Chapter Summaries

Meng Li stayed at a seaside hotel with Gu Yuena and struggled with his feelings about her and Gu Yue. After Ya Li told him the Dou Ling Empire’s imperial family was waiting to meet him before proceeding with Tang Wulin’s plan, he decided he would have to return, but first spent time with Gu Yuena.

• Meng Li and Gu Yuena shared a hotel room, and Gu Yuena fell asleep in his arms after embracing him.
• Meng Li wrestled with how to honor his relationship with Na'er without being unfair to Gu Yue.
• Ya Li called Meng Li because she was worried, then asked Tang Wulin about the plan and relayed its progress to him.
• Meng Li learned that the Dou Ling Empire’s imperial family would not decide on the next stage until they met him, and he resolved to return after Na'er woke up.
• Meng Li bought food, then made noodles for Gu Yuena after she woke and asked him to cook for her.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena ate together in the crowded restaurant, where spectators watched them and the young men were disappointed to see them together.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena returned to Lingbo City, where the Dou Ling Empire escorted them to meet Emperor Xue Yuntian in Heaven Dou City. Meng Li publicly called Gu Yuena his wife, and the emperor began discussing cooperation with New Soul Company.

• Meng Li and Gu Yuena agreed to return to their home in Aolai City someday as their vehicle approached Lingbo City.
• Dou Ling Empire soldiers stopped Meng Li, and diplomat Zhao Liangjian invited him to meet the emperor in Heaven Dou City.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena traveled with Zhao Liangjian’s escort to the imperial palace, where Xue Yuntian welcomed them.
• Xue Yuntian asked who Gu Yuena was, and Meng Li declared that she was his wife, showing their rings.
• Xue Yuntian congratulated the couple and asked Meng Li whether New Soul Company would cooperate with the Dou Ling Empire, noting that he had already spoken with the Tang Sect master.

Meng Li questioned Xue Yuntian about whether the Dou Ling Empire wanted peace or war before agreeing to cooperate with New Soul Company. After Xue Yuntian apologized to Gu Yuena and Leng Yaozhu for criticizing the Spirit Pagoda, Meng Li accepted the apology and agreed to cooperate.

• Meng Li explained that he destroyed the Spirit Pagoda branch to rescue his friend's parents and punish its abuses and ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xue Yuntian apologized for the wanted posters and proposed comprehensive cooperation between the Dou Ling Empire and New Soul Company.
• Meng Li asked whether Xue Yuntian wanted peace or war, and Xue Yuntian said the empire wanted peace and cooperation with positive allies.
• Meng Li revealed that he belonged to the Spirit Pagoda and demanded apologies to Gu Yuena and Leng Yaozhu for Xue Yuntian's remarks.
• Xue Yuntian apologized to Gu Yuena and Leng Yaozhu over the Soul Tool Communicator, and Meng Li accepted his apology and agreed to cooperate.

After reaching an agreement with the Dou Ling Empire, Meng Li prepared to travel to the Star Luo Empire, choosing an ocean liner over the submarine. Ya Li grew closer to him after he gave her a cake, and she invited him to the ship’s dining hall as the voyage began.

• Meng Li returned to Lingbo City, gave Ya Li a cake, and joined Tang Wulin and the others as they discussed leaving for the Star Luo Empire.
• Meng Li, Gu Yuena, and Ya Li chose the ocean liner, while the others took the submarine, and the three toured Lingbo City before departing the next day.
• Ya Li wrote in her diary about Meng Li’s gift and messaged him, but he had already gone to sleep.
• Meng Li relaxed in a luxury suite aboard the ocean liner, posted a selfie, and received likes from Gu Yuena, Ya Li, Leng Yaozhu, and Shen Yi.
• Ya Li went to Meng Li’s room and invited him to try the dining hall with her.

Meng Li, Gu Yuena, and Ya Li shared dinner and explored the cruise ship, where Ya Li gave Meng Li the nickname A'li. Back in their rooms, Gu Yuena asked to stay with Meng Li, leaving him alone with his thoughts as she showered.

• Meng Li invited Gu Yuena to join him and Ya Li for dinner in a private room on the cruise ship.
• Ya Li and Gu Yuena served Meng Li food, and Ya Li asked what she should call him; she settled on A'li.
• After dinner, Meng Li, Gu Yuena, and Ya Li toured the open-air deck and discussed the shrinking habitats of Soul Beasts.
• Meng Li returned to his room and showered, then let Gu Yuena stay there because she said she was not used to being alone.
• As Gu Yuena showered, Meng Li imagined intimacy with her and Ya Li, then reminded himself that his heart belonged only to Gu Yuena.

Gu Yuena told Meng Li that she was carrying his child, and they discussed giving her formal status while he struggled with guilt over Gu Yue. After they shared an affectionate night, Ya Li felt a mysterious grief, and Meng Li went to check on her the next morning.

• Meng Li dried Gu Yuena's hair and asked about the egg she had left behind, and she confirmed that she was pregnant with his child.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena discussed a wedding and agreed they could register their marriage in the Star Luo Empire using the name Gu Yuena, while Meng Li said he would handle Gu Yue.
• Gu Yuena confessed her love to Meng Li, and they kissed before spending the evening watching television and sleeping together.
• Ya Li felt a sudden pain and sorrow, messaged Meng Li asking for a hug, and received no reply that night.
• The next morning, Meng Li saw Ya Li's messages and went to her room to find out what was wrong.

Meng Li comforted Ya Li as she struggled with sadness and loneliness, while she concealed her feelings for him. The chapter ended with Meng Li promising to comfort her whenever she felt sad, though his heart remained with Gu Yuena.

• Meng Li noticed Ya Li's tearful, disheveled appearance and offered her a hug, which she accepted in her room.
• Ya Li told Meng Li she felt as if she had lost something important, and her sadness eased as she held him.
• Ya Li rejected Meng Li's suggestion that they become siblings, using a fortune-telling story as an excuse to preserve their current relationship.
• Ya Li asked Meng Li to hug her again, and he reluctantly agreed despite feeling guilty because he loved Gu Yuena.
• Meng Li wiped Ya Li's tears and promised to comfort her if she felt sad, while Ya Li said she had no other family to turn to.

Meng Li encountered Na Nali, an Evil Soul Master who claimed she had never killed anyone and had traveled to find him. After she asked to taste his cooking, he made her noodles, which she devoured in delight.

• Meng Li left Ya Li to rest and sensed an Evil Soul Master aboard the cruise ship.
• Na Nali introduced herself as a harmless collector of vengeful spirits and said she wanted to become Meng Li's girlfriend, but he refused because he already had one.
• Na Nali explained that she had come looking for Meng Li after hearing from Blood Dragon that his cooking was delicious, and promised to stop pestering him if she liked it.
• Meng Li gained access to the kitchen and cooked Na Nali a simple bowl of noodles with an egg and greens.
• Na Nali found the noodles extraordinary and wolfed them down, reminding Meng Li of Na'er as a child.

Meng Li treated Na Nali’s injuries, accidentally purifying her Martial Soul and Soul Rings and turning her into a normal Soul Master. Na Nali accepted the change and followed Meng Li across the cruise ship, where she added him as a friend before letting him go.

• After eating Meng Li’s noodles, Na Nali offered him her hand so he could treat her injuries.
• Meng Li used Ya Li’s Angel’s Heal soul skill, healing Na Nali and purifying her Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
• Na Nali realized she was no longer an Evil Soul Master and recalled the persecution and danger she had endured.
• Na Nali asked Meng Li for a hug, but he avoided her and reminded her that she had promised not to pester him.
• Na Nali followed Meng Li onto the cruise ship’s deck and scanned his Soul Tool Communicator’s friend QR code.

Meng Li spent a leisurely stretch of the voyage with Gu Yuena before his group arrived in the Star Luo Empire. As they left the cruise ship to find food and wait for Tang Wulin, Na Nali caught up with them, prompting Ya Li to ask who she was.

• Meng Li brought Gu Yuena chili oil noodles, shared his bowl with her, and spent time watching television and relaxing by her side.
• Gu Yuena ignored a call by switching her communicator to airplane mode, while Qiangu Zhangting grew frustrated that he could not reach or find her.
• Meng Li accompanied Gu Yuena and Ya Li during the voyage, set cultivation aside, and unexpectedly reached Soul Power Level 94.
• After more than twenty days, Meng Li and his group arrived in the Star Luo Empire and planned to eat locally while waiting for Tang Wulin and the others.
• Na Nali caught up with the group, and Meng Li introduced her to Ya Li as someone he had met before.

Meng Li reunited with Na Nali, who had become a normal Soul Master after he purified her, and agreed to let the powerful Super Douluo join his group. The four traveled toward Star Luo City and stopped at a grilled-fish stall, where they prepared to play King of Soul Fighting while they waited.

• Na Nali introduced herself to Gu Yuena and Ya Li and explained that Meng Li had purified her from an Evil Soul Master into a normal Soul Master.
• Gu Yuena called herself Meng Li's girlfriend, leaving Ya Li disappointed when Meng Li did not deny it.
• Na Nali revealed her six black and three red soul rings, and Meng Li warned her to conceal her strength and restrain herself.
• Meng Li agreed to bring Na Nali along after she promised not to stand out too much.
• Meng Li, Gu Yuena, Ya Li, and Na Nali reached a Huo Yuhao Grilled Fish stall and agreed to play King of Soul Fighting while they waited for food.

Meng Li and his companions won five consecutive matches with Li Bai and three supports before sharing grilled fish and setting out in a new Soul Tool Off-road Vehicle. They traveled toward Star Luo City, but the chapter ended before the convoy reached its destination.

• Meng Li recruited Half a Bitter Gourd for a match, where Li Bai led three supports and Half a Bitter Gourd to victory despite leaving him alone in bot lane.
• Half a Bitter Gourd eagerly joined four more matches, was carried to victory each time, and added Meng Li as a friend after the team disbanded.
• Meng Li shared grilled fish with Gu Yuena, Na Nali, and Ya Li, and gave Na Nali extra pieces after she described her dangerous past.
• Meng Li bought a white Soul Tool Off-road Vehicle and quickly arranged its license plate through New Soul Company.
• Meng Li, Gu Yuena, Na Nali, and Ya Li drove toward Star Luo City as Na Nali chatted with Ya Li, and evening fell during the journey.

Na Nali used Meng Li’s bank card to buy groceries, and the group began preparing a warm dinner together before sensing five approaching strangers. Meng Li revealed his spiritual domain and faced the visitors, including Dai Yueyan and Long Yue, after Long Yue smashed the villa’s gate.

• Meng Li lent Na Nali his bank card, and she returned with a basket full of groceries that she admitted she had no room to store in her Spatial Soul Tool.
• Meng Li, Na Nali, Ya Li, and Gu Yuena divided up the work of preparing dinner and chatted together.
• Na Nali sensed killing intent nearby, and the group detected five people approaching from a kilometer away.
• Meng Li activated his spiritual domain to restrict outsiders’ Spiritual Power, then marked Na Nali and Ya Li so they could use theirs again within it.
• Dai Yueyan arrived with Long Yue and three others, but Long Yue punched the villa’s gate off its hinges before Dai Yueyan could stop him.
• Dai Yueyan apologized for the damage and explained that he had come to investigate reports of four unfamiliar people, including a female Titled Douluo.

Na Nali used her bell and Meng Li’s Spiritual Power domain to trap Long Yue, Dai Yueyan, and their companions in illusions. After they woke, Dai Yueyan realized that his imagined rise to Titled Douluo had been fake, beginning when he heard the bell.

• Meng Li demanded two hundred million in compensation for the door, and Long Yue challenged him while Dai Yueyan urged caution.
• Na Nali activated her nine Soul Rings and rang her bell, trapping Long Yue, Dai Yueyan, and their three companions in separate illusions.
• Na Nali confirmed that all five were controlled, and Meng Li decided to keep them until they woke, demand compensation, and question them about their visit.
• Meng Li and the others carried the unconscious group to a sofa, then cooked and ate while they waited.
• Dai Yueyan woke and questioned Meng Li about his cultivation, and Meng Li explained that his dream of becoming a Titled Douluo was false.
• Dai Yueyan traced the illusion back to the moment he had heard Na Nali’s bell and struggled to accept that everything afterward had been fake.

Meng Li and Na Nali made Dai Yueyan pay four hundred million Federal Coins for the damage to their door and told him Meng Li had come to seek peace and speak with the emperor. Long Yue woke from Na Nali’s control skill, reunited with Meng Li, and met Na Nali.

• Na Nali and Meng Li demanded compensation from Dai Yueyan, who recognized Meng Li as an old opponent from the Douluo Continent.
• Meng Li said he represented someone who loved peace and wanted to speak with Dai Yueyan’s father, the emperor, but insisted Dai Yueyan pay before discussing more.
• Dai Yueyan transferred four hundred million Federal Coins to Meng Li, who agreed to split the money with Na Nali.
• Dai Yueyan wondered why Meng Li’s payment code had no transfer limit, and Meng Li offered to sell him the privilege for nearly two hundred million Federal Coins.
• Long Yue woke and learned that his apparent death had been part of Na Nali’s control skill, then greeted Meng Li and introduced himself to Na Nali.

Meng Li met with Dai Yueyan and later joined Tang Wulin and the Shrek Six Monsters at the Tang Sect headquarters to discuss their plans for meeting the Star Luo Empire. The chapter ended with Meng Li revealing that Dai Yueyan had paid him four hundred million Federal Coins for damaging his door and teasing Tang Wulin about Dai Yun'er.

• Dai Yueyan questioned Meng Li and his companions about their ties to the Tang Sect and their intentions in the Star Luo Empire, then left with Long Yue and the three unconscious companions.
• Na Nali celebrated her spending money while Gu Yuena affectionately reassured Meng Li; Ya Li withdrew to her room, distressed by seeing Meng Li with other girls.
• Tang Lin arrived in Star Luo City, and Meng Li set out for the Tang Sect headquarters after Gu Yuena and Ya Li asked to accompany him and he refused.
• Tang Wulin welcomed Meng Li at the Tang Sect headquarters, and they went with the Shrek Six Monsters to the guesthouse to discuss upcoming meetings with Dai Yueyan and the Star Luo Empire's imperial family.
• Meng Li told the group that Dai Yueyan had paid him four hundred million Federal Coins for his damaged door, then asked Tang Wulin how his conversations with Dai Yun'er were going.

Tang Wulin and his friends discussed romance before Meng Li arrived at the Tang Sect training grounds and impressed Hu Jie with his physical strength. Their encounter ended with Hu Jie secretly trying to attack Meng Li's mind, only to find his Spiritual Power would not respond.

• Tang Wulin said he would make more effort with Dai Yun'er, while Xie Xie suggested that Holy Spirit Douluo liked Meng Li and Meng Li insisted he saw her only as a sister.
• Meng Li joined the others at the Tang Sect training grounds and noticed dozens of Titled Douluo watching from the stands.
• Hu Jie tested Meng Li's strength in a handshake, but Meng Li overwhelmed him and left his hand purple and trembling.
• Meng Li told Hu Jie he was a Level 94 Titled Douluo and said he was eighteen, then agreed to spar with him.
• Hu Jie secretly tried to interfere with Meng Li's mind using Spiritual Power, but found that it would not respond.

Meng Li sparred with Smiling Douluo Hu Jie after revealing that his spiritual domain could disable Spiritual Power. Meng Li’s extraordinary soul rings and physical strength impressed Hu Jie, and their fight continued as Meng Li attacked with destructive golden feathers.

• Meng Li confirmed that his spiritual domain had disabled the Spiritual Power of Tang Wulin and the others, then declined Hu Jie's invitation to join the Tang Sect.
• Meng Li and Hu Jie began their spar, and the Tang Sect disciples were stunned by Meng Li’s nine green-gold soul rings.
• Meng Li’s spear struck Hu Jie’s palm with enough force to make him frown, and Meng Li dodged Hu Jie’s crushing body attacks before kicking him away.
• Hu Jie praised Meng Li’s physical strength, then curled into a ball and sent Meng Li flying when Meng Li punched his belly.
• Meng Li spread his wings and hurled golden feathers at Hu Jie, who evaded them after sensing their destructive power.

Meng Li and Hu Jie’s training-ground duel triggered visions of the God of Destruction and the Life Goddess, who warned Meng Li not to be deceived by lies. Meng Li stopped his attack on Hu Jie after Gu Yuena warned him about the Golden Dragon King’s killing intent, then conceded the match because of his physical condition and left.

• Meng Li struck Hu Jie with Destruction-wreathed feathers, and Hu Jie countered with Purple Demon Eyes before charging into Meng Li’s golden feathers.
• The explosion showed Meng Li a vision of the God of Destruction and the Life Goddess arguing over an opportunity, and the Life Goddess promised to help him while warning him to keep living and avoid lies.
• The fighters returned to the training ground injured, and Hu Jie grew to fifty meters tall as Meng Li summoned the Golden Dragon King’s enormous phantom.
• Gu Yuena warned Meng Li that the Golden Dragon King’s killing intent would devour him, so he stopped his dragon claw just before it reached Hu Jie.
• Meng Li conceded the duel, saying he had lost because he was unwell, and left after Hu Jie agreed they could fight again another time.

After leaving the Tang Sect, Meng Li returned home to find Gu Yuena, Ya Li, and Na Nali waiting with a late-night meal. The women spent the evening with him before they retired for the night, while Gu Yuena privately recalled seeing his body and anticipated another chance to do so.

• Gu Yuena sensed Meng Li's emotions had been out of control, saw that he was safe, and returned home.
• Meng Li arrived home, and Gu Yuena rushed into his arms and led him inside to eat with Ya Li and Na Nali.
• Meng Li ate with the three women, then washed the dishes and joined them to watch a romance drama.
• Meng Li played on his Soul Tool Communicator while the women watched TV, then told them to sleep and went to shower.
• Ya Li wished Meng Li good night through their mind connection, and Gu Yuena returned to her room, blushing as she remembered seeing his body.