Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian confronted Zhou Wu, a Spirit Hall official’s grandson who had injured Xiao Xin and sought to seize Ye Tian’s businesses through threats and coercion. When Zhou Wu threatened Ye Tian’s sister, Ye Tian ordered Thirteen to cripple him, and Thirteen revealed his overwhelming power.

• Bibi Dong recognized Zhou Wu’s group as members of the East Sea City Spirit Hall Branch, and Zhou Wu admitted injuring Xiao Xin and offered Ye Tian ten Gold Soul Coins as compensation.
• Thirteen reported that Spirit Hall soldiers had surrounded the farm, while Zhou Wu demanded that Ye Tian hand over eighty percent of his shares.
• Zhou Wu and Black Scar threatened Ye Tian and invoked Spirit Hall law, then Zhou Wu suggested he could forcibly take Ye Tian’s sister.
• Ye Tian ordered Thirteen to cripple Zhou Wu, and Thirteen unleashed six soul rings and his Void Devouring Flame.

Ye Tian had Thirteen cripple Zhou Wu after Zhou Wu’s group caused trouble, then explained to Hu Liena and Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s branches were often controlled by powerful families. Hu Liena was shaken by his criticism, while Bibi Dong began reconsidering her neglect of the branches.

• Thirteen used his Fire Breath Arrow Rain to break Black Scar’s shield and wound him after Zhou Wu threatened Ye Tian with his family’s power and Spirit Hall.
• Thirteen crippled Zhou Wu’s martial soul and soul rings, and Ye Tian spared his life while warning him to tell the Zhou Family not to provoke him.
• Black Scar and the guards carried the unconscious Zhou Wu away, while Hu Liena defended Spirit Hall’s other branches.
• Ye Tian told Hu Liena and Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s branch leaders were often entrenched family powers, making them as arrogant and tyrannical as nobles.
• Hu Liena questioned why Ye Tian had previously leaned toward joining Spirit Hall.

Ye Tian vowed to protect Bibi Dong and discussed Spirit Hall’s corruption, prompting Bibi Dong to question her rule and reveal her goal of taking control from Qian Daoliu. Bibi Dong devised a way to win Ye Tian over, leaving Hu Liena stunned by her teacher’s suggestion that she marry him.

• Ye Tian said he had let Zhou Wu return to give the Zhou Family a chance, and ordered Thirteen to watch Eastsea City while promising Bibi Dong no one would hurt her.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena whether Ye Tian’s criticism of Spirit Hall was true, and Hu Liena struggled to answer honestly.
• Bibi Dong admitted that she had become Pope to reform Spirit Hall and sought the Hall of Elders’ authority, but Qian Daoliu and the Angel Family had thwarted her efforts.
• Hu Liena suggested Ye Tian could help Bibi Dong, but they worried he would not join them once he learned Bibi Dong was not his sister.
• Bibi Dong whispered her plan to Hu Liena, who blushed and asked in shock whether her teacher wanted her to marry Ye Tian.

Hu Liena asked for a month to get to know Ye Tian before deciding whether to marry him, while Bibi Dong arranged to let Ye Tian prove himself against the Zhou Family. Zhou Qiankun dismissed warnings about Ye Tian’s strength and rallied East Sea City’s four great families to attack him in three days.

• Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena one month to decide whether she wanted to marry Ye Tian, and offered to choose another Spirit Hall woman if she refused.
• Hu Liena asked whether Spirit Hall would punish the East Sea City branch over Xiao Xin, but Bibi Dong said the Zhou Family would retaliate and she wanted to see how Ye Tian handled it.
• Zhou Qiankun punished the physicians who could not save Zhou Wu, while Zhou Doupo demanded revenge on Ye Tian.
• Black Scar reported that a Soul Emperor beside Ye Tian had a red sixth spirit ring, but Zhou Qiankun and Zhou Doupo dismissed the warning as deception.
• Zhou Qiankun ordered the Zhou Family to gather its experts and capture Ye Tian in three days, revealing that he had secured the other three great families’ support.

Ye Tian ordered the Four Great Families of Eastsea City annihilated after learning they planned to attack him, while Spirit Hall officials investigated him and chose not to interfere. The next morning, Ye Tian visited the recovering Su Xiao Xin and prepared to examine her wound.

• Ye Tian learned that the Zhou Family and three other families planned to move against him in three days, and he ordered their annihilation at midnight the following day.
• Ju Yueguan received Bibi Dong’s order not to interfere and dismissed Ye Tian as an unremarkable man after hearing about his background and supposed lack of cultivation.
• Ye Tian arrived at Su Xiao Xin’s room at Butterfly Farm to check her recovery, and Qin Xuan told him she had woken once in fright during the night.
• Ye Tian lifted Su Xiao Xin’s blanket to inspect her neatly bandaged wound, then brought out the Taiyi Divine Needle to examine it.

Ye Tian treated Su Xiao Xin’s wound and explained how disinfection could prevent infections, prompting Hu Liena and Bibi Dong to recognize the value of his medical training. Bibi Dong learned that healers were being trained across the East Sea Coast and decided to study at the Healer School behind Ye Tian’s villa.

• Ye Tian removed Su Xiao Xin’s bandages, checked that her wound showed no infection, and told Qin Xuan how to care for it.
• Su Xiao Xin woke and thanked Ye Tian for saving her, while Hu Liena and Bibi Dong came to check on her.
• Ye Tian explained that disinfecting wounds prevented bacterial infections, and Hu Liena realized the method could reduce battlefield amputations.
• Bibi Dong learned Qin Xuan had trained for about two months and that healers like her served every village along the East Sea Coast.
• Ye Tian told Bibi Dong that the Healer School was behind his villa, and she agreed to learn there.

Ye Tian and his guests ate the farm’s standard breakfast, and Hu Liena marveled at the pickled kelp, yellow croaker, and spicy soup. She learned that the pickled vegetables earned Butterfly Farm about one million Gold Soul Coins a year, then mistook the ordinary breakfast for something specially prepared for her before Ye Tian corrected her.

• Ye Tian explained how Butterfly Farm developed its kelp and yellow croaker fishing industry into a lucrative pickled-vegetable business.
• Hu Liena praised the pickled dishes and learned from Ye Tian that seasonings such as black beans, peppers, and garlic gave them their flavors.
• Chen Jian told Hu Liena that the pickled vegetables brought in around one million Gold Soul Coins a year, and explained that Ye Tian hoped to make them affordable to ordinary households.
• Bibi Dong admired Ye Tian’s business sense, while Ye Tian said Chen Jian handled the production and sales.
• Hu Liena secretly ate another Fried Dough Stick, enjoyed the spicy soup, and assumed Ye Tian had specially prepared breakfast for the guests.
• Ye Tian told Hu Liena that the meal was simply the farm’s standard breakfast, leaving her disappointed.

Bibi Dong received Ju Yueguan’s report that Sky Dragon City hall master Sun Cai had murdered a commoner family and ordered the Holy Knight Order to bring him to justice despite the Fifth Elder’s attempt to protect him. Back at the farm, Ye Tian suggested there was a way to stop Spirit Hall branch masters from abusing their power, leaving Bibi Dong and Hu Liena eager to hear it.

• A staff member told Bibi Dong that Guan Yue was waiting at the farm entrance, so she went to meet him with Hu Liena.
• Ju Yueguan revealed his identity and delivered a secret report that Sun Cai had abducted a girl, beaten her family, and then killed them when they sought to complain.
• Ju Yueguan explained that Sun Cai’s family controlled much of Sky Dragon City and that the Fifth Elder had suppressed earlier reports and asked Bibi Dong not to interfere.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ju Yueguan to lead the Holy Knight Order and bring Sun Cai to justice, dismissing the Hall of Elders’ reaction.
• Back at the farm, Hu Liena told Ye Tian about the murders, and Ye Tian said there was a way to prevent Spirit Hall hall masters from acting with impunity.

Ye Tian explained to Hu Liena and Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall should dismantle entrenched family power structures gradually rather than kill the families. He proposed rotating branch hall masters as a first step, then left them with his next measure: beating the families into submission.

• Ye Tian argued that Spirit Hall's entrenched families were weakening its reputation and administration, and clarified to Hu Liena that dismantling them meant breaking their power structures, not killing them.
• Bibi Dong considered how difficult it would be to dismantle the families without uniting them against the Pope Palace or provoking resistance.
• Ye Tian proposed transferring branch hall masters every two or three years to keep them from rooting themselves locally and to divide family cliques.
• Hu Liena praised the transfer policy, while Bibi Dong silently reflected on its potential to strengthen Spirit Hall's control over its branch halls.
• Ye Tian said transfers were only a first step and ended by declaring that Spirit Hall's next move should be to beat the families up.

Ye Tian explained how Spirit Hall could weaken regional families through rotating branch-hall leaders, training their young core members, and creating a system for advancement. Bibi Dong decided to begin preparations, while Hu Liena grew jealous when Ye Tian returned with a beautiful blue-haired girl.

• Ye Tian proposed rotating regional Spirit Hall positions and summoning young family members for centralized training, and Hu Liena suggested investigating unlawful families during the training period.
• Ye Tian argued Spirit Hall also needed a system that allowed fresh talent to rise, but left before explaining it to Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to document Ye Tian’s proposals and have Elder Gui Mei prepare a rotation list within a week, despite Hu Liena’s concerns about opposition and unrest.
• Ye Tian returned carrying firewood alongside a beautiful girl in a sapphire-blue dress, and Hu Liena reacted with jealousy.
• The blue-haired girl said she had asked Ye Tian to accompany her, and Ye Tian reassured the distressed Hu Liena that they had only just met.

Li Jiuchuan asked Ye Tian to treat her poisoned grandfather, Li Haitian, and he tried to refuse because traveling to Golden Turtle Island could draw him into danger. She then offered the Tooth Poison Sea Lion's Soul Bone, leaving Ye Tian to reconsider her request.

• Hu Liena became wary when Li Jiuchuan invited Ye Tian to Golden Turtle Island, and Ye Tian declined, saying he did not want to leave while Bibi Dong was home.
• Li Jiuchuan revealed that her grandfather, Li Haitian, had been poisoned while hunting a Tooth Poison Sea Lion and offered one million Gold Soul Coins for Ye Tian's help.
• Ye Tian recognized that Li Haitian's illness could leave the Li Family vulnerable to pirates and refused, claiming he lacked the skill to treat the poison.
• Li Jiuchuan offered the Tooth Poison Sea Lion's Soul Bone as further compensation.

Ye Tian agreed to travel with Li Jiuchuan to treat her poisoned grandfather, Li Haitian, after she revealed she had investigated his medical reputation and offered to serve him. He set a fee of one million Gold Soul Coins, a Soul Bone, and separate payment for medicinal materials, and they planned to leave for Golden Turtle Island the following night.

• Li Jiuchuan knelt and offered to become Ye Tian's maid if he would try to save her grandfather, and Ye Tian questioned how she knew he could treat the poison.
• Li Jiuchuan explained that she had investigated Ye Tian's rapid, precise treatments, convincing him to agree to help.
• Ye Tian required Li Jiuchuan to make three vows, while Hu Liena accused him of wanting to make her his wife and Bibi Dong teased Hu Liena about her jealousy.
• Ye Tian told Li Jiuchuan not to use herself as payment, then arranged to leave for Golden Turtle Island the following night with medicinal ingredients and guards.
• Ye Tian charged one million Gold Soul Coins and one Soul Bone for the treatment, with medicinal materials billed separately, and Li Jiuchuan accepted.

Ye Tian learned that the Zhou Family and the other three great families had mobilized against him, so he ordered the North Star Squad to destroy them at midnight. After arranging a guard for his trip to Golden Turtle Island, he returned to prepare Fire Spirit Chicken with Hu Liena and Li Jiuchuan.

• Ye Tian instructed Chen Jian to gather medicinal materials and began preparing to roast Fire Spirit Chicken with Li Jiuchuan and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena took over the firewood from Li Jiuchuan, while Li Jiuchuan realized Hu Liena was wary of her closeness to Ye Tian.
• Zhou Long reported that the Zhou Family had executed several healers and joined forces with the other three great families to distribute weapons.
• Ye Tian ordered the North Star Squad to eliminate the East Sea City Four Great Families at midnight and told Zhou Long not to intervene.
• Ye Tian told Zhou Long to guard him on his trip to Golden Turtle Island the following night.
• Ye Tian returned to find Hu Liena and Li Jiuchuan feeding bamboo into the stove and took over preparing the charcoal fire.

Ye Tian grilled Fire Spirit Chickens while Hu Liena learned that his farm’s hundred thousand specially bred birds sold for enormous sums and boosted soul masters’ cultivation. After sharing the meal with his guests, Bibi Dong focused on her plan to transfer Spirit Hall officials and resolved to proceed despite the resistance she expected.

• Ye Tian grilled Fire Spirit Chickens as Hu Liena asked about his farm and learned from Chen Jian that it raised a hundred thousand birds.
• Li Jiuchuan explained that the farm-raised Fire Spirit Chickens sold for two hundred Gold Soul Coins each and helped soul masters cultivate.
• Ye Tian explained that Hu Liena and Nana Meimei had only recently returned from serving as Maids in Spirit City, so they knew little about the chickens.
• Ye Tian seasoned and finished grilling two Fire Spirit Chickens while Hu Liena eagerly waited to eat.
• Bibi Dong considered the obstacles to transferring Spirit Hall officials and resolved to carry out the plan despite likely opposition from Great Enshrinement Qian Daoliu.

Bibi Dong and Hu Liena discussed the Four Great Families’ plan to attack Ye Tian, while the Zhou Family prepared to strike him. The chapter ended as armed men stormed the Zhou Family Council Hall.

• Hu Liena and Li Jiuchuan praised Ye Tian’s roasted Fire Spirit Chicken, and he shared a chicken leg with Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that the Four Great Families planned to attack Ye Tian in two days, and Bibi Dong decided to wait until the next day before making arrangements.
• Hu Liena asked to accompany Ye Tian to the Li Family on Golden Turtle Island, and Bibi Dong agreed.
• Zhou Qiankun announced that the Four Great Families had joined forces against Ye Tian, assembling two Soul Douluo and eleven Soul Saints.
• A group of black-clad men burst into the Zhou Family Council Hall and confronted Zhou Qiankun.

Eastsea City imposed a curfew after the four great families were massacred overnight, and the Holy Knight Order found evidence of a powerful attacker using poisoned concealed weapons. Bibi Dong realized Ye Tian was responsible, while Ye Tian received confirmation that his people had also taken the families’ wealth.

• Soldiers ordered Eastsea City’s residents home as word spread that the Zhou Family and the other three great families had been wiped out.
• The Holy Knight Order examined the Zhou Family’s corpses, found matching concealed-weapon wounds and Mandala Poison, and reported that a Super Douluo-level attacker was likely responsible.
• Hu Liena wondered whether Scorpion Douluo had carried out the killings, but Bibi Dong concluded that Ye Tian was behind them.
• Zhou Long told Ye Tian that the operation was complete and that his people had secretly emptied the four families’ treasuries.
• Ye Tian read the list of seized wealth and considered the four families a valuable source of funds for the North Star Squad’s ammunition.

After learning the Four Great Families’ hoard included a rare Ice Sculpture Snow Lotus, Ye Tian arranged to store it for future use and prepared to travel to Golden Turtle Island. He left Eastsea City harbor with Hu Liena and Li Jiuchuan as his warship surfaced from the sea.

• Ye Tian learned the Four Great Families had held seventeen million Gold Soul Coins and ordered Zhou Long to store their 30,000-year Ice Sculpture Snow Lotus for later use.
• At breakfast, Li Jiuchuan worried that the Four Great Families’ destruction might be connected to pirates and threaten her family, while Ye Tian suspected Spirit Hall was responsible.
• Hu Liena asked to accompany Ye Tian to Golden Turtle Island and promised to protect him, and Ye Tian agreed.
• At the harbor, Ye Tian agreed to watch the sunrise with Hu Liena on Golden Turtle Island after she pleaded with him.
• Ye Tian stopped Li Jiuchuan from calling for a ship, and a massive dark warship surfaced from the sea.

Ye Tian traveled by submarine with Hu Liena and Li Jiuchuan toward Golden Turtle Island, where they encountered a fleet of pirate ships. Li Jiuchuan identified the Coral and the Purple Pearl among the vessels, leaving Ye Tian facing a likely pirate encounter.

• Ye Tian boarded his submarine with Hu Liena and Li Jiuchuan, while Li Jiuchuan arranged for her family’s ship to return by another route.
• The submarine submerged and carried the group underwater for two days as Hu Liena and Li Jiuchuan admired the sea and questioned Ye Tian about the vessel.
• Ye Tian played Landlord with Hu Liena and Li Jiuchuan until Zhou Long reported a fleet of warships above them.
• Ye Tian examined the fleet through the periscope and asked Li Jiuchuan to identify its ships.
• Li Jiuchuan identified the Coral as a notorious pirate ship and the Purple Pearl as the vessel of the wanted pirate captain Purple Pearl.

Ye Tian brought Li Jiuchuan back to the Li Family stronghold and began treating her poisoned grandfather, Li Haitian. As he discovered the poison had spread through Li Haitian’s body, a hostile young woman barged in and accused Li Jiuchuan of bringing an outsider to harm him.

• Ye Tian chose to avoid the pirate fleet, and Li Jiuchuan guided the submarine to the Li Family’s secret harbor on Golden Turtle Island.
• Li Jiuchuan hurried to the ancestral residence and learned from the Second Elder that Li Haitian had briefly awakened but remained gravely ill.
• Ye Tian examined Li Haitian and learned he had been poisoned for half a year, with toxins from both a Tooth Poison Sea Lion and a Styx Jellyfish.
• Ye Tian summoned the Taiyi Divine Needle and began tracing Li Haitian’s meridians to locate and clear the toxins.
• A young woman entered with a group, challenged Ye Tian for treating Li Haitian, and insulted Li Jiuchuan for bringing an outsider.

Li Jiuchuan brought Ye Tian to treat Li Haitian, but Li Man and Zhao Gou rejected him and summoned Dugu Bo instead. As Dugu Bo began a treatment Ye Tian believed could not cure Li Haitian, Li Man ordered guards to expel Ye Tian and Li Jiuchuan, leaving her to defend him.

• Li Man insulted Li Jiuchuan and ordered her to leave the Li Family, while Li Jiuchuan insisted that she only wanted to treat Li Haitian.
• Zhao Gou revealed that he had invited Dugu Bo to treat Li Haitian, and Dugu Bo entered the bedroom.
• Hu Liena recognized Dugu Bo and quietly slipped out before he could identify her.
• Dugu Bo began treating Li Haitian by directing his blood essence toward his right arm, and Ye Tian recognized the method as ineffective against the Nether Jellyfish toxin.
• Zhao Gou ordered Ye Tian thrown out and beaten, but Li Jiuchuan stood up to protect him as Li Man sent two Soul Sages after them.