Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong showed Xiao Chen the rare metals she had found and tried to seduce him because she was jealous of Dugu Yan. When Prince Xue Xing’s Soul Saint aide arrived to take Xiao Chen away, Xiao Chen seized and broke his hand.

• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Chen she had found rare metals, and he noted that she, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing had all reached level forty.
• Ning Rongrong imitated Dugu Yan’s seductive manner and invited Xiao Chen to a hot spring, hoping to spend private time with him.
• Xiao Chen sensed Prince Xue Xing’s hidden aide nearby and called him out while Ning Rongrong raised her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to strengthen them both.
• The Soul Saint aide appeared and ordered Xiao Chen to come with him, but Xiao Chen grabbed and broke the man’s hand.

Xiao Chen captured the man who attacked him and learned Prince Xue Xing was behind the confrontation. He and Ning Rongrong went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xiao Chen confronted Xue Xing while Tang San remained a captive.

• Xiao Chen ordered the Golden Dragon Douluo to capture the fleeing Seven-ring Soul Saint, who confessed that Prince Xue Xing had sent him.
• Ning Rongrong grew furious and wanted to summon Gu Rong, but Xiao Chen said they would visit Prince Xue Xing before going to the hot spring.
• Prince Xue Xing tested Tang San’s Hidden Dragon Dart and claimed the credit for the weapon, while Tang San resented him and blamed Dai Mubai for failing to bring help.
• Xiao Chen and his companions arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xiao Chen sat on Prince Xue Xing’s throne and confronted him.
• Prince Xue Xing recognized the Titled Douluo from the auction house and warned him not to come closer.

Xiao Chen confronted Prince Xue Xing over Tang San’s kidnapping, while Tang San’s attempt to use their supposed closeness to his advantage failed. Prince Xue Xing summoned Dugu Bo to confront Xiao Chen, only for Dugu Bo to reveal that Xiao Chen was his future grandson-in-law.

• Xiao Chen had Golden Dragon Douluo throw the unconscious Soul Saint before Prince Xue Xing and asked if the man belonged to him.
• Tang San woke and claimed he and Xiao Chen were close, but Xiao Chen said Prince Xue Xing could use Tang San in exchange for a referral fee.
• Prince Xue Xing agreed to the deal, then had his men beat Tang San after Tang San cursed Xiao Chen.
• Dugu Bo arrived in poisonous mist, recognized Xiao Chen, and introduced him as his future grandson-in-law, stunning Prince Xue Xing.

Prince Xue Xing learned that Xiao Chen was Dugu Bo’s granddaughter’s husband and offered him enormous compensation to make amends. After Dugu Bo left, Xiao Chen proposed a deal to Prince Xue Xing, while Tang San resolved to win Titled Douluo’s descendants over to his side.

• Dugu Bo revealed that Xiao Chen was married to Dugu Yan, and Prince Xue Xing explained how Tang San had influenced him to summon Xiao Chen.
• Prince Xue Xing accepted responsibility and offered Xiao Chen compensation worth roughly a large city’s annual income, which Xiao Chen accepted.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Dugu Bo over his claim that Xiao Chen would marry Dugu Yan, but Dugu Bo ignored her and left.
• Prince Xue Xing berated his guards, deducted half a year of their salaries, and ordered them to apologize to Xiao Chen.
• Tang San resented Xiao Chen and vowed to win Titled Douluo’s sons and grandsons over to his side.
• Xiao Chen asked Prince Xue Xing about the matter he had wanted to discuss and proposed making a deal.

Xiao Chen negotiated an exchange with Prince Xue Xing, answering questions about Tang San and revealing his claimed Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan background and tournament ambitions. Prince Xue Xing offered him help and membership cards, and Xiao Chen left with Ning Rongrong to soak in a hot spring.

• Xiao Chen proposed answering three questions in exchange for special metals and future purchasing channels, and Prince Xue Xing agreed.
• Xiao Chen described Tang San's known relationships at several academies while omitting Tang Hao's identity and calling him a blacksmith.
• Xiao Chen revealed his dragon-type Martial Soul and claimed he belonged to an external branch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Chen said he had come to Heaven Dou City to compete in the upcoming tournament and complete his coming-of-age task, then kissed Ning Rongrong.
• Prince Xue Xing offered Xiao Chen assistance in Heaven Dou City and gave him several membership cards.
• Xiao Chen accepted the cards and left with Ning Rongrong to soak in a hot spring.

Xiao Chen and Ning Rongrong visited Prince Xue Xing’s Heaven Dou Noble Club, where Ning Rongrong drove off the women drawn by Xiao Chen’s highest-grade Gold Card. They reached the club’s golden hot spring, and Xiao Chen prepared Enhancement Fluid and a water bed as they settled in together.

• Xiao Chen and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Heaven Dou Noble Club with the highest-grade Gold Card Prince Xue Xing had given him.
• The club’s beauties rushed to court Xiao Chen, but Ning Rongrong summoned her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and made them stand aside.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Chen that she could introduce him to younger women from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if his clan needed heirs.
• Xiao Chen and Ning Rongrong reached a golden hot spring, where Xiao Chen took out Enhancement Fluid and a white jade water bed.
• Ning Rongrong entered the spring and called Xiao Chen over.

Xiao Chen and Ning Rongrong enjoyed themselves on a water bed before returning to Blue Tyrant Academy. There, Tailong warned Xiao Chen that Tai Tan, the Strength Clan leader, was waiting to confront him.

• Xiao Chen arranged Ning Rongrong on the water bed, and she agreed to try his chosen position and hairstyle.
• Xiao Chen and Ning Rongrong played together on the bouncing water bed until Ning Rongrong was exhausted, and she decided she wanted Xiao Wu and the others to try it too.
• Taino and Tailong told Tai Tan that Xiao Chen had defeated them and offered Tailong an Immortal Herb that could raise his Soul Power to level 40.
• Tai Tan ordered Tailong to wait at Blue Tyrant Academy for Xiao Chen and said Taino could join them after waking.
• Xiao Chen returned to Blue Tyrant Academy carrying Ning Rongrong, and Tailong warned him to run before Tai Tan arrived.

Xiao Chen stayed to face Tai Tan after Tai Tan arrived to defend Taino and Tailong, while a hidden quest tasked him with subduing the Four Great Single Attribute Families. Tai Tan wagered that if Xiao Chen forced him back within three soul skills, he would become Xiao Chen’s guard; if Xiao Chen lost, he would marry into the Strength Clan.

• Xiao Chen sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to take Ning Rongrong back to rest and called Ye Lingling over to accompany him.
• Taino arrived, tried to flee, and stayed when Xiao Chen ordered him not to move.
• The system gave Xiao Chen a hidden quest to subdue the Four Great Single Attribute Families, rewarding him for each family and for completing the whole quest.
• Tai Tan confronted Xiao Chen over his son and grandson, and Xiao Chen revealed his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and accepted the challenge.
• Tai Tan offered to become Xiao Chen’s guard if Xiao Chen forced him back using at most three soul skills, but said Xiao Chen would have to marry a Strength Clan girl if he lost.
• Tai Tan had Taino carried away before turning back to ask Xiao Chen what he thought of the wager.

Xiao Chen fought Tai Tan in a wagered battle and used his soul skills and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan token to overwhelm the Eight-ring Spirit Douluo. Tai Tan was driven to his knees, leaving Xiao Chen the victor.

• Xiao Chen accepted Tai Tan's challenge, and the two faced off before the assembled onlookers.
• Tai Tan unleashed three later soul skills, but Xiao Chen released his God-Slaying Sword and matched his aura.
• Xiao Chen's Dragon King lightning and sword qi wounded Tai Tan, who used Soul Power to defend himself and charged in.
• Xiao Chen trapped Tai Tan in a Dragon Might Cage, then combined a golden dragon attack with the Dragon King phantom wielding the clan token.
• Xiao Chen kicked Tai Tan to the ground, and Tai Tan's knees struck the earth as the crowd fell silent.
• Xiao Chen told Tai Tan that he had lost.

Xiao Chen defeated Tai Tan and made him swear to follow him for ten years, then ordered Tailong to deal with Tang San. After drawing a Phoenix Spirit Spring card that could cure the Min Clan's Martial Soul curse, Xiao Chen prepared to visit the clan.

• Tai Tan accepted his defeat and agreed to follow Xiao Chen for ten years, earning Xiao Chen three lottery draws.
• Tang San reacted in disbelief to Xiao Chen's strength, while royal guards kept his broken leg from healing.
• Xiao Chen told the Strength Clan men to handle Tang San, and Tailong and his lackeys beat him before throwing him out of Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Xiao Chen used the Eye of Truth to observe Tang San's beating, then began three lottery draws.
• Xiao Chen drew a Phoenix Spirit Spring card that could cure the curse in Bird Type Martial Souls, and decided to visit the Min Clan.

Xiao Chen used a role-playing game to entertain himself with Ye Lingling, then gathered Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan to provide their Fourth Soul Rings. He revealed they would not need to visit the Star Dou Forest because he could give them the rings himself.

• Xiao Chen drew two ten-thousand-year Soul Ring gift packs suited to Cat Martial Souls and tower-type Support Martial Souls.
• Xiao Chen gave Ye Lingling a costume and script, and they acted out a wager in which she tried to persuade him to abandon evil.
• Xiao Chen left Ye Lingling resting and went to see Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan, who had grown close after reconciling.
• Xiao Chen told the four girls that they had reached level 40 and could obtain their Fourth Soul Rings.
• Xiao Chen said he could give them Soul Rings without taking them to the Star Dou Forest, surprising the three girls and relieving Xiao Wu.

Xiao Chen gave ten-thousand-year Soul Rings to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then sent Dugu Yan to contact Bai Chenxiang. Bai Chenxiang eagerly set out to meet him, while Dugu Bo stopped Bai He from interfering.

• Xiao Chen used two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and told Xiao Wu they had come from enemies who attacked first.
• Xiao Chen gave the Soul Rings to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who began absorbing them while he stayed nearby to watch over them.
• Xiao Chen asked Dugu Yan to contact Bai Chenxiang, and Dugu Yan left with Dugu Bo for the Speed Clan.
• Dugu Yan told Bai Chenxiang that Xiao Chen liked her and urged her to become stronger; Bai Chenxiang hurried off to meet him and ran into a wall.
• Bai He tried to stop Bai Chenxiang, but Dugu Bo blocked him with a wall of poison and told him not to interfere.

Dugu Bo advised Bai He about Xiao Chen and the Speed Clan’s possible future ties to him. Bai Chenxiang came to meet Xiao Chen but was startled by what she saw, and Xiao Wu pulled her back into the room.

• Dugu Bo told Bai He about Xiao Chen’s abilities and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s growing strength, persuading Bai He that his granddaughter’s interest in Xiao Chen could benefit the Speed Clan.
• Bai He decided not to commit the entire Speed Clan to one side but planned to send outstanding clan members to help Xiao Chen’s branch after Bai Chenxiang married him.
• Xiao Chen went with Xiao Wu to another dormitory room while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed their Soul Rings elsewhere.
• Dugu Yan brought Bai Chenxiang to meet Xiao Chen and encouraged her to be proactive, but Bai Chenxiang froze at the doorway and backed out after seeing Xiao Wu with Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Wu teased Bai Chenxiang about what she had noticed, then pulled her back into the room.

Xiao Chen set out to resolve Bai Chenxiang’s Wind Chime Bird Martial Soul problem and used a special card to strengthen it. The chapter ended as the card’s power flowed into Bai Chenxiang while she blushed under his hands.

• Xiao Wu teased Bai Chenxiang and pulled her into her arms before Xiao Chen reminded her they had business to handle.
• Xiao Chen welcomed Bai Chenxiang as family and promised to help her and the Min Clan with their Martial Soul problems.
• Bai Chenxiang worried that she had done nothing to earn his help, so Xiao Chen kissed her and told her he owed her instead.
• Xiao Chen asked Bai Chenxiang to expose her back, and she agreed to trust him and removed her top while covering her chest.
• Xiao Chen used a Bird Type Beast Martial Soul Limit Breakthrough Card, sending its power through his hands to strengthen Bai Chenxiang’s Wind Chime Bird Martial Soul.

Xiao Chen helped Bai Chenxiang endure the pain of breaking through her Martial Soul's limits, restoring her strength with medicinal liquid as she neared collapse. Bai He's arrival interrupted the others' wait, and he rushed toward the room after Bai Chenxiang's aura surged with a phoenix-like cry, only to be stopped by a silver figure.

• Bai Chenxiang endured the painful transformation until she was about to lose consciousness, and Xiao Chen restored her strength by kissing her and giving her medicinal liquid.
• Dugu Yan noticed Bai He arriving and warned him not to disturb Bai Chenxiang while Xiao Chen helped correct her Martial Soul's defect.
• Bai He sensed Bai Chenxiang's aura decline and grew anxious, while Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo watched and waited.
• Bai Chenxiang's aura suddenly surged after a phoenix-like bird cry sounded from inside the room, and Bai He hurried toward the door.
• A silver figure appeared in front of Bai He as he approached the crack in the door.

Bai Chenxiang emerged with her Martial Soul transformed into a wind-attribute White Phoenix and her Soul Power raised to level 40, while Bai He met Xiao Chen and approved of their relationship. Bai He offered Xiao Chen the Min Clan Scout Token and proposed sending a hundred female disciples to assist him.

• The Silver Dragon Douluo stopped Bai He from entering until Xiao Chen gave permission, and Dugu Bo praised Xiao Chen’s powerful guards.
• Bai Chenxiang rushed out to greet Bai He after her Martial Soul evolved, and she explained that it was now called the White Phoenix.
• Bai Chenxiang embraced Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen introduced himself to Bai He and said he would take good care of her.
• Bai He decided he was satisfied with Xiao Chen as a match for Bai Chenxiang and presented him with the Min Clan Scout Token.
• Bai He offered to send a hundred female Min Clan disciples to help Xiao Chen manage his affairs and gather intelligence.

Xiao Chen promised Bai He an advance betrothal gift by offering to address the Speed Clan’s Martial Soul limitations, while Bai Chenxiang agreed to marry into his household. Later, Xiao Chen went to Liu Erlong’s dormitory, where she emerged from her bath and offered him dessert before dinner.

• Bai He offered Bai Chenxiang as Xiao Chen’s prospective bride, and Xiao Chen agreed to marry her when the time was right.
• Xiao Chen promised to help the Speed Clan overcome its Martial Soul limitations and asked Bai He to bring clan members for tests the next morning.
• Dugu Bo took Bai He aside to discuss their granddaughters’ ties to Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen returned to his room with Bai Chenxiang and kissed her while saying he would help her become more familiar with her Martial Soul.
• After spending the evening with Xiao Wu and the other girls, Xiao Chen went to Liu Erlong’s dormitory and began preparing her a late-night meal.
• Liu Erlong left her bath and offered Xiao Chen dessert before dinner.

Xiao Chen and Liu Erlong shared grilled meat, and Liu Erlong tested whether he would respect her boundaries before giving him the reward she had promised. Afterward, she suggested rewarding him again if he defeated her ten more times, leaving them eager to meet again.

• Liu Erlong came out wearing only a bath towel and praised Xiao Chen’s grilled meat after eating it.
• Liu Erlong offered to reward Xiao Chen, then pretended to postpone it to see whether he would pressure her; Xiao Chen stayed calm.
• Liu Erlong realized Xiao Chen would not touch her unless she was willing and gave him the promised reward with her Crimson Dragon Martial Soul released.
• Liu Erlong said she would reward Xiao Chen again after he defeated her ten more times, and they agreed to meet another day.

Xiao Chen welcomed Bai He and a hundred young women from the Min Clan, then revealed the Phoenix Spirit Spring as the solution to their Martial Soul problem. The spring’s powerful Phoenix bloodline pressure overwhelmed the visitors, and Xiao Chen left them waiting to see what it could do.

• Xiao Chen woke beside Ye Lingling and said she could move to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after the tournament.
• Xiao Chen ordered Silver Dragon Douluo to keep strangers away from the dormitory building.
• Bai He arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with a hundred young women from the Min Clan and spoke with Dugu Bo, who was working as a security guard.
• Xiao Chen accepted the women and used the Phoenix Spirit Spring card, whose white radiance forced the Min Clan visitors to their knees.
• Xiao Chen revealed that the Phoenix Spirit Spring would resolve the Min Clan’s Martial Soul problem.

Xiao Chen introduced Bai He and the Min Clan to the Phoenix Spirit Spring, which could strengthen their Martial Souls and bloodlines. After seeing its effects firsthand, Bai He accepted a yearly allotment and drank the portion Xiao Chen had set aside for him.

• Xiao Chen explained the Phoenix Spirit Spring’s effects to Bai He and the Min Clan, while Dugu Bo marveled at the treasure and chose to remain by Xiao Chen’s side.
• Bai He selected a dozen talented Min Clan women, who drank from the spring and released Sharp-tailed Swallow Martial Souls strengthened by its power.
• The women knelt to thank Xiao Chen after Bai He confirmed that the spring had improved their Martial Souls.
• Xiao Chen gave Bai He a bottle of Phoenix Spirit Spring as the Min Clan’s yearly allotment and said another batch would be available the following year.
• Xiao Chen told Bai He that his portion was Chen Xiang’s filial devotion and a promise he had made, so Bai He accepted it and drank it.