Chapter Summaries

Dai Weisi reassured his parents about absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and explained why he had bought Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber. He then demonstrated a powerful, inexpensive Hand Grenade and revealed that he had invented it and brought the Blacksmiths' Association under his command, leaving Dai Pojun and Zhu Yaqin stunned.

• Zhu Yaqin worried over Dai Weisi's dangerous Soul Ring and teased him about Zhu Zhuyun, while Dai Pojun questioned his purchase of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber.
• Dai Weisi explained the rubber's benefits, then led his parents to the rear garden to show them something from Gengxin City.
• Dai Weisi detonated a Hand Grenade, damaging Zhu Yaqin's garden and impressing Dai Pojun with its destructive power.
• Dai Weisi said the Hand Grenade could be mass-produced for under five Gold Soul Coins and explained that Master Lou Gao relied on his Black Powder to make them.
• Dai Weisi revealed that he had invented the Hand Grenade and brought the Blacksmiths' Association under his command, astonishing Dai Pojun and Zhu Yaqin.

Dai Pojun renamed the Blacksmiths' Association the Star Luo Royal Blacksmiths' Association and elevated blacksmiths’ status, enabling Dai Weisi and Lou Gao to expand secret firearm production. The chapter ends with Bibi Dong asking Yue Guan and Gui Mei why the Star Luo Emperor is recruiting blacksmiths instead of Soul Masters.

• Dai Pojun agreed to improve blacksmiths’ status and recruit blacksmiths to manufacture Hand Grenades for the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Weisi visited Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, then returned home to cultivate toward Soul Power level fifty.
• Dai Pojun and Empress Zhu Yaqin traveled to Gengxin City, where Dai Pojun renamed the Blacksmiths' Association and announced new titles and benefits for blacksmiths.
• Commoners across the continent took up forging, and within half a year the Star Luo Empire had gained thousands of titled blacksmiths.
• Lou Gao and Dai Weisi developed firearms in a guarded secret base, where production exceeded fifty thousand Hand Grenades and expanded to Land Mines.
• Bibi Dong questioned Yue Guan and Gui Mei about why Dai Pojun was recruiting blacksmiths rather than Soul Masters.

Gui Mei and Yue Guan suspected the Star Luo Empire’s recruitment of blacksmiths was a scheme to expand its army, but Bibi Dong warned that Spirit Hall would act if it did. A year and a half later, Dai Weisi tested his new Self-Created Soul Skill against Li Hu during a spar.

• Gui Mei and Yue Guan reasoned that the Star Luo Empire was recruiting blacksmiths to forge weapons and strengthen its army, while Bibi Dong warned Emperor Dai Weisi not to expand his forces.
• A year and a half passed, and twenty-year-old Dai Weisi reached Level 48 Soul Ancestor after two years of cultivation and work developing firearms and a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Dai Weisi asked Li Hu to use his full strength, and Li Hu activated his Martial Soul Avatar to face the attack.
• Dai Weisi unleashed Aurora Divine Wind Claw, forcing Li Hu back with a barrage of powerful strikes.
• Dai Weisi explained that he had learned the technique from Jin Tiezhu’s example after he could not master Tiger King’s speed-based Storm Nebula Split.

Dai Weisi celebrated Zhu Zhuyun reaching level forty and accompanied her and Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Zhu Zhuyun’s fourth Soul Ring. After entering the forest, Zhu Zhuyun explained that she hoped for a powerful offensive or enhancement-type ability.

• Dai Weisi demonstrated Aurora Divine Wind Claw, and Li Hu praised its strength.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi she had reached level forty, while Zhu Zhuqing had reached level twenty-seven.
• Dai Weisi, the Zhu sisters, Li Hu, and Lin Qiuyang traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Zhu Zhuyun a suitable Soul Ring.
• The group entered the forest’s depths and began searching for spirit beasts.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi she wanted an offensive or enhancement-type fourth spirit ability.

Dai Weisi’s group found a Netherworld Wolf pack, and Zhu Zhuyun chose its six-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Wolf King as her next spirit beast. Dai Weisi used Lou Gao’s new Repeating Flintlock Gun to kill the pack while Lin Qiuyang subdued the Wolf King, leaving Zhu Zhuyun to absorb its Soul Ring.

• Dai Weisi’s group encountered fifteen Netherworld Wolves, and Zhu Zhuyun chose the Netherworld Wolf King for her Soul Ring.
• Lin Qiuyang charged the Wolf King while Li Hu offered to handle the pack, but Dai Weisi used his Repeating Flintlock Gun to shoot the wolves.
• Dai Weisi explained that Lou Gao had developed the six-barrel repeating gun, then killed the remaining wolves with guns stored in his Soul Guidance Ring.
• Li Hu collected the wolf corpses, and Lin Qiuyang subdued the Netherworld Wolf King and brought it to Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun killed the unconscious Wolf King and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.

Zhu Zhuyun successfully absorbed the Netherworld Wolf King’s soul ring and gained a fourth soul skill. On the journey back to Star Luo City, Dai Weisi stopped a fleeing Seven-Colored Deer and recognized Qin Ming and Dugu Yan among those who asked him to spare it.

• Zhu Zhuyun absorbed the Netherworld Wolf King’s soul ring, reached level forty-one, and gained the fourth soul skill Netherworld Possession.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to absorb a soul ring beyond her level when she reached level thirty, and Dai Weisi teased her and Zhu Zhuyun.
• The group boarded a carriage for Star Luo City and encountered a Seven-Colored Deer fleeing toward them.
• Dai Weisi leapt from the carriage and used White Tiger Howl to the Heavens, leaving the deer badly injured but rapidly healing.
• Dai Weisi prepared to kill the deer when Qin Ming and seven other soul masters arrived and asked him to spare it.
• Dai Weisi recognized Qin Ming as a teacher from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and identified the young woman beside him as Dugu Yan.

Dai Weisi encountered Heaven Dou Royal Academy's First Team while holding the Seven-Colored Deer they needed for Ye Lingling's Third Soul Ring. After revealing his Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring, he returned the deer in exchange for its hide, and Qin Ming warned his students that Dai Weisi would be a major opponent in the Spirit Master Tournament.

• Dai Weisi recognized Qin Ming, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling as members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's First Team and realized the Seven-Colored Deer suited Ye Lingling.
• Qin Ming and the team were shocked when they saw Dai Weisi's Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring, then asked him to return the deer they had pursued.
• Li Hu reprimanded Yu Tianheng for insulting Dai Weisi, and Qin Ming recognized the Star Luo Empire's First Prince and offered Gold Soul Coins for the deer.
• Dai Weisi returned the Seven-Colored Deer on the condition that its hide be given to him, and Ye Lingling absorbed its soul ring as her Third Soul Ring.
• Qin Ming told Yu Tianheng that Dai Weisi and Star Luo Imperial Academy would be major opponents in the Spirit Master Tournament three years later.

Dai Weisi watched Ye Lingling finish absorbing her soul ring, then accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge and revealed his overwhelming strength. As Dai Weisi prepared to face Yu Tianheng and the others, Qin Ming ordered them to attack together.

• Qin Ming told Yu Tianheng that Dai Weisi could defeat all seven of them and might become an even greater opponent than Spirit Hall.
• Ye Lingling completed her soul-ring absorption, reached level thirty-one, and received the Seven-Colored Deer hide from Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi agreed to Yu Tianheng’s challenge and said he would lead Star Luo Imperial Academy in the tournament three years later.
• Dai Weisi challenged all seven members of Yu Tianheng’s team, then revealed his level-forty-eight Soul Ancestor rank and four Soul Rings.
• Qin Ming recognized that Yu Tianheng could not defeat Dai Weisi alone and ordered Dugu Yan and the others to attack together.

Dai Weisi sparred with Yu Tianheng and defeated him with his Self-Created Soul Skill, Aurora Divine Wind Claw. As the Royal Fight Team charged him together, Dai Weisi activated his fourth soul skill, White Tiger Howl to the Heavens.

• Dugu Yan questioned whether it was appropriate for everyone to fight Dai Weisi at once, but Qin Ming encouraged the spar.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Dai Weisi with Thunder Dragon Claw and his Dragon Transformation, but Dai Weisi's White Tiger Barrier blocked every strike.
• Dai Weisi countered with Aurora Divine Wind Claw and sent Yu Tianheng flying into a tree.
• Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan organized the Royal Fight Team to attack Dai Weisi together.
• Yu Tianheng led the group in a charge, and Dai Weisi activated White Tiger Howl to the Heavens.

Dai Weisi defeated Yu Tianheng’s group in a sparring match and warned Qin Ming that Dugu Yan was suffering from poison. He left for Star Luo City after urging Qin Ming to notify Dugu Bo before the poison reached her organs and bone marrow.

• Dai Weisi used White Tiger Howl to the Heavens to bring Yu Tianheng and the others to their knees, then helped them up and declared his victory.
• Yu Tianheng admitted defeat but vowed to challenge Dai Weisi again in three years, and Dai Weisi reminded him that the next match would be seven against seven.
• Ye Lingling healed the group while they recovered, and Dai Weisi asked Qin Ming about Dugu Yan’s connection to Dugu Bo.
• Dai Weisi told Qin Ming that Dugu Yan was deeply poisoned and urged him to alert Dugu Bo before the poison spread further.
• Qin Ming thanked Dai Weisi, who boarded his carriage and returned to Star Luo City.

After Dai Weisi defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team, Qin Ming encouraged his students to train against Dai Weisi’s White Tiger Howl to the Heavens and warned Dugu Yan to have her possible poisoning checked. Dai Weisi returned to Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, where three of Zhu Zhuyun’s teammates welcomed them and showed their admiration for Dai Weisi, upsetting Zhu Zhuyun.

• Qin Ming told the dejected Yu Tianheng and the others to learn from their defeat, then promised special training to help them counter Dai Weisi’s White Tiger Howl to the Heavens.
• Qin Ming warned Dugu Yan that Dai Weisi believed poison had entered her muscles and urged her to ask her grandfather to check her.
• After a week of travel, Dai Weisi returned to Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, where Dong Hui, Yang Mingxin, and Tang Hongning greeted them.
• Zhu Zhuyun described her new Fourth Soul Ability, and her teammates celebrated the team’s prospects for the Spirit Master Tournament.
• Tang Hongning, Dong Hui, and Yang Mingxin openly admired Dai Weisi, leaving Zhu Zhuyun jealous and suspicious of her friends.

Dai Weisi and his companions attended the Star Luo Auction House after learning that a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was among the lots. He bid on a rare venom-compressing torso bone, hoping to use it to cure Dugu Bo and gain his favor.

• Dong Hui told Dai Weisi that the auction’s final lot was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Dai Weisi decided to attend with Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Qing, and the others.
• Dai Weisi hosted a hot-pot dinner before the group went to the Star Luo Auction House, where they received VIP seats using the Star Luo Royal Token.
• Hong Lian opened the auction with a pair of enslaved twin sisters, whom a wealthy middle-aged man bought for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins; Dai Weisi did not bid.
• Dai Weisi ignored most of the lots but opened his eyes when Hong Lian presented a twenty-thousand-year Venom Compression Torso Bone.
• Dai Weisi bid six million Gold Soul Coins for the torso bone, intending to use its ability to cure Dugu Bo’s toxins and potentially win his friendship or recruit him.

Dai Weisi won a poisonous ten-thousand-year soul bone for twenty million Gold Soul Coins after invoking his status as Star Luo’s eldest prince. The auction then unveiled a six-year-old girl with level 9 Innate Soul Power and an unusual Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit, and Dai Weisi bid to buy her for the empire.

• Dai Weisi bid twenty million Gold Soul Coins for the soul bone, used his Evil Eyed White Tiger Possession to silence further bidders, and took it back to his private room.
• Dai Weisi planned to use the soul bone to obtain Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then learned that the soul bone was not the auction’s final item.
• Hong Lian revealed a wounded six-year-old girl in a cage and announced that she had level 9 Innate Soul Power and a Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit.
• Dai Weisi bid six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the girl, telling Zhu Zhuyun that he intended to nurture her into a Titled Douluo for Star Luo.

Dai Weisi bought Anna at auction and brought her to the Prince Residence, where he discovered her level 9 Innate Soul Power and unusual Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit. After learning that her village had generations of Plant-based Martial Spirits, he concluded that her Martial Spirit was a mutation—the Plant King.

• Dai Weisi outbid the other guests and bought Anna for six hundred thousand, then stopped the Auction House staff member from forcing her to kneel.
• Dai Weisi introduced himself to Anna, reassured her, and took her home with Zhu Zhuyun and the others.
• At the Prince Residence, Dai Weisi told Li Hu that Anna had level 9 Innate Soul Power and asked him to gather books about Plant-based Martial Spirits.
• The next morning, Anna released her Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit in the garden, drawing nearby plants toward her.
• Anna told Dai Weisi that her parents and everyone in her village had Plant-based Martial Spirits, leading him to conclude that the Hundred Herbs was a mutated Plant King.

Dai Weisi explained Martial Souls and Spirit Master cultivation to Anna, then began training and nourishing her after deciding she was best suited to the Control System. Anna ended the chapter meditating after swallowing a piece of Whale Rubber, despite her doubts about eating it.

• Dai Weisi explained Beast Souls, Tool Spirits, and Spirit Master types, and advised Anna to develop her Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit toward the Control System.
• Dai Weisi gave Anna the Star Luo Royal Family's Meditation Technique and guided her as she quickly learned to cultivate Soul Power.
• Dai Weisi ordered Li Hu to prepare soul beast meat for Anna and buy low-year Whale Rubber so she could build up to handling its energy.
• Anna ate the lavish meal and cried because it was the best food she had ever tasted, then vowed to become a Titled Douluo and repay Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi roasted a piece of fifty-year Whale Rubber and gave it to Anna, who swallowed it and began meditating to refine its energy.

Dai Weisi strengthened Anna with nourishing food, whale rubber, and a gradual exercise regimen while preparing her to absorb a stronger first soul ring. Back at the Dugu estate, Dugu Bo learned that Dugu Yan might be poisoned and decided to seek Dai Weisi’s help.

• Anna refined whale rubber, noticed her soul power cultivation improve, and began a week of intensive cultivation and nourishing meals under Dai Weisi’s care.
• After Anna grew stronger, Dai Weisi started her on gradually increasing physical training to prepare her body for future soul rings.
• Dugu Yan returned to the Dugu estate and waited for Dugu Bo, who came home after being away for two weeks.
• Dugu Bo sensed that Dugu Yan had reached level thirty-six, and she asked him to check whether she had been poisoned.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Dai Weisi had identified her poisoning, prompting Dugu Bo to decide to find Dai Weisi and ask whether he could save her.

Dai Weisi took Anna to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a plant-type soul beast for her first soul ring after she reached Level 10. Li Hu identified a nearly seven-hundred-year Bloodthirsty Vine, leaving them poised to decide how to handle it.

• Dugu Bo reassured Dugu Yan that she was healthy, then left for the Star Luo Empire.
• Anna broke through to Level 10, and Dai Weisi decided to take her to the Star Dou Great Forest for her first soul ring.
• Dai Weisi, Anna, and Li Hu traveled for a week and entered the forest, where Dai Weisi warned Anna about its dangers.
• Dai Weisi killed a ten-year Soft Bone Rabbit and explained how soul rings were drawn in, then the group continued searching after lunch.
• Dai Weisi found a blood-red vine parasitizing a towering tree, and Li Hu identified it as a Bloodthirsty Vine with cultivation close to seven hundred years.

Anna absorbed a nearly seven-hundred-year Bloodthirsty Vine Soul Ring and became a Soul Master. She discovered that her First Spirit Ability could drain plant essence to increase her soul power, while Dai Weisi praised its potential.

• Dai Weisi chose a nearly seven-hundred-year Bloodthirsty Vine as Anna’s first Soul Ring despite its age, and Anna agreed to attempt the absorption.
• Li Hu pulled the Bloodthirsty Vine from a tree, and Anna cut it into pieces to form its Soul Ring.
• Anna endured the Soul Ring’s energy and successfully absorbed it, reaching Level 13.
• Anna demonstrated Bloodthirsty Entanglement, which transformed her Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit into barbed vines that drained a tree’s essence and converted it into soul power.
• Anna explained that her ability could absorb plant essence and plant-type soul beast soul power, and Dai Weisi celebrated its usefulness for her growth.

Anna demonstrated that her Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit could store plant essence and use it to nourish other plants, then rapidly increased her Soul Power by absorbing Blue Silver Grass. Dai Weisi planned to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone for her, while Dugu Bo arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace to discuss an important matter.

• Anna drained plant essence from one tree and transferred it to another, impressing Dai Weisi with the ability’s potential to grow crops and strengthen the empire.
• Dai Weisi praised Anna and took her into the forest, where she absorbed plant essence and then Soul Power from Blue Silver Grass.
• Anna reached Soul Power level fourteen after absorbing a hundred-year Blue Silver Grass, and Dai Weisi considered taking her to the Blue Silver Forest and securing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone for her.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, where Dai Pojun and Zhu Yaqin confronted him amid Imperial Guards and Black-Clothed Death Soldiers.

Dugu Bo visited the Star Luo Imperial Palace and asked to meet Dai Weisi, claiming he wanted to exchange insights after Dai Weisi had guided his granddaughter. Dai Weisi was away in the Star Dou Great Forest, so Dugu Bo agreed to wait while the royal family learned why he had come.

• Dai Pojun and Zhu Yaqin prepared to face Dugu Bo with their black-clothed death soldiers until Dai Tianxing and Zhu Lingyun arrived.
• Dai Tianxing and Zhu Lingyun revealed their Hell White Tiger, then heard Dugu Bo ask to meet their grandson, Dai Weisi.
• Dai Tianxing ordered Dai Pojun to summon Dai Weisi, but Dai Pojun reported that Weisi had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Pojun arranged for Dugu Bo to stay in the palace, and Zhu Lingyun suggested asking Zhu Zhuyun what had happened.
• Zhu Zhuyun explained that Dai Weisi had defeated Dugu Yan and seven others in a spar, reassuring Dai Pojun that Dugu Bo was unlikely to seek revenge.