Chapter Summaries

Su Xian’s army passed through West Iron City after he used Dugu Bo as a scapegoat for the destruction of its walls, while Dugu Bo embraced the blame and robbed the city lord. Afterward, Su Xian rested with Qian Renxue as Dugu Bo boasted about his loot and considered robbing more cities.

• Su Xian’s commanders and soldiers thanked Poison Douluo for clearing their path, and Dugu Bo realized Su Xian had made him the scapegoat.
• Dugu Bo entered the City Lord’s Mansion, identified himself as Poison Douluo, and demanded the city lord’s wealth, openly declaring that he was robbing him.
• With the walls destroyed and its defenders too frightened to resist, the army took control of West Iron City and passed through.
• Nan Gong Qiu warned Su Xian to keep his powerful weapons hidden, while Xue Bingning reminded him that his aunt cared for him.
• Su Xian told Xue Bingning that the weapon was an imperial military secret, then rested as Qian Renxue massaged him and helped him recover from the Cultivation Experience Card’s side effects.
• Xue An teased Dugu Bo about robbing the city, and he admitted he was pleased with the three million gold coins he had taken and considered robbing more cities.

Dugu Bo planned to rob Suotuo City and threatened to poison Barak City if Xue Ming tried to stop him. Meanwhile, Su Xian woke after two days of sleep, and Qian Renxue cared for him before they shared a playful, affectionate moment over porridge.

• Dugu Bo asked Xue An which Balak Kingdom city was richest, then decided to target Suotuo City.
• Xue An warned that Spirit Hall might pursue Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo threatened to poison Barak City if Xue Ming acted against him.
• Dugu Bo said Su Xian had driven him to rob people by bringing up the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor External Soul Bone.
• Su Xian woke after sleeping for two days and learned that Qian Renxue had fed him porridge while he was unconscious.
• Su Xian pulled Qian Renxue into his arms when she tried to hide the lipstick mark on the spoon, then tasted the porridge she had made.

Su Xian, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Bo visited Shrek Academy after arriving in Suotuo City. They were welcomed by the academy’s dean, whose voice greeted them as they entered.

• Su Xian left the military camp with Qian Renxue and Dugu Bo, teasing Dugu Bo about the money he had been making.
• Su Xian passed through Suotuo City and told Qian Renxue he was going to visit an academy in a village.
• The group reached Shrek Academy, where Dugu Bo sensed one Soul Saint and three Soul Emperors.
• A wary boy approached the visitors, but a hoarse, gentle voice welcomed them on the academy’s behalf.

Su Xian, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Bo visited Shrek Academy, where Flender and Zhao Wuji greeted them. Su Xian challenged Flender's philosophy of accepting only geniuses, leaving the dean struggling to answer.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived and greeted the visitors, and Dugu Bo revealed that he was a Titled Douluo.
• Su Xian decided not to destroy Shrek Academy and asked Flender to show them around.
• Flender explained that Shrek Academy accepted only monsters and aimed to cultivate geniuses.
• Su Xian questioned whether the academy looked down on ordinary soul masters and argued that it invested in future powerhouses for its own glory.
• Flender gasped under Su Xian's pressure and could not answer his criticism.

Su Xian revealed that he was the First Prince, Xue Qinghe, and confronted Flender over Shrek Academy's lack of imperial qualifications. Flender accepted Su Xian's offer of official status and funding only after agreeing to loosen the academy's admissions requirements.

• Su Xian challenged Flender's motives, and Flender admitted to having selfish ambitions while defending Shrek Academy as his ideal.
• Su Xian questioned whether Shrek Academy had official qualifications, then identified himself as Xue Qinghe, the First Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhao Wuji laughed at Flender's predicament and hurriedly left him to face the prince alone.
• Su Xian offered Shrek Academy official Advanced Soul Master Academy status and imperial funding in exchange for admitting more students and cultivating talent broadly.
• When Flender hesitated, Su Xian threatened to expose the academy's unlawful operation, and Flender quickly agreed to the conditions.

After visiting Shrek Academy, Su Xian accompanied Dugu Bo to rob Suotuo City's treasury, then asked the city lord for money himself. Gu Tong had only five million gold coins available for Dugu Bo, and Su Xian turned his attention to Gu Tong’s personal wealth.

• Su Xian left Shrek Academy with Qian Renxue and Dugu Bo, explaining that he had wanted to see where Qin Ming graduated from.
• Su Xian offered to teach Dugu Bo some robbery tricks, and the three put on Dragon Carved Masks before entering the City Lord's Mansion.
• Dugu Bo intimidated city lord Gu Tong into converting the treasury’s funds and treasures into gold cards.
• Gu Tong gave Dugu Bo five million gold coins and explained that Wang Zheng had sent the rest to the front lines to fight the Rebel Army.
• After Dugu Bo left, Su Xian gave Gu Tong a blank diamond gold card and said he wanted to borrow money from him personally.

Su Xian tricked Gu Tong into handing over five million gold, leaving Dugu Bo furious that he had overlooked the city lord’s wealth. As they left, Su Xian began teaching Dugu Bo a new robbery tactic, but Dugu Bo angrily rejected the idea that he had become Su Xian’s student.

• Su Xian threatened Gu Tong with Dugu Bo’s poisoning reputation until Gu Tong agreed to give him money.
• Dugu Bo returned to check on Su Xian, and Gu Tong mistakenly thought Dugu Bo was demanding payment.
• Gu Tong handed Su Xian a gold card holding five million, and Su Xian took it before leaving with Qian Renxue.
• Dugu Bo realized the city lord had been rich and unleashed his Soul Power in the hall before vanishing.
• Su Xian told the dejected Dugu Bo to target people’s psychology and use a gold card to prompt them to offer more money.
• Dugu Bo asked for guidance, then protested when Su Xian claimed this made him Dugu Bo’s teacher.

Su Xian shared a hot pot meal with Xue An and the others, then discussed soul-beast hunting with Qian Renxue while concealing his plans. As the army advanced toward Mo City, an explosion and a violent attack threw its rear ranks into chaos.

• Su Xian cooked a hot pot meal in camp, which Xue Bingning, Xue An, and the others tried for the first time.
• Su Xian told Qian Renxue he had reached level forty, while she said she had reached level ten and wanted to hunt soul beasts with him.
• Su Xian put off hunting until they returned, and he and Qian Renxue rested together beneath the moon.
• The army resumed its march toward Mo City, and Xue An summoned Su Xian alone to ask whether he still had the weapon used against West Iron City's gate.
• An explosion shook the camp, and Xue An flew up to investigate as Su Xian saw chaos, cries, and fighting along the army's rear ranks.

Su Xian intervened when Spirit Hall’s soul masters attacked the Heaven Dou army, saving Xue An from a deadly assault and then unleashing a devastating attack on the attackers. The battle paused as both sides stared at the dazzling figure in the sky.

• Su Xian recognized that Spirit Hall had likely instigated the conflict and decided to act to protect the Heaven Dou soldiers.
• Ling Lei and an azure-clad Soul Douluo overwhelmed Xue An, forcing him to prepare to take their attacks rather than let them strike Nan Gong Qiu’s group.
• Su Xian struck Xue An with a hammer, knocked him unconscious, and carried him safely to Xue Bingning at the Central Army Camp.
• Su Xian fired a white beam that erased Ling Lei’s goshawks and the azure-clad man’s cyan crane before tearing through Spirit Hall’s attacking ranks.
• Both armies retreated and turned their attention toward Su Xian, who shone in the sky.

Su Xian appeared in white armor and rescued Nan Gong Qiu’s group by defeating Spirit Hall’s attackers. Ling Lei survived as the imperial army recovered, while Su Xian let a fleeing Soul Master escape.

• Su Xian appeared in the sky and demanded that Ling Lei and Qing You choose one of them to die.
• Su Xian instantly killed the Soul Saint attacking Nan Gong Qiu and the others, terrifying Ling Lei and Qing You.
• Qing You stabbed Ling Lei and asked Su Xian to spare him, but Su Xian killed Qing You instead.
• Su Xian blasted a nearby tree, allowing a hidden Soul Master to escape, then vanished after lamenting that he had been forced to act.
• Ling Lei ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to retreat, and the exhausted Heaven Dou Soul Masters collapsed in relief.
• The First Prince raised a stone over Qing You’s corpse, then claimed he had only been checking whether Qing You was dead.

After killing soldiers with his fists, Su Xian returned to the carriage and struggled with nausea over the brutality of the deaths. Qian Renxue comforted him, and the two shared a tender, flirtatious moment as he rested his head in her lap.

• Qian Renxue waited near the Central Army Camp, troubled by the clash between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Su Xian returned to the carriage and vomited after killing soldiers at close range.
• Qian Renxue recognized Su Xian despite his armor and chose not to question his strength.
• Su Xian pretended to suffer heart pain to tease Qian Renxue, then rested his head on her lap.
• Su Xian told Qian Renxue that she was the most beautiful girl in his dream, leaving her blushing.

After the army suffered heavy casualties in an attack by Spirit Hall Soul Masters, Xue An ordered a march toward Mo City while Su Xian offered money to help the fallen soldiers’ families. Dugu Bo returned and revealed that Chrysanthemum Douluo had delayed him, leaving the army facing an even more complicated threat.

• Xue Bingning told Xue An that a mysterious armored fighter had killed a Soul Douluo with one strike and driven off the black-clad Soul Masters.
• Xue An learned that the army had lost twenty-five thousand soldiers and more than half of its five hundred Soul Masters, then ordered a forced march to Mo City after one more night of rest.
• Su Xian gave Xue An five million to compensate the families of the fallen.
• Dugu Bo arrived at camp, and Su Xian rebuked him for arriving late.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Yue Guan had held him up, prompting Xue An to realize Chrysanthemum Douluo had joined the attack.

Xue An's army found Mo City occupied by the Balak Kingdom, while Nalan Tianqing was nowhere to be seen. Dugu Bo discovered that Nalan had crossed into the Star Luo Empire after a plot by Xue Ye and a Balak siege left his army without supplies.

• Xue An's army arrived outside Mo City and saw Balak flags flying over walls that showed no signs of battle.
• Tie Dun claimed that Nalan Tianqing had been defeated and fled, so Xue An ordered his army to camp outside the city.
• Su Xian sent Dugu Bo to investigate, and Dugu Bo reported that Nalan had withdrawn into the Star Luo Empire to fight its forces.
• Dugu Bo explained that Xue Ye's forged decree accusing Nalan's army of treason led Nalan to destroy the Royal Guard and seize Mo City.
• A 200,000-strong Balak army besieged Mo City and cut off Nalan's supplies, forcing him to retreat toward the Star Luo Empire.

After learning how the Balak Kingdom had framed Nalan Tianqing and forced his army into exile, Xue An ordered the Heaven Dou forces to hurry to the front. They reached Mo Cliff City and found the two armies celebrating together beneath wedding decorations.

• Xue An heard Dugu Bo explain how Nalan Tianqing had been framed and condemned the Balak Kingdom’s actions.
• Xue An ordered the army to advance at full speed, while Dugu Bo avoided Su Xian after realizing Su Xian had killed a Soul Douluo with overwhelming power.
• Su Xian and Qian Renxue noticed there were no signs of battle in Star Luo territory and suspected Dugu Bo had misled them.
• Xue An and Su Xian reached Mo Cliff City and saw the Heaven Dou and Balak armies feasting together beneath white drapes and beside a red carpet.

Su Xian, Xue An, and Qian Renxue discovered that Nalan Tianqing’s supposedly besieged army was holding a wedding banquet instead of fighting the Star Luo Empire. Nalan Tianqing insisted he had been framed, and the arrival of a powerful Star Luo elder left Xue An demanding an explanation.

• Su Xian and Xue An saw the unexpected wedding celebration and wondered whether Nalan Tianqing had defected.
• Zhao Yuan’s cavalry formed a protective line as Nalan Tianqing rode toward them and knelt before Xue An.
• Nalan Tianqing and his Deputy General protested that they had never betrayed the Heaven Dou Empire and that appearances were misleading.
• Xue An demanded to know why a wedding banquet was taking place, but an elderly Star Luo figure arrived before Nalan Tianqing could explain.
• The old man boasted that the Star Luo Empire could have slaughtered Nalan Tianqing’s army, and Su Xian answered his mocking remark with a playful retort.

Su Xian learned why Xue An and Xu Lin held a grudge as the two old generals met during a wedding between their armies. After the wedding festivities began, Su Xian and Qian Renxue watched the moon together, where she danced beneath the stars.

• Xue An told Xue Qinghe to remember Xu Lin and seize any chance to humiliate him, then Xu Lin introduced himself to Su Xian.
• Xu Lin explained that he had stopped Nalan Tianqing from retaliating after realizing someone had framed him to provoke a war between the empires.
• Xu Lin revealed that Nalan Tianqing’s Deputy General had married a Star Luo female general who loved him, though Nalan Tianqing had also arranged the match to ease his army’s food shortage.
• After Xue An’s troops arrived, Xu Lin invited him to the wedding banquet, and Xue An dismounted and went with him.
• Su Xian rode away with Qian Renxue while Zhao Yuan explained the situation to Nan Gong Qiu and the arriving officers.
• Su Xian teased Qian Renxue about marrying, and she later danced gracefully beneath the moonlight.

Negotiations between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire over Mo Cliff City broke down when Su Xian and Xue An challenged the Star Luo side to fight. The challenge ended with Xu Lin’s forces poisoned by Dugu Bo, while Su Xian and Xue An taunted them from below the city walls.

• Xu Lin demanded an explanation for the Heaven Dou Empire’s army entering Star Luo territory, and Xue An claimed Mo Cliff City as Heaven Dou land.
• Dai Weisi argued that the Star Luo Empire had the stronger claim and deserved compensation for the invasion.
• Su Xian proposed settling the dispute through battle, and Xue An backed his challenge despite the others’ shock.
• Xu Lin accepted the challenge and led the Star Luo representatives away to prepare for a fight.
• Three minutes later, Su Xian and Xue An ate watermelon beneath Mo Cliff City while Xu Lin’s poisoned forces remained on the walls.

Xue An taunted Xu Lin after the Heaven Dou Empire secured its gains in Mo Cliff City, then led his army out to avoid a wider war. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong set aside reports of an unknown powerful Titled Douluo and prepared to hunt a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Xue An mocked Xu Lin over his defeat, and Xu Lin coughed up blood and collapsed in rage.
• Xue An led the Heaven Dou army out of Mo Cliff City, leaving the city’s ownership undecided.
• Su Xian urged Dugu Bo to loot the Star Luo Empire, but Dugu Bo stayed in camp because its imperial family might conceal a Titled Douluo.
• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong that an unknown Titled Douluo had toyed with him, and Chrysanthemum Douluo was shocked by the report.
• Bibi Dong sent Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo with her to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Su Xian tried to leave the army and travel with Qian Renxue, but Xue An refused to let him go because of the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest. Su Xian secretly escaped with Qian Renxue and set off toward Fasinuo Province.

• Su Xian told Xue An he had reached Soul Power level forty and wanted to leave the army to hunt Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xue An refused and offered to arrange a Soul Beast hunt near Heaven Dou City, then ordered Nan Gong Qiu to keep watch over Qinghe.
• Nan Gong Qiu stayed with Su Xian and Qian Renxue in their carriage, ignoring Su Xian's requests for privacy and assurances that he only wanted to travel.
• Su Xian left a letter, took Qian Renxue into the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and slipped away from the army.
• Su Xian and Qian Renxue headed southwest toward Fasinuo Province.

Su Xian and Qian Renxue were confronted by Bibi Dong, Ghost Douluo, and Yue Guan, but Bibi Dong left without attacking them. Suspecting they were heading to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Xiao Wu’s mother, Su Xian decided to follow and try to profit from the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Qian Renxue shielded Su Xian as Bibi Dong, Ghost Douluo, and Yue Guan confronted them.
• Bibi Dong questioned why Su Xian was away from the army, and he claimed it had returned victorious and he was traveling to experience common life.
• Bibi Dong decided not to attack Su Xian and flew away with Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan.
• Su Xian and Qian Renxue put on their Soul Guidance Masks and planned to head to Fasinuo Province.
• Su Xian suspected Bibi Dong was going to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Xiao Wu’s mother and decided to pursue the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for profit.