yao at night and said Ferdinand had sent him to help Dai Yao leave the Star Luo Empire.