Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi decided that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should avoid opposing Shadow Hall, while Yu Yuanzhen refused to help Yu Luomian find his missing daughter. Xu Xin set out for Skywater City to recruit academy teachers, where Yu Xiao Gang was hailed as the Master by an unfamiliar young man.

• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo that he had only outwardly agreed to oppose Shadow Hall and that their sect should stay out of the conflict.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered a subordinate to promote Yu Xiao Gang’s book, then refused Yu Luomian’s request to search for Er Long.
• Xu Xin learned that Bi Ji had left and prepared to travel to Skywater City with A Yin to recruit teachers for Shadow Hall’s academy.
• A young man in glasses recognized Yu Xiao Gang on the road and excitedly called him the Master.

Flender befriended Yu Xiao Gang and joined him on an exploration journey, while Xu Xin and Ah Yin visited Skywater Academy to recruit Shui Yan'er and Lin Lin into Shadow Hall. The chapter ended with Xu Xin revealing twenty Title Douluo to prove his offer.

• Flender approached Yu Xiao Gang by pretending to seek guidance about the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls, then gained his trust over drinks.
• Flender agreed to accompany Yu Xiao Gang on a journey of exploration, hoping to benefit from his clan connections.
• Xu Xin and Ah Yin arrived in Skywater City seeking the Ice Phoenix martial soul and went to Skywater Academy to find Shui Bing'er's parents.
• Xu Xin offered Shui Yan'er and Lin Lin freedom, resources, protection, and a guarantee that their descendants would become Title Douluo if they joined Shadow Hall.
• When Lin Lin dismissed the guarantee as boastful, Xu Xin summoned twenty Title Douluo, leaving Shui Yan'er and Lin Lin stunned.

Xu Xin brought Skywater, Godwind, and Blazing Fire Academies into Shadow Hall by promising a path to a Titled Douluo, then welcomed Bi Ji and gave her the Samo Mask. The chapter ended with Xu Xin preparing Ye Shengxin to treat the Clear Sky Twin Stars while concealing the true cause of their injuries.

• Shui Yan'er and Lin Lin agreed to join Shadow Hall after Xu Xin promised a guaranteed Titled Douluo and assigned them to teach at a future academy.
• Xu Xin intimidated Godwind and Blazing Fire Academies with twenty Titled Douluo, and both agreed to join Shadow Hall.
• Bi Ji returned from the Lake of Life, accepted Xu Xin's terms, and joined Shadow Hall.
• Xu Xin gave Bi Ji the Samo Mask, which boosted her strength and let her summon ten Sumo Soldiers.
• Xu Xin made Bi Ji principal of Shadow Academy and replaced the guards at Shadow Hall and Shadow Academy with Sumo Soldiers.
• Xu Xin instructed Ye Shengxin to treat the Clear Sky Twin Stars' legs and claim soul beasts had caused their injuries.

Ye Shengxin joined Shadow Hall and treated A Jing’s injured legs, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao paid three million Gold Soul Coins. Xu Xin then took Ah Yin toward the outskirts of the City of Slaughter, where he spotted Qian Xunji and Ghost Douluo.

• Xu Xin promised Ye Shengxin an Immortal Herb if the Ye Family contributed to Shadow Hall, giving Ye Shengxin hope of breaking the Nine Heart Begonia curse.
• Three days later, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao brought A Jing to Ye Shengxin’s clinic, where Ye Shengxin charged them three million Gold Soul Coins for treatment.
• Ye Shengxin used his Nine Heart Begonia to heal A Jing, and she thanked Tang Hao and Tang Xiao before leaving with them.
• Xu Xin and Ah Yin headed toward the outskirts of the City of Slaughter, where Xu Xin recognized Qian Xunji and Ghost Douluo among the people ahead.

Xu Xin and Ah Yin met Qian Xunji, the Pope of Spirit Hall, while representing Shadow Hall. After considering ways to absorb Shadow Hall into Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji began to devise a marriage alliance that could also advance his own plans for Bibi Dong.

• Xu Xin and Ah Yin greeted Qian Xunji and exchanged formal courtesies with him, Ghost Douluo, and Yue Guan.
• Xu Xin reflected on Qian Xunji’s strength and suspected that a hidden figure had helped Tang Hao defeat him in the original story.
• Qian Xunji privately asked Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan whether Spirit Hall could annex Shadow Hall, but Yue Guan warned that it would be difficult.
• Qian Xunji proposed winning Shadow Hall over and asked whether Xu Xin might enter a marriage alliance with Spirit Hall.
• Yue Guan said the alliance was most likely if Bibi Dong were involved, but Qian Xunji rejected the idea and began considering another way to achieve his aims.

Qian Xunji plotted to bring Shadow Hall under his control by encouraging Bibi Dong to grow closer to its Hall Master, while Xu Xin began keeping watch on him. After Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong returned from the City of Slaughter, Liu Erlong delivered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core to Xu Xin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Qian Xunji told Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo that they should draw closer to Shadow Hall and let Bibi Dong approach its Hall Master as part of his plan to seize the Hall.
• Xu Xin noticed Qian Xunji's possessive gaze and decided to make him a surveillance target, while Ah Yin agreed that Shadow Hall could watch and respond.
• After several peaceful days, Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong emerged from the City of Slaughter, and Qian Xunji welcomed Bibi Dong while permitting her to visit Shadow Hall.
• Xu Xin and the others departed after inviting Bibi Dong to visit Shadow Hall, and Qian Xunji told her she could go once she had dispelled the Slaughter Aura.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Liu Erlong gave Xu Xin the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion recoiled from its heat.

Liu Erlong kept Three-Eyed Golden Lion and received the Crimson Inner Core from Xu Xin, while Spirit Hall discussed an alliance with Shadow Hall. Qian Xunji proposed a marriage alliance between Bibi Dong and Xu Xin, and Bibi Dong set out for Shadow Hall as Xu Xin suspected a hidden plot.

• Liu Erlong hugged Three-Eyed Golden Lion and declared that she would keep her as a pet.
• Xu Xin returned the Crimson Inner Core to Liu Erlong and explained that it could trigger her Martial Soul Evolution and provide a spirit ring when she reached level sixty.
• Qian Xunji asked Bibi Dong what she thought of Shadow Hall, then proposed that she enter a marriage alliance with its Hall Master, Xu Xin.
• Bibi Dong struggled with her thoughts about Xu Xin and left for Shadow Hall with Ghost Douluo the next day, saying she wanted to see Liu Erlong.
• Qian Xunji privately planned to take Xu Xin's place as the groom and seize control of Shadow Hall, while Xu Xin learned of the proposal and suspected a plot.

Xu Xin, Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to gain experience and explore. When they heard faint sobbing in the forest, they cautiously went to investigate.

• Xu Xin agreed to travel with Liu Erlong and invited Bibi Dong to join them when she arrived at Shadow Hall.
• Bibi Dong came to Shadow Hall, reunited with Liu Erlong, and agreed to travel with her and Xu Xin.
• After three days, Xu Xin left Ah Yin in charge of Shadow Hall and set out with Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The three traveled deeper into the forest without deliberately seeking Tang Hao's or Yu Xiao Gang's group.
• Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong heard faint sobbing, summoned their martial souls, and led the way toward its source as Xu Xin stayed beside them and the darkness stirred.

Xu Xin, Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong found Tang Yuehua crying in the dark and learned she was lost after running away from home. Xu Xin discovered she had suffered a breakup and teased her by revealing he knew she was looking for Tang Hao, leaving her startled and wary.

• Xu Xin, Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong approached a crying woman and learned her name was Tang Yuehua of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xu Xin teased Tang Yuehua by telling her that he and Liu Erlong belonged to Shadow Hall and Bibi Dong belonged to Spirit Hall, frightening her until Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong reassured her.
• Tang Yuehua told Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong that she had run away from home and gotten lost, though they doubted her explanation.
• Xu Xin questioned a Ninja Soldier and learned that Tang Yuehua had suffered a breakup.
• Xu Xin asked Tang Yuehua whether she needed help finding Tang Hao and teased her about knowing why she had been crying, making her step back in surprise.

Xu Xin persuaded Tang Yuehua to join him and explained to Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong why she had entered the Star Dou Great Forest: she had followed Tang Hao, her secret crush, only to see him with A Jing. The conversation then turned to Liu Erlong’s family connection to Yu Xiao Gang and Tang Yuehua’s stalled cultivation.

• Xu Xin provoked Tang Yuehua by mentioning Tang Hao, and she angrily agreed to travel with him, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong.
• After the group camped in the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong visited Xu Xin’s tent to ask about Tang Yuehua.
• Xu Xin revealed that Tang Yuehua had slipped away from the Clear Sky Sect’s procurement staff and gone looking for Tang Hao, then saw him being affectionate with A Jing.
• Xu Xin explained that Tang Yuehua was innocent and had mistaken her long-standing admiration for Tang Hao for love, while Liu Erlong said she would eventually get over him.
• Xu Xin told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiao Gang was her cousin, and Bibi Dong asked why Tang Yuehua’s cultivation was only Level 9.
• Xu Xin compared Tang Yuehua’s stalled cultivation with Yu Xiao Gang’s former Level 29 limit and grew angry as he recalled how badly Tang Yuehua’s life had turned out.

Xu Xin explained the similarities between Tang Yuehua and Yu Xiao Gang, then revealed that he knew Bibi Dong had Twin Martial Souls and suggested ways to manage their drawbacks. After Bibi Dong left, he ordered the elders to gather Whale Rubber so it could be refined to help Soul Masters absorb higher-aged Soul Rings.

• Xu Xin compared Tang Yuehua and Yu Xiao Gang, speculating that Tang Yuehua’s innate domain might have come at the cost of her Soul Power growth.
• Bibi Dong considered her own Twin Martial Souls a dangerous restriction and wondered whether Xu Xin could help her.
• Bibi Dong confessed that she had a secret, and Xu Xin correctly identified it as Twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Xin told Bibi Dong that strengthening her body and using an External Soul Bone could help manage the drawbacks, while divine power might help even more.
• After Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong left, Xu Xin sent a Ninja Soldier to tell the Great Elder and Second Elder to gather as much Whale Rubber as possible.

Xu Xin’s group traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang Yuehua, who grew more comfortable with them as Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fought soul beasts. They encountered Yu Xiao Gang, Flender, and Xue Ya, whose Martial Soul Fusion Skill had made their travels go smoothly; Yu Xiao Gang fled after recognizing Bibi Dong, and Xu Xin wondered whether the group should follow them.

• Tang Yuehua joined Xu Xin’s meal and helped Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong cleanse their killing intent with her Noble Ring as they traveled through the forest.
• Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong assured Tang Yuehua that Xu Xin was more capable than he seemed, though she still thought he was a man living off women.
• Xue Ya, Flender, and Yu Xiao Gang approached Xu Xin’s group after Xue Ya suggested they travel together.
• Yu Xiao Gang recognized Bibi Dong, grabbed Xue Ya, and hurried away before she could confront the group on his behalf.
• Xu Xin remarked that Xue Ya resembled Yu Xiao Gang, and Liu Erlong suggested following them.

Xu Xin and the others suspected that Xue Ya was related to Yu Xiao Gang after noticing their resemblance, but they left without confronting them. Yu Xiao Gang then told Xue Ya and Flender a self-serving version of his past, and Xue Ya vowed to stand by him.

• Xu Xin teased Tang Yuehua about the resemblance between Xue Ya and Yu Xiao Gang, while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong recalled that Yu Xiao Gang had been crippled by the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xu Xin and the others went to inspect Xue Ya, who stood protectively in front of Yu Xiao Gang.
• Liu Erlong warned Xue Ya to stay away from Yu Xiao Gang, but Xue Ya rejected her advice.
• After Xu Xin and the others left, Yu Xiao Gang recounted a distorted version of his past to Xue Ya and Flender.
• Xue Ya condemned the Clear Sky Sect and promised to help Yu Xiao Gang make a name for themselves, leaving Flender feeling like an outsider.

Yu Xiao Gang rejected the idea of using pills, while Tang Yuehua realized she had mistaken her admiration for him as love and felt happier after deciding to stay with Xu Xin and the others. Xu Xin welcomed her, though he planned to recruit her into Shadow Hall gradually.

• Xue Ya comforted Yu Xiao Gang and suggested buying pills from Shadow Hall, but he insisted that pills were crooked tricks and refused to try them.
• Tang Yuehua realized her feelings for Yu Xiao Gang were mostly admiration rather than love and decided she no longer wanted to seek out her brothers in Clear Sky Sect.
• Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong, and Xu Xin teased Tang Yuehua when she asked about what Clear Sky Sect had done to Yu Xiao Gang.
• Xu Xin asked Tang Yuehua whether she wanted to find her Second Brother, and she said she preferred staying with them.
• Xu Xin told Tang Yuehua she could stay as long as she wished, and she jokingly threatened to smother him to death.

Tang Hao confronted Yu Xiao Gang for harassing A Jing, slapped Xue Ya when Yu Xiao Gang failed to fight back, and left Yu Xiao Gang humiliated. Afterward, Yu Xiao Gang lashed out at Xue Ya despite her protecting him, and Flender rebuked him.

• A Jing pretended to fear Yu Xiao Gang and clung to Tang Hao, prompting Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to confront him.
• Tang Xiao warned Yu Xiao Gang to leave, but Tang Hao struck Xue Ya when Yu Xiao Gang did not fight back.
• Xue Ya stood before Yu Xiao Gang and urged him and Flender to prepare their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Yu Xiao Gang remained silent.
• Tang Hao insulted Yu Xiao Gang and left with Tang Xiao and A Jing, and Yu Xiao Gang struck a tree in frustration.
• Xue Ya tried to comfort Yu Xiao Gang, but he accused her of treating him like trash for protecting him.
• Flender angrily defended Xue Ya, while Yu Xiao Gang remained resentful and refused to accept anyone's help.

Xu Xin considered the future of Yu Xiao Gang and the Clear Sky Sect before a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked. He captured the tiger and imprisoned it in the Ghost Shadow Kingdom until he could hunt it later.

• Yu Xiao Gang stormed away in anger, and Xue Ya and Flender followed him.
• Xu Xin wondered who Yu Xiao Gang would rely on to destroy the Clear Sky Sect and discussed Soul Rings with Bibi Dong.
• Xu Xin noticed the approaching Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and told Bibi Dong to protect Liu Erlong and the others.
• Xu Xin summoned Ghost Shadow Soldiers to capture the tiger alive and send it to the Ghost Shadow Kingdom.
• Tang Yuehua watched the capture in shock and asked whether this was what Xu Xin meant by living off a woman.

After returning to Shadow Hall, Xu Xin learned that Xue Ye had repeatedly come seeking medicine and an alliance, and went to meet him. The chapter ended as Xu Xin and the Heaven Dou emperor began their conversation.

• Xu Xin invited Tang Yuehua to return with the group, and they agreed to travel for two more months before going back to Shadow Hall.
• After returning, Xu Xin told Ah Yin about the trip, and she revealed that Xue Ye had visited repeatedly to request medicine and an alliance.
• Tang Yuehua and Bibi Dong settled into Shadow Hall while Dugu Yan grew familiar with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Dugu Bo informed Xu Xin that Xue Ye had arrived, and Xu Xin went to meet the emperor in the council chamber.
• Xu Xin apologized for keeping Xue Ye waiting, and Xue Ye said he was glad to meet him.

Xu Xin negotiated with Xue Ye, who wanted Mysterious Water Pills for his sons Xue Qinghe and Xue Luozhou. When Xu Xin rejected money and a noble title, Xue Ye offered the imperial treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but Xu Xin called it useless.

• Xu Xin made Xue Ye wait before Xue Ye asked him for Mysterious Water Pills for Xue Qinghe and Xue Luozhou.
• Xue Ye offered thirty million Gold Soul Coins for two pills, but Xu Xin said Shadow Hall did not need the money.
• Xue Ye offered Xu Xin a noble title, but Xu Xin rejected it and asked about rare treasures.
• Xue Ye offered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Xu Xin remarked that the item was said to be useless.
• Xue Ye realized Xu Xin had heard of the treasure and assumed Dugu Bo had told him about it.

Xu Xin traded a Mysterious Water Pill for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and sold Xue Ye another pill for ten million Gold Soul Coins. Xue Qinghe’s pill greatly improved his Soul Power and potential, leaving Xue Ye eager to nurture him.

• Xu Xin negotiated with Xue Ye to exchange the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for a Mysterious Water Pill and offered a second pill for ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Xin told Xue Ye to bring his two princes to Shadow Hall to test the pills, and Xue Ye agreed to bring the princes and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud if they worked.
• Three days later, Xue Ye arrived at Shadow Hall with Xue Qinghe, his other son, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe swallowed a Mysterious Water Pill, refined it, and gained about two levels of Soul Power, reaching around level ten.
• Sword Douluo examined Xue Qinghe and declared that he had the potential to become a Soul Douluo, prompting Xue Ye to celebrate the successful deal.

Xu Xin secured the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, helped Xue Qinghe and Xue Luozhou improve their aptitude with pills, and then returned to cultivate. Ten months later, he reached level 50 and brought out the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to obtain its soul ring.

• Xue Luozhou took the Mysterious Water Pill, and Sword Douluo judged that he could reach Soul Sage with proper cultivation.
• Xue Ye gave Xu Xin the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to take Xue Qinghe as his disciple.
• Xu Xin told Ah Yin they would visit the Blue Silver Forest together after he reached level 50, then entered secluded cultivation.
• Over the following ten months, Xu Xin cultivated to level 50 while Tang Yuehua taught at Shadow Academy, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong cultivated, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion befriended Dugu Yan.
• Xu Xin had the Ninja Soldiers bring out the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which immediately lunged at him.