Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao and Old Titan clashed with the auction house over armor that shattered during the auction, but Tang Hao chose to endure the dispute. After Taino tried to calm the situation, Tang Hao struck him and accidentally killed him, leaving Old Titan grieving over his son’s body.

• Old Titan accused the auction house of mishandling the armor, while its owner blamed him for the damage and ordered an investigation into Tang Hao’s group.
• Tang Hao refused to confront the auction house for now, and Tang San silently vowed to punish its people with Hidden Weapons in the future.
• Taino urged Tang Hao and Old Titan to consider that the armor might have been flawed, angering both Tang Hao and Old Titan.
• Tang Hao punched Taino, and a hidden burst of energy destroyed Taino’s internal organs.
• Taino died after condemning Tang Hao, while Old Titan crawled to his son’s corpse and wept.

Tang Hao killed Old Titan’s son, leaving Tang San wary of the Power Clan patriarch, while Xiao Zhen watched the fallout and the auction’s weapons failed. As the medicinal-pill auction began, Yu Xiaogang struggled to afford the cultivation pill he wanted, and Liu Erlong considered asking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for funds.

• Tang Hao dismissed Taino’s death as deserved, and Tang San aimed hidden weapons at Old Titan before Tang Hao stopped him and urged restraint.
• Xiao Zhen secretly reflected on how Old Titan might respond to his son’s death, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo recognized the grieving patriarch’s cries from a private room.
• Several weapons and armor pieces Tang Hao had submitted broke during testing, and he accused the auction house of replacing his work with junk.
• The auctioneer introduced medicinal pills, and Yu Xiaogang failed to outbid the major powers for the pill that could increase his cultivation.
• Liu Erlong looked toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s private room and considered asking her nominal father for money.

Liu Erlong asked Yu Luomian for money to buy pills for someone she loved, and he agreed despite not knowing who the pills were for. After she left, Yu Luomian ordered a clan member to follow her and investigate the man.

• Yu Luomian told a young clan member to turn away whoever was knocking, but Liu Erlong pushed past him and confronted her father.
• Yu Luomian recalled how he had failed to care for Liu Erlong's mother and asked why Liu Erlong had come.
• Liu Erlong asked Yu Luomian for money to buy a few third- or fourth-grade pills, and he agreed to provide funds.
• Yu Luomian asked who the pills were for, but Liu Erlong refused to tell him and demanded a straight answer about the money.
• Liu Erlong left the private room with the funds, and Yu Luomian ordered a clansman to track her and investigate the man in her life.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong left the auction with the pills, while Yu Luomian resolved to stop Yu Xiaogang from pursuing his daughter. Tang Hao brought Tang San to meet Yu Xiaogang in private, where he revealed that he was Tang San’s father and Yu Xiaogang recognized him as the Haotian Douluo.

• Yu Luomian saw Yu Xiaogang with Liu Erlong and ordered his attendants to bring his nephew to him so he could teach him a lesson.
• Old Titan left the auction house grieving for his dead son and began doubting whether pledging loyalty to Tang Hao had been wise.
• Tang Hao and Tang San approached Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, and Tang San persuaded them to talk in a private tavern room.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to steer the conversation away from their past, but Tang Hao said he had a request to make of him.
• Tang Hao introduced himself as Tang San’s father, and Yu Xiaogang excitedly recognized him as the Haotian Douluo.

Yu Xiaogang agreed to train Tang San while hiding his fear and resentment toward Tang Hao. Meanwhile, Li Shaobai arrived in Holy Spirit Village searching for Tang Hao and Tang San, only to learn they had left a year earlier.

• Tang Hao asked Yu Xiaogang to look after Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang promised to teach him everything he knew.
• Tang Hao left with Tang San and planned to bring him back to Yu Xiaogang the next day.
• Liu Erlong tried to comfort Yu Xiaogang, who kept his secrets about the Divine Examination from her.
• Li Shaobai entered Holy Spirit Village with Ai and learned from Old Jack that Tang Hao and Tang San had been gone for a year.
• Li Shaobai wondered whether the world consciousness had intervened, but Ai said it was likely asleep and that protagonists merely had greater luck.

After learning that Tang San was not as powerful as he had feared, Li Shaobai decided to seek a position in Spirit Hall, where he hoped to pursue its famous beauties. He remained focused on women rather than his ambitions, while Xiao Ai hoped he would eventually work hard enough for them both to transcend.

• Li Shaobai felt relieved when Xiao Ai said Tang San was not as heaven-defying as he had imagined.
• Li Shaobai decided to go to Spirit Hall and said his strength should be enough to become an elder.
• Li Shaobai drooled as he fantasized about Spirit Hall's beauties, especially Her Holiness the Pope.
• Xiao Ai silently judged Li Shaobai for thinking about women instead of working hard.
• Xiao Ai hoped Li Shaobai would work hard so that it could one day transcend as a System Spirit.

Li Shaobai offended Bi Bidong at Spirit Hall and begged her to spare him when she confronted him. His weak combat experience and fear of death left him unable to live up to his Titled Douluo cultivation.

• Bi Bidong became furious when Li Shaobai showed disrespect toward her.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei arrived with other Spirit Hall experts.
• Li Shaobai scrambled to his feet, knelt before Bi Bidong, and begged her forgiveness.
• Li Shaobai admitted he had been captivated by Bi Bidong's beauty and pleaded for his life.
• Li Shaobai feared he could not defeat veteran Titled Douluo because he lacked combat experience.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Introduction of a new character, a mysterious man.
• The man's appearance and demeanor command respect and awe.

Character Developments

• No significant developments for existing characters; this chapter focuses on introducing the new character.

Significant Themes

• Aura of power and authority: The man's presence and appearance convey a sense of power and respect, hinting at themes of leadership, influence, and charisma.
• First impressions: The man's initial appearance and demeanor make a strong impression on those around him, emphasizing the importance of first impressions.

Character Interactions

• The chapter primarily focuses on the man's introduction, with no interactions with other characters yet. However, his presence elicits a sense of worship and awe, suggesting potential future interactions and dynamics.

Xiao Zhen sensed the dormant light within him awaken and traced it to Qian Daoliu at Qian Renxue’s Crown Prince’s Mansion. After Qian Daoliu noticed someone spying and discussed Qian Yin’s situation with Qian Renxue, Xiao Zhen appeared before them and was identified.

• Xiao Zhen felt light gathering in his chest and realized it was connected to Qian Daoliu’s location.
• Xiao Zhen used Soul Power to observe Qian Daoliu, who sensed the intrusion and searched for the watcher.
• Qian Renxue entered, deactivated her inherited Soul Bone, and told Qian Daoliu that her sister was safe and willingly staying with Xiao Zhen.
• Xiao Zhen suddenly appeared beside Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue, assuring them that Miss Qian was doing well.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Xiao Zhen, and Qian Renxue identified him as Xiao Zhen.

Xiao Zhen urged Qian Renxue to begin the Angel God Examination, but she remained unsure about abandoning her Crown Prince mission. At Taino’s funeral, Old Titan hid the identity of his son’s killer from the other clan chiefs, while Tailong sought a private conversation with them.

• Xiao Zhen offered to help Qian Renxue inherit the Angel Divine Position without waiting years, but she did not agree to return to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu asked Xiao Zhen to give Qian Renxue time to decide, and Xiao Zhen invited him to visit his residence.
• Old Titan welcomed Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He to Taino’s funeral, and they demanded to know who had killed him.
• Old Titan refused to reveal the murderer, fearing his old companions would be drawn into a dangerous conflict.
• After Old Titan stepped away, Tailong approached the three clan chiefs and said he had something to discuss with them.

Tailong told Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He that he suspected Tang Hao and Tang San had killed his father. The three elders reacted angrily, but Bai He said they needed to ask Old Orangutan to learn the truth.

• Tailong knelt and said he suspected the man Old Orangutan had submitted to was his father's killer.
• Yang Wudi helped Tailong up and urged him to reveal the truth to the three elders.
• Tailong named Tang Hao and Tang San as his suspects, saying they had lived on the clan grounds and vanished on the day his father died.
• Niu Gao struck the table and blamed Tang Hao for the Four Single-Attribute Clans' suffering.
• Bai He cautioned that Tang Hao might not be the killer and said they would have to ask Old Orangutan.

Tang Hao abducted Xiao Wu and Little Blue after their stolen necklaces exposed their Soul Beast auras, intending to take their 100,000-year Soul Rings and Soul Bones. Xiao Zhen located the girls in a nearby building and prepared to rescue them, while Ah Yin panicked at the thought that Tang Hao might kill their daughter.

• Tang Hao introduced himself to Little Blue as Uncle Tang, but Xiao Wu led her away before he could say more.
• Thief Jerrys stole the necklaces concealing Xiao Wu and Little Blue’s Soul Beast auras as they entered the crowd.
• Tang Hao sensed the girls’ exposed auras, identified them as transformed Soul Beasts, and abducted them.
• A witness shouted that a child trafficker had snatched two girls, and the Four Single-Attribute Clan leaders recognized Tang Hao.
• Xiao Zhen sensed the girls inside a small building and told his companions that Tang Hao had likely seized them for their Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Ah Yin panicked in the spiritual space, fearing Tang Hao would kill Little Blue, while Xiao Zhen set out to rescue the girls.

Tang Hao captured Xiao Wu and Little Blue, intending to reserve the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for Tang San, but Xiao Zhen transported him and Tang Yuehua away to confront him. Xiao Zhen challenged Tang Hao over his past with Ah Yin, and Tang Hao's threat against his opponents left the confrontation unresolved.

• Little Blue feared that Tang Hao would kill her and Xiao Wu for their Soul Rings and Soul Bones, while Xiao Wu reassured her that their companions would rescue them.
• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua that Xiao Wu and Little Blue were Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and that he planned to leave them for Tang San.
• A spatial shift transported Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua to an unfamiliar forest, where they encountered Xiao Zhen and his companions.
• Xiao Zhen told Tang Hao that the two captured girls were connected to him, but Tang Hao insisted that Soul Beasts who entered human society could be hunted.
• Xiao Zhen accused Tang Hao of deceiving Ah Yin for her Soul Ring, and Tang Hao angrily demanded to know how Xiao Zhen knew about his past.
• Xiao Zhen dismissed Spirit Hall as too weak to serve him, prompting Qian Lingyu to feel humiliated on its behalf.

Xiao Zhen overwhelmed Tang Hao, and Tang Yuehua begged him to spare her brother. As Tang Yuehua confessed her long-hidden love for Tang Hao, Ah Yin heard her and was troubled by both the siblings’ feelings and Tang Hao’s hostility toward Soul Beasts.

• Tang Hao gathered his soul power and considered fighting Xiao Zhen, but Xiao Zhen’s pressure forced him to the ground and made him spit blood.
• Tang Hao realized Xiao Zhen had subdued him without releasing a martial soul and wondered whether Xiao Zhen was a transformed Soul Beast.
• Tang Yuehua begged Xiao Zhen to spare Tang Hao and revealed that the two young girls he wanted were safe in a storeroom.
• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua to let him bear the consequences, but she clung to him and confessed that she had loved him for a long time.
• Tang Yuehua admitted that she resented Ah Yin and had considered exposing her identity so Tang Hao would belong to her alone.
• Ah Yin heard Tang Yuehua’s confession and found the siblings’ feelings disturbing, while Tang Hao’s attitude toward Soul Beasts chilled her.

Xiao Zhen learned that Bi Bidong had secretly come to Heaven Dou City with the newly recruited Golden Dragon Douluo, Li Shaobai, and suspected Li was another transmigrator. His system detected a nearby level 18 system, and Xiao Zhen left Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu to continue their discussion while preparing to pursue it.

• Qian Daoliu and Xiao Zhen urged Qian Renxue to abandon her plan to claim the throne and focus on becoming a god, but she remained conflicted.
• Porcupine Douluo reported that Bi Bidong had arrived secretly in Heaven Dou City with Ju Douluo, Gui Douluo, and the newly recruited Titled Douluo Li Shaobai.
• Porcupine Douluo described Li Shaobai's Five-Clawed Golden Dragon martial soul, hundred-thousand-year ninth Soul Ring, and embarrassing conduct toward Bi Bidong, leading Xiao Zhen to suspect he was a fellow transmigrator.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Porcupine Douluo to investigate Bi Bidong's reason for visiting and whether it concerned his granddaughters, while dismissing any effort to recruit Li Shaobai.
• Xiao Zhen asked his system to search for other systems, and it detected a nearby level 18 system.
• Xiao Zhen left Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu to talk and invited Qian Renxue to visit his residence once she had decided what to do.

Li Shaobai tried to reach his silent System Spirit before Ghost Douluo summoned him to meet Bi Bidong. Bi Bidong warned him that he would face consequences if his information about Dugu Bo proved false, leaving Li Shaobai sweating as he insisted it was all true.

• Li Shaobai failed to get a response from the System Spirit and reflected on the poison seed Bi Bidong had planted in his chest.
• Xiao Zhen secretly used the Adventure System to conceal himself and ordered his system to seal off Heaven Dou City.
• Ghost Douluo summoned Li Shaobai to meet Bi Bidong.
• Bishop Salas guided Li Shaobai to Bi Bidong at the Spirit Hall Branch in Heaven Dou City.
• Bi Bidong said Dugu Bo would arrive soon and threatened Li Shaobai if his information proved false; Li Shaobai swore it was true.

Bibi Dong asked Qian Lingyu to hand Spirit Hall the medicinal herbs from her garden, while Qian Lingyu questioned how Bibi Dong had learned about it. Qian Lingyu then tested Li Shaobai, whose claim that he came from overseas left her considering whether he might be from another continent.

• Bibi Dong asked Poison Douluo whether he would give the medicinal herbs to Spirit Hall, and he said the garden belonged to Qian Lingyu.
• Qian Lingyu challenged Bibi Dong about how she had learned of the garden, and Bibi Dong indicated Li Shaobai had informed her.
• Li Shaobai introduced himself to Qian Lingyu as the recently arrived Titled Douluo called Golden Dragon.
• Qian Lingyu questioned Li Shaobai about where he came from, and he claimed he was an overseas soul master who had joined Spirit Hall out of admiration.
• Qian Lingyu considered whether Li Shaobai might have come from another continent.

Bi Bidong and Qian Lingyu nearly came to blows before Xiao Zhen appeared and suppressed Li Shaobai. Xiao Ai offered to abandon her host and serve Xiao Zhen instead, leaving Li Shaobai pleading with her.

• Bi Bidong slapped Qian Lingyu, who mocked her past romance with a Great Soul Master and provoked her further.
• Xiao Ai appeared and warned Li Shaobai that a mysterious force threatened the area, then proposed escaping to a lower-tier world.
• Li Shaobai asked Xiao Ai to choose a Japanese anime world, but Xiao Zhen arrived and suppressed him with a hand on his shoulder.
• Xiao Ai sensed Xiao Zhen's stronger system and begged him to spare her, offering to become his System Spirit if he eliminated Li Shaobai.
• Li Shaobai protested that Xiao Ai had promised they would coexist as Xiao Zhen listened with amusement.

Xiao Zhen devoured Little Ai and Li Shaobai’s System, then crippled Li Shaobai and erased his memories. Bibi Dong confronted Xiao Zhen over his treatment of a Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall.

• Li Shaobai begged Xiao Zhen to spare him, while Little Ai offered to manage Xiao Zhen’s System in exchange for her life.
• Xiao Zhen rejected Little Ai’s offer and ordered his Adventure System to devour her and Li Shaobai’s System.
• Xiao Zhen’s System reached Level 25 and awarded him a Level 7 lottery draw.
• Xiao Zhen crushed Li Shaobai’s Martial Soul and Soul Rings, dispersed his soul power, and erased his memories.
• Bibi Dong demanded that Xiao Zhen explain why he had crippled a Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall in front of her.

Bi Bidong confronted Xiao Zhen with her Killing God Domain and Rakshasa Scythe, but he effortlessly dispelled the domain and snapped the divine artifact in half. The injured Rakshasa God sensed the destruction and invaded Bi Bidong’s body as she began losing control of her power.

• Bi Bidong unleashed her Killing God Domain against Xiao Zhen, but he dispelled it with a gesture.
• Bi Bidong summoned the Rakshasa Scythe, and Xiao Zhen snatched it from her hand.
• Xiao Zhen crushed the Rakshasa Scythe in half, stunning Bi Bidong, Qian Lingyu, and Dugu Bo.
• The wounded Rakshasa God sensed that her divine artifact had been destroyed and sent divine consciousness to invade Bi Bidong.
• Bi Bidong felt her power slip out of her control and her vision blur.