Chapter Summaries

Yang Ming successfully tested a treatment for Gu Yan’s Wind Death Disease and kept the cure secret so he could use it as bait to expose the mastermind. He began assembling allies for a dawn operation, freeing imprisoned Soul Masters and heading with Yang Wutian toward their next source of help.

• Yang Ming’s treatment prevented Gu Yan’s Wind Death Disease from flaring up again, and Ya Li and Gu Yan celebrated the success.
• Yang Ming asked Ya Li and Gu Yan to conceal the cure while he prepared to lure out the hidden culprit before dawn.
• Yang Ming followed the Sky Support Mark to the dungeon where Oscar and other Soul Masters were imprisoned, and learned they had been given Soul Destruction Pills.
• Yang Ming gave the prisoners antidotes, then he and Yang Wutian subdued the guards and released the detained Soul Masters.
• Yang Ming left Oscar to coordinate the rescued prisoners and teleported with Yang Wutian to seek their next source of assistance.

Yang Ming and Duke Xavier gathered Saga City’s factions at Saga Plaza under the announcement that a cure for Wind Death Disease had been found. After revealing that the plague was caused deliberately and that its mastermind was present, Yang Ming challenged someone in the crowd to explain.

• A White-Clothed Man ordered his followers to prepare for resistance, then sent them to Saga Plaza after learning the cure would be distributed there.
• Yang Ming and Ya Li announced that the special medicine had been found, and news of its distribution drew patients, city officials, Spirit Hall, and noble forces toward Saga Plaza.
• Yang Wutian confirmed preparations were complete, and Duke Xavier told Yang Ming that most of Saga City’s noble forces supported him.
• The City Lord Ye Chuan and Spirit Hall leader Feng Dianchen arrived, while the nobles gathered behind Duke Xavier.
• Duke Xavier introduced Yang Ming, who declared that the plague had been deliberately caused and called on the mastermind among those present to explain himself.

Yang Ming exposed how the Wind Death Disease was used to frame the City Lord's Mansion and Spirit Hall, then revealed that it was a wide-area mental contamination soul skill. Feng Xian emerged as the mastermind and prepared to kill everyone who could expose him, but Duke Xavier's subordinates attacked first.

• Yang Ming presented Zhang Tong as proof that Deputy Military Governor Lin Xiao had ordered the City Guard Branch Team to conceal the outbreak, and Lin Xiao's disappearance strengthened the accusation.
• Yang Ming explained that outsiders had been detained in the Spirit Hall Dungeon near where the Wind Death Disease first appeared, suggesting someone meant to provoke conflict between Spirit Hall and the City Lord's Mansion.
• Yang Ming argued that the disease was actually a delayed, area-of-effect mental contamination soul skill, citing its symptoms and patients' recovery after mental-calming abilities were used.
• Feng Xian stepped out from Spirit Hall's group, admitted to creating the soul skill and engineering the events, and said he intended to eliminate everyone who could stop him.
• Duke Xavier's subordinates used Martial Soul Possession and charged at Feng Xian.

Feng Xian revealed that he had orchestrated the attack on Saga City to avenge his parents, then used his Mind Contract to control Feng Dianchen. As the battle spread across the plaza, Yang Ming confronted Feng Xian while their powerful allies fought above and across the battlefield.

• Feng Xian and his subordinates joined battle against Yang Ming's side, and Ye Chuan sent his remaining men to help defend Saga City.
• Feng Dianchen attacked Feng Xian, but Feng Xian used his Mind Contract to control him and confessed that he sought revenge for his parents.
• Yang Ming called on Yang Wutian to attack Feng Xian, while Feng Dianchen's controlled body fought Yang Wutian.
• Mo Gui appeared and clashed with Old An; the two took their fight into the sky as Yang Ming promised to protect Ya Li.
• Feng Xian ordered his two Soul Emperor subordinates to kill Yang Ming and Ya Li, but Yang Ming suddenly appeared before Feng Xian and thrust with his spear.

Yang Ming fought Feng Xian's two Soul Emperor bodyguards, using his spear skills and Soul Skills to withstand their coordinated attacks. After discovering what was behind their teamwork, he summoned a pitch-black Spirit Ring, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Yang Ming wounded the Green-Clad Swordsman by using Voidification to make his Atlas Spear pass through the Bone Sword and strike his chest.
• Feng Xian used Mind Invigoration to help the Green-Clad Swordsman recover, while the Axe-Wielding Strongman forced Yang Ming to evade a thrown Giant Axe.
• Feng Xian ordered Brother Zhuang to lead the attack and Brother Li to support him, and the two bodyguards pressured Yang Ming with coordinated axe and sword strikes.
• Yang Ming teleported behind Feng Xian to attack him, but Brother Li interrupted the thrust with a slash, forcing Yang Ming to withdraw.
• Yang Ming traded hundreds of moves with the sword-and-axe duo, identified the source of their coordination, and summoned a pitch-black Spirit Ring.

Yang Ming activated his Third Soul Skill, Void Power, and overwhelmed Feng Xian’s sword-and-axe duo with enhanced strength and speed. He countered their final coordinated attacks and shattered the Green-Clad Swordsman’s ultimate strike, leaving the arena’s outcome in the dust.

• Yang Ming activated Void Power, drawing in purified void energy and doubling his combat strength as Feng Xian and his companions reacted in shock.
• Yang Ming used his spear techniques to drive back the Axe-Wielding Strongman, then overpowered the Green-Clad Swordsman when he joined the fight.
• Feng Xian used Mind Berserk to boost his companions, and the Axe-Wielding Strongman unleashed Double Axe Destruction Slash as cover for the Green-Clad Swordsman’s ambush.
• Yang Ming blocked the rain of Soul Power axes while refining his spear techniques, then intercepted the Green-Clad Swordsman’s Bone Sword: Meteor with Anti-air Power.
• Yang Ming redirected the swordsman’s momentum and broke his sword light with a final thrust, leaving a bloodied middle-aged man in the shattered arena.

Yang Ming defeated Feng Xian’s forces, but Feng Xian burned away his life to hasten the effects of his Soul Skill. After Feng Xian died and Feng Dianchen regained his consciousness, Yang Ming ordered Old An and Yang Wutian to hurry to the Lockdown Zone.

• Yang Ming wounded Feng Xian, then evaded Mo Gui’s powerful slash with Teleportation as Old An and Yang Wutian came to his aid.
• Mo Gui fled after his attack failed, and Yang Ming called on Feng Xian’s troops to surrender.
• Yang Ming killed a defiant soldier, and Duke Xavier ordered his men to kill everyone who refused to surrender.
• Feng Xian activated Mind Evolution and burned his life to accelerate the Soul Skill’s effects while Feng Dianchen held Old An and Yang Wutian back.
• Feng Xian died after bidding farewell to Feng Dianchen and his parents, and the Contract Mark vanished as Feng Dianchen regained consciousness.
• Yang Ming ordered Old An and Yang Wutian to go to the Lockdown Zone.

Yang Ming’s memories fully awakened while Ya Li used her healing soul skill to treat the worsening patients in Saga City’s Lockdown Zone. His power announced the arrival of a Half-Step New God across Douluo Star, and after recovering, he told Ya Li that he was back.

• Oscar told Yang Ming, Ya Li, and their companions that the patients’ symptoms had suddenly worsened, so Ya Li flew to heal them with Holy Light Illumination.
• Yang Ming ordered an announcement to gather patients and Soul Masters, then told the physicians that Ya Li’s light was the special medicine and arranged support to replenish her Soul Power.
• As Ya Li’s healing light spread, Yang Ming’s memories awakened completely, and his spiritual pressure overwhelmed the people in Saga City.
• A silver-haired girl beneath the Star Dou Great Forest chose to wait and see, while figures in Spirit City and on Sea God Island sensed Yang Ming’s power.
• Yang Ming recovered, recognized the identity revealed by his memories, and told Ya Li, “I’m back!”

Yang Ming organized a Soul Power relay so Ya Li could heal the Wind Death Disease outbreak across Saga City. After saving the city, Ya Li apologized to its residents on behalf of the Spirit Hall for its failure to uncover the truth.

• Yang Ming checked that Old An and Yang Wutian were unharmed, and they chose not to discuss the aura that had briefly overwhelmed the city.
• Oscar and Yang Ming arranged fifteen Soul Masters in a conduction formation, allowing Yang Ming to channel their Soul Power to Ya Li through his Sky Support Mark.
• With Yang Ming's support, Ya Li expanded her Holy Light to heal patients across Saga City, while Duke Xavier and Ye Chuan organized Soul Masters and patient convoys.
• After half an hour, Ya Li healed the final patient, descended exhausted, and received the city's grateful thanks.
• Ya Li bowed to the people of Saga City and apologized for the Spirit Hall's failure to recognize the truth behind the crisis.

Ya Li accepted responsibility for Spirit Hall’s role in the Wind Death Disease disaster, while Yang Ming questioned her about Spirit Hall’s past and declared his determination to be with her regardless of her lineage. Ya Li revealed that she was not Qian Xunji’s daughter, and Yang Ming began to explain his attitude toward Spirit Hall.

• Ya Li apologized to Saga City, promised that Spirit Hall would compensate victims, and said Pope Palace would investigate the local hall’s crimes.
• Yang Wutian urged Yang Ming to leave Ya Li because of Spirit Hall’s blood feud with the Breaking Clan, but Yang Ming stayed to ask her questions.
• Ya Li confirmed that Qian Xunji had been mortally wounded and revealed that he had attacked Tang Hao to capture his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast wife.
• Yang Wutian raged at Tang Hao and agreed to support Yang Ming marrying Ya Li if Yang Ming let him take revenge on Tang Hao.
• Yang Ming promised to take Ya Li away whether or not she was Qian Xunji’s daughter, and Ya Li explained that she belonged to a separate lineage of the Angel God.

Yang Ming chose to end his pursuit of vengeance against Spirit Hall unless further evidence revealed a true culprit, while reserving punishment for those with other crimes. After reconciling with Ya Li, he proposed by offering her the Phoenix Song Ring, and she accepted as the Yang Ming Returns arc ended.

• Yang Ming told Ya Li to investigate Spirit Hall members involved in the Breaking Clan’s bloodshed, punish them for other crimes, and otherwise let the past go.
• Old An promised Yang Wutian that the Breaking Clan could punish anyone later found to deserve the harshest penalty, and Yang Wutian accepted the outcome while blaming Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yang Ming and Ya Li met at Tianmu Lake, walked together, and discussed their lives, including Yang Ming’s decision to destroy Shrek Academy.
• Yang Ming offered Ya Li the Phoenix Song Ring and asked her to accept him as her partner, and Ya Li joyfully agreed.

Yang Ming, Oscar, and Yang Wutian arrived in Heaven Dou City after Yang Ming and Ya Li parted so she could strengthen her Spirit Origin. Oscar’s first outing in the city turned into a confrontation with Fourth Prince Xue Beng, which was interrupted by an unknown woman.

• Ya Li accepted Yang Ming’s ring, then returned to Spirit City to enter seclusion while Yang Ming continued toward Heaven Dou City with Oscar and Yang Wutian.
• The group entered Heaven Dou City, where Oscar wandered through the busy streets while Yang Ming and Yang Wutian recalled the city’s past.
• Xue Beng rode through the street and tried to whip Oscar, who dodged the blows.
• After Xue Beng accused Oscar of defying imperial authority, he ordered his servants to seize him.
• A woman called out Xue Beng for causing trouble before Yang Ming could intervene.

Oscar was cornered by Prince Xue Beng, but Dugu Yan intervened and forced the prince to compensate him with a Gilded Bracelet. After thanking Dugu Yan, Yang Ming told her that poison was shortening her life and even her grandfather could not save her.

• Dugu Yan, a girl passing by with Ning Rongrong and a blue-haired companion, confronted Xue Beng for bullying Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Oscar, and Yang Ming privately urged Oscar to stand his ground against the prince.
• Oscar told Dugu Yan that Xue Beng had bullied him, so Xue Beng apologized and gave Oscar a Gilded Bracelet.
• Dugu Yan let Xue Beng leave after he compensated Oscar, and the prince rode away with his companions.
• Yang Ming told Dugu Yan he would repay her help by diagnosing her, then warned that she was poisoned and might not live much longer.

Yun Ming warned Dugu Yan that she and Dugu Bo were suffering from poison, then suppressed her when she tried to attack him. After Dugu Yan confirmed his words with her grandfather, Dugu Bo tracked Yun Ming to Heaven Dou Grand Hotel and confronted him.

• Yun Ming told Dugu Yan that she and Dugu Bo were poisoned, but Dugu Yan dismissed his warning and prepared to poison him.
• Yun Ming suppressed Dugu Yan with his aura, then left with Oscar and Yang Wutian and said he wanted to cooperate with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan returned to Dugu Manor, waited for Dugu Bo to come back from cultivation, and asked whether they were poisoned.
• Dugu Bo examined Dugu Yan, learned about Yun Ming, and used his influence to find him at Heaven Dou Grand Hotel.
• Dugu Bo entered Yun Ming's room after Yun Ming sensed him outside the window and asked how the young man had discovered him.

Yang Ming outmaneuvered Dugu Bo in a poison trial and revealed that he could treat the Dugu family’s poison. Dugu Bo agreed to do three things for Yang Ming if he completely cured Dugu Yan.

• Yang Ming explained that Dugu Bo’s uncontrolled toxins made him stand out from the natural world, then challenged his claim to be the best poison user.
• Yang Ming named Bibi Dong as a superior poison user, and Dugu Bo began the trial by sending a Poison Wind at him.
• Yang Ming used his First Soul Skill, Source of Void, to isolate himself from the poison, so Dugu Bo conceded defeat.
• Yang Ming offered to treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, but withheld further methods when Dugu Bo threatened him.
• Yang Ming suppressed Dugu Bo’s killing intent and warned him not to threaten him again.
• Dugu Bo promised to do three things for Yang Ming if he completely cured Dugu Yan’s poison, and Yang Ming accepted.

Yang Ming explained three ways to address Dugu Bo’s poison and helped him choose the Poison Devouring Method at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Bo swallowed Yang Ming’s deadly medicinal mixture and began devouring poison, leaving the dangerous process underway.

• Yang Ming told Yang Wutian about his agreement with Dugu Bo and promised to bring him a gift.
• Dugu Bo led Yang Ming to his medicinal garden in Sunset Forest, where Yang Ming impressed him with his movement and safe descent into the valley.
• Yang Ming explained the Soul Bone Poison Loading Method, the Poison Devouring Method, and a method to evolve the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo chose the Poison Devouring Method, and Yang Ming prescribed a dose of medicine to accompany each amount of poison consumed.
• Dugu Bo drank the poisonous mixture Yang Ming prepared and began devouring poison.

Yun Ming helped Dugu Bo discover a way to devour poison and brought him back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to prepare Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolution. Oscar consumed two extreme ice-and-fire immortal herbs, while Yun Ming selected three herbs to strengthen his body and restore his Spiritual Power cultivation.

• Dugu Bo endured the poison clash and successfully used Yun Ming’s method to devour poison, then canceled his three conditions and offered to help Yun Ming whenever possible.
• The next morning, Yun Ming explained how Oscar would consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to gain their benefits and prepare for Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolution.
• Dugu Bo harvested the two herbs, and Oscar ate them before plunging into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to endure their painful effects.
• Yun Ming identified Dragon Scale Grass for Dugu Bo and the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss as a dangerous herb that might eventually help him reach Heaven-Reaching Douluo.
• Yun Ming selected the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Daffodil Jade Flesh Bone, and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, then began refining their medicinal power under Dugu Bo’s protection.

Yang Ming emerged from cultivation with his Soul Power at level forty and six newly opened meridians, then began Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolution using the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd and Oscar’s blood. Dugu Yan’s transformation ended with her Martial Soul sealed in a cocoon, while Yang Ming carried the weakened Oscar back to Heaven Dou City.

• Yang Ming consumed three immortal herbs, fused the effects of two into chaotic energy, and used it to open six of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
• After three days, Yang Ming’s Soul Power reached level forty, his Spiritual Power advanced, and Oscar reported that his Martial Soul’s soul skills had doubled in effect.
• Yang Ming gave Dugu Yan the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd and Oscar’s blood infused with the herbs’ medicinal power to begin her Martial Soul evolution.
• Dugu Yan endured a violent clash of poison and detoxifying power until the gourd’s earth-attribute dragon qi protected her and transformed her Biphosphorus Snake Martial Soul into a cocoon of light.
• Yang Ming said the cocoon’s breaking would mark the dragon’s appearance, then carried the exhausted Oscar back to Heaven Dou City.

Yang Ming gave Yang Wutian a Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma, helping him break through his bottleneck, then joined him and Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest to hunt soul beasts. After Yang Ming and Yang Wutian killed a sixty-thousand-year Iron Arrow Snake King, Dugu Bo began explaining the soul beast suited to Yang Ming.

• Yang Ming persuaded Yang Wutian to consume a Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma, and Yang Wutian broke through his bottleneck overnight.
• Yang Ming left Oscar recovering at the hotel and traveled with Yang Wutian to Sunset Forest to seek soul beasts with Dugu Bo's help.
• Dugu Bo led them to a swamp and revealed a sixty-thousand-year Iron Arrow Snake King suitable for Yang Wutian's spear-type Martial Soul.
• The Iron Arrow Snake King evaded Dugu Bo and tried to flee, but Yang Ming intercepted it and Yang Wutian killed it with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Yang Ming asked Dugu Bo about the soul beast suitable for him, and Dugu Bo began to answer.

Yang Ming, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wutian poisoned and confronted the thirty-thousand-year Sky Dome Silver Peng, hoping to secure Yang Ming’s Fourth Soul Ring. The battle left Dugu Bo in danger, but Yang Ming and Yang Wutian intervened, and Dugu Bo’s Petrification Ray struck the Sky Dome Silver Peng.

• Yang Wutian absorbed the Iron Arrow Snake King's Spirit Ring, broke through to Rank 83, and became the Breaking Clan's strongest member.
• Yang Ming, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wutian spent several days poisoning the Sky Dome Silver Peng through prey in its hunting grounds.
• The trio triggered the poisons inside the Sky Dome Silver Peng as it ate a poisoned Rubber Elephant, and Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul Avatar to stop it escaping.
• Dugu Bo fought the poisoned Sky Dome Silver Peng in the air while Yang Ming and Yang Wutian dodged its devastating Sky Dome Wing Slash.
• The Sky Dome Silver Peng nearly struck Dugu Bo with its Sky Dome Dragon Suppression Claw, but Yang Wutian blocked the attack and Yang Ming disrupted the beast's spatial shield.
• Dugu Bo's Petrification Ray pierced the shield and hit the Sky Dome Silver Peng.