Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian planned to use Butterfly Farm’s potatoes to counter grain hoarders and relieve the typhoon’s damage while turning the crisis into a fertilizer business opportunity. Bibi Dong learned that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had arrived in Sylvis Province, and she insisted she had no interest in him.

• Chen Jian brought Ye Tian the Governor’s disaster relief document, which required cities to raise their own donations.
• Chen Jian reported that wheat prices had surged as merchants hoarded grain, and Ye Tian ordered him to spread rumors that large grain purchases might be restricted.
• Ye Tian revealed that Butterfly Farm’s potato stores could supply seeds for rapid replanting and told Chen Jian to build more granaries so they could later buy grain from the merchants.
• Bibi Dong arrived, learned the Crown Prince had come to Sylvis Province, and worried that she might encounter Qian Renxue.
• Ye Tian and Hu Liena teased Bibi Dong about her feelings for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, but Bibi Dong said she had no interest in him.

Ye Tian joked about pursuing Bibi Dong, but she urged him to be realistic and proposed that he marry Hu Liena so she could stay safe by his side. Ye Tian weighed Hu Liena’s affection and vulnerability against his doubts about whether she truly understood his darker nature, and the chapter ended with Bibi Dong saying Hu Liena would not demand any status.

• Ye Tian teased Bibi Dong about finding a husband, then declared that he only liked women like her and imagined winning her heart.
• Bibi Dong cautioned Ye Tian against building his future around an unlikely fantasy and suggested he should consider marrying more than one woman.
• Bibi Dong brought Hu Liena before Ye Tian and said she wanted Hu Liena to marry him, while Chen Jian tactfully left.
• Ye Tian acknowledged Hu Liena’s affection but worried that her idealized view of him would change if she learned about his violent side.
• Bibi Dong reminded Ye Tian that Hu Liena needed someone trustworthy, and Ye Tian considered how vulnerable she would be in a dangerous world.
• Bibi Dong said she only wanted Hu Liena to stay by Ye Tian’s side and would not require her to have any status.

Ye Tian accepted Hu Liena as his girlfriend, and the workers celebrated their relationship. Their private moment was interrupted when Chen Jian reported that Xue Qinghe was coming to Eastsea City and his envoy wanted to requisition the farm as a temporary residence.

• Ye Tian asked Hu Liena to be his girlfriend, and she embraced him while Bibi Dong left them alone.
• The workers were caught peeking at the couple, then cheered when Ye Tian promised they would receive wedding candy.
• Hu Liena and Ye Tian shared a tender moment before Ye Tian joked about finding another girlfriend.
• Chen Jian told Ye Tian that Millennial Hourglass had arrived to requisition the farm for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was coming to Eastsea City.

Ye Tian met Spirit Hall envoy Millennial Hourglass, who demanded money under the pretense of disaster relief and threatened him with treason. Ye Tian paid him three thousand Gold Soul Coins, then hinted that the envoy would soon meet his end.

• Ye Tian decided to meet Millennial Hourglass and brought Hu Liena with him to the Farm Courtyard.
• Millennial Hourglass announced that the Crown Prince would stay at Ye Tian's farm and offered a bag of coins as compensation.
• Millennial Hourglass demanded fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for disaster relief, then reduced his demand to two thousand more after noticing Chen Jian's strength.
• Ye Tian agreed to provide three thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Millennial Hourglass left with the money.
• Hu Liena asked why Ye Tian had paid an extra thousand, and Ye Tian said it would help Millennial Hourglass spend time among the Flowers on the Road to the Yellow Springs.

Ye Tian identified Millennial Hourglass as an Evil Soul Master and devised a plan to track marked Gold Soul Coins to uncover the group’s hideout and report it to Spirit Hall. As Qian Renxue’s arrival approached, Bibi Dong agreed to move with Hu Liena to the villa and urged Ye Tian and Hu Liena to marry soon.

• Ye Tian explained to Hu Liena that he sensed Bloodthirst Molecules in Millennial Hourglass and suspected the Millennial Family’s rise was tied to Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Tian revealed he had marked extra Gold Soul Coins so Purple Light could track them, intending to gather evidence and pass it secretly to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong returned, and Hu Liena told her about Qian Renxue’s expected arrival and Ye Tian’s plan to investigate the Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Tian suggested Bibi Dong and Hu Liena stay at the villa while the farm became a temporary residence for the Crown Prince, and Bibi Dong agreed.
• Bibi Dong urged Ye Tian and Hu Liena to marry; Ye Tian agreed, and Hu Liena said she was the one who benefited.

Ye Tian prepared Butterfly Farm for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s visit while palace steward Ao De drilled the staff in court etiquette. After the lessons, Ye Tian arranged for his hidden sentries to withdraw and allowed the recovering Su Xiao Xin to work lightly in the courtyard before sending her to East Sea School.

• Ao De arrived to train Ye Tian and the farm staff in etiquette before Xue Qinghe’s planned visit.
• Ao De warned the staff not to look directly at the Crown Prince or act unless addressed, then rode away as the farmers complained about the training.
• Ye Tian warned the farmers against openly discussing who should rule the Heaven Dou Empire, and Chen Jian reinforced his warning.
• Ye Tian ordered a hidden soldier to tell Thirteen to withdraw the secret sentries around the farm’s outer perimeter before Qian Renxue arrived.
• Su Xiao Xin asked to serve Ye Tian after recovering from her injuries, and Ye Tian allowed her to do light work before attending East Sea School in two months.

Ye Tian rushed toward East Sea School after learning that Qian Renxue was going there and might uncover its secrets. He met her traveling party on the road and arrived at the school behind it, where hidden sentries stopped the incognito carriage.

• Ye Tian learned that Qian Renxue had changed her plans and was heading to East Sea School, so he rode there to prevent its lessons from being exposed.
• An officer stopped Ye Tian for riding too quickly, but let him continue after deciding he was not a Soul Master.
• Ao De recognized Ye Tian, who explained that he was the principal of East Sea School and was traveling there on his usual business.
• Ao De told Ye Tian to follow the Crown Prince's party, leaving Ye Tian worried that the school's secrets would be discovered.
• Hidden sentries disguised as militia stopped Qian Renxue's carriage outside East Sea School.

Qian Renxue arrived at East Sea School in her disguised identity as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and Ye Tian took her to inspect the elementary department. There, she learned the students were practicing smelting Fine Iron and insisted on seeing it, leaving Ye Tian worried that the school’s technology would be exposed.

• A militia soldier blocked Qian Renxue’s convoy from entering East Sea School until Ye Tian identified her as an important visitor from Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue recognized Ye Tian as the owner of Butterfly Farm and the school principal, then ordered him to show her around.
• Ye Tian led Qian Renxue toward the Elementary School Department, hoping its lessons would conceal the school’s advanced technical education.
• A teacher explained that the elementary students were practicing smelting Fine Iron, and Ao De mocked the assignment as impossible for children.
• Qian Renxue demanded to see the students smelt Fine Iron, while Ye Tian tried to pass the lesson off as a joke and Xiao Shunzi threatened him if they found no Fine Iron.

Ye Tian showed Qian Renxue and her entourage the elementary students’ blast furnaces, claiming their height made it possible to produce Fine Iron. As Qian Renxue helped a student load a furnace, the girl consulted her Internship Manual and explained that air had to be blown in to speed up smelting.

• Ye Tian led Qian Renxue and the others into the Elementary School Department, where students loaded coal into blast furnaces.
• Xiao Shunzi and the attendants mocked the furnaces, but Ye Tian said their height was the key to producing Fine Iron.
• Ao De dismissed Ye Tian’s explanation, while Qian Renxue said the results would speak for themselves.
• Qian Renxue helped a little girl load coal and iron ore into a furnace, ignoring Ao De’s warning about her disguise.
• The girl showed Qian Renxue her Internship Manual and explained that air had to be blown into the closed furnace to accelerate smelting.

Qian Renxue observed Ye Tian’s school blast furnace as Xiao Shunzi challenged him to a wager over whether it could produce Fine Iron. Qian Renxue added her Jade Pendant as a prize, and the Molten Iron began flowing from the furnace.

• Qian Renxue studied the illustrated furnace manual and watched the students pedal blowers that sent air into the furnace.
• Xiao Shunzi mocked Ye Tian’s smelting method and accused him of wasting the Crown Prince’s time.
• Ye Tian and Xiao Shunzi wagered that the loser would provide a treasure worth one hundred thousand Gold Coins or frog-jump around the school a hundred times.
• Qian Renxue offered her Jade Pendant as an additional prize, hoping to win Xiao Shunzi’s loyalty, while Ye Tian pretended to covet it.
• After Qian Renxue waited half an hour, scalding Molten Iron poured from the blast furnace.

Ye Tian’s wager with Xiao Shunzi tested whether his taller smelting furnace could produce Fine Iron. Xiao Shunzi’s hammer confirmed the iron’s quality, leaving the crowd stunned by Ye Tian’s method.

• Xiao Shunzi cooled the Molten Iron into a silvery-white block and took it to a forging table to test it.
• As Xiao Shunzi prepared to strike, Qian Renxue considered recruiting Ye Tian as a useful example of a commoner rising through her support.
• Xiao Shunzi struck the iron block with a hammer, but it only dented instead of shattering.
• Xiao Shunzi realized Ye Tian’s furnace had produced Fine Iron, and the crowd turned its attention to Ye Tian in shock.

Ye Tian won the wager against Xiao Shunzi, accepted Qian Renxue’s Jade Pendant, and declined her offer to serve under her. A rider then reported that Lord Millennial Hourglass had found Profound Spear Douluo’s whereabouts.

• The students supported Ye Tian after he produced Fine Iron, while Xiao Shunzi accused him of cheating and challenged the wager’s result.
• Qian Renxue rebuked Xiao Shunzi, accepted her loss, and gave Ye Tian the Jade Pendant.
• Ye Tian insisted Xiao Shunzi honor the wager, but relented after Xiao Shunzi apologized and Ao De urged him to show mercy.
• Qian Renxue offered Ye Tian a position in her service, but he politely declined.
• An armored rider reported to Qian Renxue that Lord Millennial Hourglass had found Profound Spear Douluo’s whereabouts.

Ye Tian feared Millennial Hourglass had uncovered the truth about Profound Spear Douluo’s disappearance, so he secretly summoned the North Star Squad before escorting Qian Renxue to the port. There, a fisherman claimed Profound Spear Douluo was on Soro Island, and Ye Tian recognized the story as a deliberate fabrication.

• Qian Renxue learned Millennial Hourglass had located Profound Spear Douluo and ordered her party to ride to Eastsea City Port, taking Ye Tian as their guide.
• Ye Tian arranged to switch horses, then secretly signaled a staff member to send the North Star Squad to the port.
• Ye Tian led Qian Renxue and her guards to the port, where Millennial Hourglass greeted them and introduced a fisherman as his source.
• The fisherman claimed he had seen Profound Spear Douluo on Soro Island during a typhoon and that the man had saved him.
• Ye Tian realized the fisherman was lying but kept quiet, choosing to watch what Millennial Hourglass would do.

Qian Renxue learned that Profound Spear Douluo had been living on Soro Island and decided to go there to persuade him to return to the Heaven Dou Empire. Ye Tian declined to join the expedition, while Millennial Hourglass secretly planned to kill both him and Qian Renxue.

• A fisherman described the scarred soul master who had saved him on Soro Island, and Millennial Hourglass identified him as Profound Spear Douluo.
• Qian Renxue recalled Profound Spear Douluo's unresolved romantic troubles and decided to meet him on Soro Island.
• Millennial Hourglass revealed that he had rented a ship, and Ao De urged Qian Renxue to personally invite Profound Spear Douluo back.
• Ye Tian asked to leave for his teaching duties at East Sea School, but Qian Renxue offered him merit and a noble title if he joined them.
• Millennial Hourglass privately resolved to lure Qian Renxue to Soro Island and kill her, and he also considered killing Ye Tian; Ye Tian still refused to go.

Ye Tian agreed to accompany Qian Renxue to Soro Island while suspecting Millennial Hourglass was plotting against them. After the group went ashore to search for Profound Spear Douluo, Millennial Hourglass’s sailors revealed their plan to kill the Crown Prince and frame Spirit Hall, and one of them was suddenly struck down as he approached Ye Tian.

• Qian Renxue challenged Ye Tian’s refusal to join the trip, and he agreed after spotting the North Star Squad’s submarine nearby.
• Qian Renxue, Millennial Hourglass, Ye Tian, and the others sailed to Soro Island, where the group went ashore to search for Profound Spear Douluo.
• Ye Tian stayed aboard the ship, and several sailors confronted him for not going ashore.
• A sailor told Ye Tian that Millennial Hourglass’s men planned to kill the Heaven Dou Crown Prince and blame Spirit Hall.
• As the sailor moved to attack Ye Tian, blood suddenly appeared on his chest and his body began to fail.

Ye Tian killed the sailors pursuing his ship, then watched from offshore as Millennial Hourglass revealed his plan to assassinate Qian Renxue and frame Spirit Hall. Ao De died defending her, and Millennial Hourglass advanced on Qian Renxue.

• Ye Tian swiftly killed every sailor aboard the ship, then ordered North Star soldiers to clear the deck and dispose of the bodies.
• Ye Tian used binoculars to watch Qian Renxue's group reach Soro Island and inspect the cave the fisherman claimed was Profound Spear Douluo's residence.
• Millennial Hourglass killed the fisherman and admitted he intended to assassinate Qian Renxue while blaming Spirit Hall.
• Ao De confronted Millennial Hourglass and summoned his Earth Dragon Martial Soul, but Millennial Hourglass revealed his Evil Soul Master power and unleashed a blood-mist domain with his guards.
• Millennial Hourglass killed Ao De with a blow from his Evil Dragon Staff and moved toward Qian Renxue, threatening to send her to hell.

Qian Renxue fought Millennial Hourglass on Soro Island while concealing her identity as the Six-Winged Angel, and Ye Tian watched from a ship as the battle threatened to spark a continent-wide war. After Millennial Hourglass unleashed his seventh soul skill, Qian Renxue drew on the sun’s true flames despite the backlash and launched a counterattack.

• Millennial Hourglass revealed that his family had secretly served the Evil Soul Masters for generations and vowed to kill Qian Renxue and blame Spirit Hall.
• After her attendants were killed, Qian Renxue summoned her Swan Martial Soul and fought without restraint, revealing Soul Emperor-level strength.
• Ye Tian watched from his ship, ordered his North Star Squad to wait, and instructed them to capture the golden-haired fighter alive if they intervened.
• Qian Renxue killed several of Millennial Hourglass’s Soul King followers, prompting him to unleash his seventh soul skill, Dragon Soul.
• Qian Renxue forcibly drew on the sun’s true flames, suffered backlash, and used Angel Roar and Sacred Sword to counterattack Millennial Hourglass.

Qian Renxue fought Millennial Hourglass but was badly wounded and nearly out of Soul Power. Ye Tian sent the North Star Squad to intervene, and after Millennial Hourglass died, the squad prepared to tranquilize Qian Renxue and take her away.

• Qian Renxue wounded Millennial Hourglass with her Sacred Sword, but he shattered her shoulder and pressed his attack as her strength dwindled.
• Ye Tian ordered the North Star Squad to attack after seeing Qian Renxue injured.
• The North Star Squad surfaced and killed Millennial Hourglass's lackeys with their weapons, disrupting the Blood Evil Array.
• Millennial Hourglass used his blood essence to boost his strength and tried to kill Xue Qinghe, but the North Star Squad shot him dead.
• The North Star Squad decided to use a Tranquilizer Dart on Qian Renxue and drag her away.

Ye Tian brought the injured Qian Renxue to his villa and prepared to treat her after eating. Hu Liena discovered Qian Renxue was there and learned that Ye Tian knew her identity, and the chapter ended with Ye Tian planning to send her to the East Sea City Spirit Hall after healing her arm.

• Ye Tian carried the unconscious Qian Renxue to his villa, stopped her bleeding, and asked Uncle Fu to prepare surgical supplies.
• Ye Tian considered Millennial Hourglass's letters and suspected the Evil Soul Masters' headquarters was in the City of Slaughter, which had ties to the King of Slaughter.
• Ye Tian ate a late-night meal before beginning Qian Renxue's treatment, while Uncle Fu stood ready to assist.
• Hu Liena rushed down to greet Ye Tian, then recognized Qian Renxue on the sofa and asked about her injuries.
• Ye Tian told Hu Liena that Qian Renxue was the real person behind Xue Qinghe and said he would heal her arm before sending her to the East Sea City Spirit Hall.

Ye Tian treated Qian Renxue after bringing her back injured from Soro Island, while Bibi Dong learned that her daughter had returned. Bibi Dong ordered an investigation into the Millennial Family and demanded its destruction, leaving Qian Renxue to recover in the villa.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Ye Tian had returned with an injured Qian Renxue, prompting Bibi Dong to go downstairs.
• Ye Tian explained that Millennial Hourglass had tried to provoke a war by assassinating Xue Qinghe, and he treated Qian Renxue's injured shoulder.
• Ye Tian decided Qian Renxue would stay at the villa overnight, and Bibi Dong carried her upstairs to watch over her.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to contact Elder She Long and investigate the Millennial Family, declaring that it must be erased for harming Qian Renxue.