Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuan returned battered from the forbidden zone and recounted his dangerous encounter with Di Tian and a Thousand Jun Ant to Hermione, Xiao Wu, and the two great beasts. The Sky Azure Bull Python identified Di Tian and warned Zhao Xuan how fortunate he was to face only one of the three Thousand Jun Ant brothers.

• Xiao Wu scolded the Sky Azure Bull Python for telling Zhao Xuan about the forbidden zone while Hermione anxiously waited for Zhao Xuan to return.
• Zhao Xuan arrived safely, embraced Hermione, and explained that he had narrowly escaped serious danger.
• Zhao Xuan recounted his journey, and the Sky Azure Bull Python identified the golden-eyed Black Dragon as Di Tian, patriarch of the Black Dragon King clan.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Zhao Xuan had found her father in the forbidden zone, and Zhao Xuan said he had found no trace of him.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python explained that Di Tian was exceptionally powerful and that the Thousand Jun Ant Zhao Xuan injured was one of three brothers who could have overwhelmed him together.

After recovering from his injuries, Zhao Xuan discovered that his physical strength had increased and tested it in a fight with Er Ming. He then studied domains in the Star Dou Great Forest and manifested a region filled with Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.

• Zhao Xuan healed his injuries with the Life Domain and found that his body had grown considerably stronger.
• Zhao Xuan demonstrated his new power with a casual punch, and Er Ming came over to investigate.
• Zhao Xuan challenged Er Ming to a fight, but Xiao Wu’s shout eventually stopped their noisy battle.
• Zhao Xuan studied domain mysteries under the guidance of the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhao Xuan transformed lightning into Thunder Runes and summoned countless bolts of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning across his domain.

Zhao Xuan awakened his Purple Gold lightning domain, drawing the attention of the Star Dou Great Forest’s Spirit Beast overlords. After the Time-Space Elk warned Di Tian to protect the Spirit Beast race’s hope, Zhao Xuan tested his new domain against Da Ming.

• The Thousand Jun Ant brothers sensed Zhao Xuan’s powerful fluctuation, while Di Tian prepared to confront him before the Time-Space Elk appeared and told him not to create complications or endanger himself.
• The Time-Space Elk explained that its Divine Sense was fading and that the Spirit Beast race’s hope would depend on Di Tian; after it vanished, Di Tian lay down and closed his eyes.
• Da Ming emerged from Azure Lake, saw Zhao Xuan’s Purple Gold domain, and accepted his invitation to test it.
• Zhao Xuan’s domain shattered Da Ming’s Slowness Domain, and lightning scorched Da Ming’s claw when it entered the domain.
• Da Ming praised Zhao Xuan’s domain, then gathered cyan light in his mouth to launch an attack.

Zhao Xuan battled the Sky Azure Bull Python, whose water control and Slowness Domain countered his lightning attacks. After hundreds of exchanges, they stopped and praised the fight, with Zhao Xuan realizing he was only one step behind the Spirit Beast overlord.

• Zhao Xuan dodged the Sky Azure Bull Python's energy attack and charged at it with hundreds of Thunder Long Spears.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python released water pillars from the volcanic crater and used its Slowness Domain to slow Zhao Xuan's spears, while water dragons intercepted them.
• Zhao Xuan summoned the Demon God True Body and fought the Sky Azure Bull Python, their battle filling the sky with thunderclouds and lightning.
• After several hundred exchanges, Zhao Xuan and the Sky Azure Bull Python separated, and the python said Zhao Xuan's strength matched Er Ming's.
• Zhao Xuan reflected that his strength had grown rapidly and that he was now only one step behind the Sky Azure Bull Python.

Zhao Xuan and Hermione prepared to leave Lake Azure and travel to the Star Luo Empire, while Xiao Wu stayed behind to focus on cultivation. Before they departed, Er Ming gifted Hermione a fifty-thousand-year soul bone, which she fused and tested before setting out with Zhao Xuan.

• Xiao Wu declined Hermione's invitation to travel with them because she wanted to focus on cultivation and avoid becoming Tang San's burden.
• Er Ming presented Hermione with a fifty-thousand-year soul bone, and Da Ming explained that it held the Extreme Cold Storm skill and was suited to her.
• Hermione accepted the soul bone after Da Ming asked her to protect Xiao Wu when she ventured out again.
• Zhao Xuan stayed several days while Hermione safely fused with the soul bone under the protection of Zhao Xuan, Er Ming, and Da Ming.
• Hermione tested Extreme Cold Storm, unleashing a powerful blizzard that froze and shattered everything in its path.
• Zhao Xuan and Hermione said farewell to Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, then headed south through the Star Dou Great Forest toward the Star Luo Empire.

Zhao Xuan and Hermione traveled from the Star Dou Great Forest to Hansha City in the Star Luo Empire, where they learned about the upcoming Hundred Cities Alliance. They discovered that the gathering would concern the selection of the empire’s Crown Prince.

• Zhao Xuan and Hermione left the Star Dou Great Forest and flew south through unfamiliar territory before reaching a road.
• Zhao Xuan and Hermione arrived in Hansha City and noted the Star Luo Empire’s disciplined, military atmosphere.
• Zhao Xuan and Hermione learned that Star Luo City was over a thousand kilometers away and reserved a luxurious carriage for the next day.
• The carriage company owner told Zhao Xuan and Hermione that the City Lord’s Manor had taken their carriage for the Hundred Cities Alliance.
• The carriage company owner explained that the Hundred Cities Alliance gathered the empire’s cities every three years and that its upcoming theme was Crown Prince selection, prompting Zhao Xuan and Hermione’s interest.

Zhao Xuan and Hermione traveled toward Star Luo City with City Lord Luo, who offered them a ride after meeting them in Hansha City. At a tavern during the journey, Luo revealed to his guards that Zhao Xuan made him feel endangered and discussed the escalating rivalry between Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi, while Zhao Xuan secretly overheard him.

• City Lord Luo met Zhao Xuan and Hermione at a carriage shop, then invited them to travel with him to Star Luo City.
• Zhao Xuan accepted Luo's offer, and the three rode together while discussing their travels and Zhao Xuan's friend who had studied in Heaven Dou.
• After traveling for a day, Zhao Xuan and Hermione rested at a tavern, where Zhao Xuan reflected on Luo's shrewd and approachable manner.
• At another tavern, Luo told his guards that he could not see through Zhao Xuan and sensed danger from him.
• Luo discussed Dai Mubai's strength, Dai Weisi's position, and the coming Hundred Cities Alliance, while Zhao Xuan secretly listened with his spiritual sense.

Zhao Xuan and Hermione arrived in Star Luo City and revealed their strength at the city gates, impressing City Lord Luo and the guards. After settling into a hotel, they considered how to meet Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing and decided the Hundred Cities Alliance might give them a way in.

• At Star Luo City's gates, City Lord Luo displayed his six soul rings, Hermione showed four, and Zhao Xuan revealed six, astonishing the commander and City Lord Luo.
• Zhao Xuan and Hermione parted from City Lord Luo after entering the city, and he reflected proudly on having judged Zhao Xuan well.
• Hermione used Soul Power to cool herself in the heat, and Zhao Xuan questioned her use of her abilities before accepting her explanation.
• After finding a hotel, Zhao Xuan and Hermione discussed how to meet Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, whose noble positions made them difficult to approach.
• Hermione suggested using the Hundred Cities Alliance to meet them, and Zhao Xuan considered seeking places to observe the succession contest.

Zhao Xuan and Hermione registered to watch the Hundred Cities Alliance, where Zhao Xuan revealed that he was a Soul Emperor and named Shrek Academy as his faction. As they explored Star Luo City, Zhao Xuan sensed an acquaintance he hoped to avoid, but the Crown Prince recognized them.

• Zhao Xuan and Hermione arrived at the guest hall to register as spectators for the Hundred Cities Alliance.
• Zhao Xuan revealed his Soul Emperor cultivation, and the staff issued him a pass to attend the ceremony with up to two companions.
• Zhao Xuan named Shrek Academy as his faction, prompting Cheng Hua and the other staff to realize it was the academy the Second Prince had graduated from.
• Zhao Xuan and Hermione explored Star Luo City, and Zhao Xuan sensed an acquaintance nearby whom he did not want to meet.
• The Crown Prince recognized Zhao Xuan and Hermione before they could leave.

Zhao Xuan encountered Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and recognized that his visit to Star Luo City was meant to assess the empire and its succession struggle. After Hermione questioned Zhao Xuan’s dislike of Xue Qinghe, Zhao Xuan revealed the hidden reasons behind it, leaving her overwhelmed by the political implications.

• Xue Qinghe arrived with two guards and Wind Douluo, who recognized Zhao Xuan and marveled at his strength.
• Xue Qinghe discussed Dai Mubai’s identity and claimed he had come to Star Luo safely as an envoy, while Zhao Xuan suspected he was assessing the Star Luo Empire.
• After parting from Zhao Xuan and Hermione, Xue Qinghe told Wind Douluo that Zhao Xuan’s power was strange and said the Imperial Family should try to recruit him.
• Hermione noticed Zhao Xuan’s unusual hostility toward Xue Qinghe and pressed him to explain.
• Zhao Xuan took Hermione to a teahouse, raised a divine-sense barrier, and explained the hidden circumstances surrounding Xue Qinghe.
• Hermione struggled to digest what Zhao Xuan told her, and he explained that knowing more could bring her more trouble.

Zhao Xuan and Hermione arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace for the Hundred Cities Alliance and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing in the crowded plaza. Their conversation touched on Dai Mubai’s struggle for the throne, which Zhu Zhuqing said would not be decided until the very end.

• Zhao Xuan showed his pass and six soul rings to the palace guards, who let him and Hermione enter.
• Zhao Xuan and Hermione reached the plaza and drew attention from the gathered soul masters with their presence and Zhao Xuan’s Spiritual Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Zhao Xuan and Hermione, and she and Hermione embraced happily.
• Zhu Zhuqing said Dai Mubai would be surprised to see them, while Zhao Xuan remarked that Dai Mubai had become Crown Prince.
• Zhu Zhuqing answered that no one could predict the throne struggle’s outcome until the final moment.

Dai Haotian announced that the winner of the contest between Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi would become the Star Luo Empire’s Crown Prince. As the princes’ supporters faced off, Zhu Zhuqing struggled with the prospect of fighting her elder sister, and Zhao Xuan hinted that the empire’s inheritance rules could be changed.

• Dai Haotian emerged from the palace with Xue Qinghe and the master of the Star Luo Holy Hall, and Zhao Xuan sensed that the latter was a powerful Soul Master.
• Dai Haotian declared that the contest’s winner would become the next emperor of the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai’s and Dai Weisi’s supporters formed opposing camps in the square while Zhao Xuan, Hermione, and Zhu Zhuqing remained neutral.
• Zhu Zhuqing and her elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun, exchanged cold looks across the rival camps.
• Zhuqing admitted to Zhao Xuan and Hermione that she could not bear to fight her sister, and Zhao Xuan said that sufficient strength could change the rules.

Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi faced each other in the Star Luo Empire’s succession assessment, while Zhao Xuan condemned the ruthless system and unsettled the gathered Soul Masters. The assessment began with both brothers revealing that they had reached the Soul King realm and possessed identical soul-ring configurations.

• Zhao Xuan told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Haotian was a coward for preserving the Star Luo succession tradition instead of changing it.
• Dai Haotian ordered the assessment to begin, and Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi entered the square to face each other.
• Dai Weisi vowed to erase the humiliation of his defeat a year earlier, while Dai Mubai resolved to win for Zhuqing and those who had supported him.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhao Xuan and Hermione among the spectators, and Zhao Xuan’s spiritual sense briefly stunned Soul Masters throughout the square.
• The presiding general announced the start, and both brothers used White Tiger Possession, revealing five soul rings and their breakthrough to the Soul King realm.
• Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi clashed their claws, each determined to win.

Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi traded powerful White Tiger attacks, with Mubai using his Fourth Soul Skill to wear down his brother before Weisi unleashed his Ten-Thousand-Year Fifth Soul Skill. The chapter ended as Mubai activated his own Fifth Soul Skill, White Tiger Demon God Transformation, and faced the army of Weisi’s doubles.

• Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi exchanged their matching White Tiger skills, and Zhao Xuan judged Mubai’s training and efficiency superior.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower, forcing Dai Weisi to destroy the falling attacks with White Tiger Annihilation Hundred Consecutive Slashes.
• Dai Weisi activated his Fifth Soul Skill, Hundred Tigers Roar, and filled the arena with more than a hundred copies of himself.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Demon God Transformation and stood ready to face Dai Weisi’s charging doubles.

Dai Mubai saw through the flaws in Dai Weisi’s clone technique and gradually wore down his copies. The fight ended with Dai Mubai striking the real Dai Weisi with a powerful White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, leaving him badly injured.

• Dai Mubai used a White Tiger Blazing Light Wave and moved to avoid being surrounded by Dai Weisi’s clones.
• Zhao Xuan explained to Hermione and Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Weisi could not control most of his clones and had likely chosen a poorly matched Spirit Beast in haste.
• Dai Mubai continued destroying the pursuing clones while Dai Weisi secretly controlled individual copies to launch surprise attacks.
• Dai Weisi sent two clones to attack from opposite sides, and Dai Mubai struck one before blasting the other with a powerful White Tiger Blazing Light Wave.
• Dai Weisi was hit by the blast, thrown backward, and left coughing up scorching blood.

Dai Mubai defeated Dai Weisi in the Star Luo Empire’s succession assessment and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and Zhao Xuan. Zhu Zhuqing accepted Dai Mubai’s proposal, and Dai Mubai welcomed Zhao Xuan to Star Luo.

• Dai Weisi collapsed after Dai Mubai’s attack, and Dai Haotian declared the assessment over.
• The presiding general announced Dai Mubai as the victor, prompting a stir among the gathered city lords.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to marry him, and she quietly agreed before he embraced her.
• Hermione reflected on her relationship with Zhao Xuan and decided that their story was beautiful in its own way.
• Dai Mubai joked with Zhao Xuan about Zhu Zhuqing’s boundaries, then hugged him and welcomed him to Star Luo.

Dai Mubai reunited with Zhao Xuan, Hermione, and Zhu Zhuqing at the Star Luo Imperial Palace and learned what had happened to their companions. Hermione revealed that Xiao Wu was a Spirit Beast, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing accepted her as family; the chapter ended as Dai Haotian arrived and faced Zhao Xuan.

• Dai Mubai explained that he could not yet interfere in Star Luo affairs and asked Zhao Xuan about their friends.
• Zhao Xuan told Dai Mubai about Oscar and Ning Rongrong, and explained that they planned to find Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Hermione revealed Xiao Wu's identity to Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing while Zhao Xuan shielded their conversation with his divine sense.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing accepted Xiao Wu and vowed to protect her, despite their shock at learning she was a Spirit Beast.
• Dai Haotian arrived at Dai Mubai's residence, and Zhao Xuan met his gaze as the room's atmosphere turned tense.

Dai Haotian met Zhao Xuan and learned that Dai Mubai considered him a classmate, despite Zhao Xuan's immense strength. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Holy Hall and Xue Qinghe learned that Zhao Xuan had resurfaced, setting events in motion around his whereabouts.

• Dai Haotian visited Dai Mubai and questioned Zhao Xuan's strength before asking Dai Mubai to introduce Zhao Xuan and Hermione.
• Zhao Xuan told Dai Mubai that Dai Haotian and three Titled Douluo had secretly been probing him.
• Dai Haotian told three elders that Zhao Xuan was Dai Mubai's classmate, and they asked him about the battle after the Elite Soul Master Tournament.
• The master of the Star Luo Holy Hall sent a letter to the Empress about Zhao Xuan's rediscovered trail and recalled the battle in which two Titled Douluo had died.
• Xue Qinghe told her guards that the Empress would learn Zhao Xuan's whereabouts through her own informants.

Commander Rong summoned Zhao Xuan to meet Dai Haotian and the Dai family ancestors in the Star Luo Imperial Palace. As Zhao Xuan approached their hall, the ancestors realized his Spiritual Power was far greater than they had expected.

• Commander Rong arrived at Zhao Xuan's residence and said that His Majesty requested his presence.
• Zhao Xuan agreed to go with Commander Rong, while Hermione worried and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing reassured her.
• Zhao Xuan spread his divine sense as Commander Rong led him deeper into the palace.
• The Dai Family's Great Ancestor sensed Zhao Xuan's Spiritual Power and recognized that he was more powerful than the family had assumed.
• Commander Rong escorted Zhao Xuan to the hall, where at least four Titled Douluo waited as he approached.

Zhao Xuan met the Dai Family's ancestors and revealed a power that surprised their Great Ancestor. After Zhao Xuan left, the Sacred Ancestor explained that Zhao Xuan had Divine Sense and warned that a chaotic age was coming, while identifying Dai Mubai as a possible heir.

• Zhao Xuan entered the hall and examined the white tiger statue as the Dai Family's Great Ancestor asked if he was Zhao Xuan.
• The Dai Family's Great Ancestor probed Zhao Xuan with Spiritual Power, but Zhao Xuan's power crushed it, prompting the Great Ancestor to praise the younger generation.
• Zhao Xuan noticed the Great Ancestor's reaction to the statue, asked to leave, and departed after receiving permission.
• The Dai Family's Great Ancestor asked the Sacred Ancestor whether Zhao Xuan had discovered it, and the white tiger statue awakened and confirmed he had Divine Sense.
• The Sacred Ancestor said Zhao Xuan was exceptionally strong, warned the Dai Family to find an heir before chaos came, and named Dai Mubai as a possible successor.