Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo explained how Illusion Rabbits trapped people in vivid illusions and described how to resist or help someone escape them. As sunset approached, he realized he had forgotten to visit the market for medicinal herbs and sent the young men on their way.

• Dugu Bo described how Illusion Rabbits released a scent that caused people nearby to experience individual illusions of their desires or fears.
• Dugu Bo explained that willpower and Soul Power could help someone resist an illusion, then recounted escaping one that showed him a storehouse of rare poisons.
• Dugu Bo warned that an Illusion Rabbit could trap a whole group and explained where they lived and how others might try to wake someone caught in an illusion.
• Dugu Bo noticed the setting sun, remembered his planned market trip for medicinal herbs, and dismissed the young men, who thanked him and left.

Dugu Bo learned about the Ghost Market and heard that its Main Hall would host an auction featuring a rare herb useful for poisons or antidotes. After discovering that buyers could be attacked once they left the hall, he remained intrigued and prepared to investigate.

• An old man told Dugu Bo about the secretive Ghost Market and directed him to its northeastern corner after midnight.
• Dugu Bo spent the afternoon searching for materials, then stopped at a restaurant to buy dinner for Zhuge Lan and Su Biluo.
• Dugu Bo overheard two masked patrons discuss the Ghost Market Main Hall’s annual auction and its rare herb.
• The patrons explained that at least five Titled Douluo would protect auction winners inside the Main Hall, but buyers could be ambushed after leaving.
• Dugu Bo grew more interested in the dangerous auction as the waiter brought his food.

Dugu Bo overheard rumors that the Ghost Market had supplied Zhuge Lan’s strange treasures and returned to question him. Zhuge Lan denied knowing about the market, leaving Dugu Bo suspicious as he asked what the Ghost Market was.

• Dugu Bo overheard two men describe the Ghost Market’s annual auction, its rare treasures, and its powerful weapons and manuals.
• Dugu Bo wondered whether Zhuge Lan had obtained his strange treasures at the Ghost Market, then left the restaurant with dinner for Zhuge Lan and Su Biluo.
• Dugu Bo confronted Zhuge Lan about the Ghost Market and the origin of his treasures.
• Zhuge Lan denied knowing about the Ghost Market and claimed he had acquired his treasures by chance.
• Zhuge Lan distracted Dugu Bo by feeding Su Biluo and asked him what the Ghost Market was.

Dugu Bo planned to visit the Ghost Market for its auction, and Zhuge Lan persuaded Su Biluo to let him go despite her injury. After agreeing to her safety conditions, Zhuge Lan set off with Dugu Bo, eager to explore the market.

• Dugu Bo told Zhuge Lan about the Ghost Market and said he planned to attend its auction that night.
• Zhuge Lan asked to go along, but Dugu Bo objected because Su Biluo needed someone to care for her.
• Su Biluo teased Zhuge Lan and refused to let him go, while he pleaded and offered her his favorite doll.
• Su Biluo agreed to let Zhuge Lan go if he stayed near Dugu Bo, consulted him before acting, and put his safety first.
• Zhuge Lan packed his things, promised to return with treasures and stories, and left for the Ghost Market with Dugu Bo.

Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo searched the northeastern corner of town for the Ghost Market and found its guarded entrance, where visitors had to pay 50 Gold Soul Coins. As they watched a burly man refuse the fee and challenge the guards, a fight began at the entrance.

• Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo headed northeast while discussing the Ghost Market’s treasures and the need to stay cautious.
• They noticed the wary, hooded crowd, put on masks, and followed the people toward an alley they believed was the entrance.
• They found three guards collecting a 50 Gold Soul Coin entrance fee and saw visitors pay in line.
• A burly man charged toward the entrance without paying, and the collector warned him to follow the rules.
• Two guards blocked the burly man, but he punched at one of them and declared that he would break the Ghost Market’s rules.

Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan entered the Ghost Market after witnessing its gatekeepers brutally punish a man who broke the rules. Inside, they found rare goods for sale and began bargaining over a bundle of herbs.

• Two gatekeepers beat the burly man until his legs broke, then dragged him out and left him by the roadside.
• Dugu Bo paid the entry fee after Zhuge Lan asked for a cheaper family ticket, then scolded him for risking trouble.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan walked through the dim alley and emerged into the bustling Ghost Market plaza.
• Zhuge Lan noticed rare herbs at a stall, and Dugu Bo agreed they might be useful.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan bargained with the middle-aged vendor, who agreed to sell them the herbs for 150 Gold Soul Coins.

Dugu Bo thought he had bought valuable Spirit Accumulation Grass cheaply at the Ghost Market, but discovered the bundle was mostly weeds. He returned to confront the middle-aged seller, only to find her stall empty.

• Dugu Bo paid the middle-aged woman 150 Gold Soul Coins for a bundle of herbs and hurried away with Zhuge Lan.
• Dugu Bo explained the Spirit Accumulation Grass’s rarity and cultivation benefits as Zhuge Lan asked about it.
• Dugu Bo opened the bundle and found that only the top layers contained real herbs; the rest were weeds.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan returned to the stall, but the middle-aged woman had already left.
• Dugu Bo angrily lamented losing 150 Gold Soul Coins while Zhuge Lan teased him and urged him to accept the loss.

After losing the middle-aged woman in the Ghost Market, Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan resumed searching and found a pair of Scorpion Pincers Soul Bones needed for Spirit Hall's poison recipe. Dugu Bo tried to negotiate for them, but the stall owner demanded five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan questioned nearby stall owners about the missing middle-aged woman but found no clues.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan resumed searching the Ghost Market and discovered a pair of purple Scorpion Pincers Soul Bones at a stall.
• Dugu Bo recognized the Soul Bones as a material required by the poison recipe he had obtained from Spirit Hall.
• The masked stall owner refused to explain where the Soul Bones came from, and Dugu Bo stopped Zhuge Lan from provoking him.
• The stall owner demanded five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Bones, leaving Dugu Bo taken aback by the price.

Dugu Bo bought a rare Scorpion Pincers Soul Bone in the Ghost Market, then refused to sell it to three men who tried to outbid and threaten him. After recognizing him as Poison Douluo, the men backed down, and Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan continued toward the auction.

• Dugu Bo paid five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Scorpion Pincers Soul Bone.
• Three men arrived and demanded the Soul Bone, offering Dugu Bo more money when they learned he had bought it.
• Dugu Bo refused to sell, and Zhuge Lan stepped in when one of the men threatened them.
• Dugu Bo revealed his identity as Poison Douluo, causing the three men to abandon their demand and leave.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan set off for the auction, while Dugu Bo worried he had spent too much money.

Zhuge Lan learned that Dugu Bo still needed the legendary Chaos Poison Crystal and found a matching collection mission with no location clue. As they reached the crowded Ghost Market Main Building before the auction opened, they searched a herb stall but found no Eight Revolutions Ice Fire Vine.

• Dugu Bo told Zhuge Lan that the Eight Revolutions Ice Fire Vine and Chaos Poison Crystal were the two remaining ingredients for his poison-making formula.
• Zhuge Lan found a system mission to collect a Chaos Poison Crystal, but it offered no hint about where to find one.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan followed the crowd to the towering Ghost Market Main Building and learned the auction had not opened yet.
• The pair wandered through the crowded stalls beneath the building and stopped at a vendor selling herbs.
• Dugu Bo searched the herbs for the Eight Revolutions Ice Fire Vine but found nothing he wanted.

While searching the Ghost Market for rare materials, Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo encountered a glowing stone that might be connected to the Chaos Poison Crystal. A mysterious black-robed buyer offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for it, leaving the stone’s true purpose and the bidding war’s outcome uncertain.

• After failing to find the materials they sought, Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo continued searching the Ghost Market.
• Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo investigated a rainbow-glowing stone that was being fought over and wondered whether it could lead to the Chaos Poison Crystal.
• The Crimson Robe Man, the man in black, and others drove the stone’s bids up to nine thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Dugu Bo urged Zhuge Lan to wait, suspecting the bidders had another reason for wanting the stone.
• A mysterious black-robed man offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, picked up the stone, and declared he was determined to have it.

Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo watched the Crimson Robe Man win a mysterious stone at auction, then followed him to an inn. They discovered that the auction had been a scam and the bidders were splitting the proceeds.

• The Crimson Robe Man outbid the mysterious man, paying ten thousand one hundred Gold Soul Coins for the stone.
• Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo followed the Crimson Robe Man to an inn and waited outside for the stone to show some unusual effects.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan left for the auction entrance, then heard voices in an alley and found the stall owner and several bidders dividing the money.
• The stall owner revealed that the stone was an ordinary rock containing a Soul Tool loaded with Soul Power, and that the mysterious black-robed bidder had been hired to help with the scam.

Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan overheard the stall owner and his accomplices bragging about scamming the Crimson Robe Man with a worthless stone. They warned him and explained the trick, but he remained unconvinced, so Zhuge Lan snatched the stone and smashed it on the ground.

• The stall owner and his accomplices celebrated cheating the Crimson Robe Man and planned to scam more buyers at the auction.
• Dugu Bo stopped Zhuge Lan from confronting the scammers before they had evidence, then devised a plan with him.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan went to the Crimson Robe Man's inn room and told him the stall owner had split money with his accomplices.
• Dugu Bo examined the stone and said the stall owner had faked its light and energy by injecting Soul Power.
• Zhuge Lan told the Crimson Robe Man they had heard the scammers admit their plot, but when he still doubted them, Zhuge Lan snatched the stone and smashed it on the ground.

Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan helped the Crimson Robe Man trap the vendor and his accomplices after they scammed him with a fake stone. The swindlers returned some of the money, then apologized to the crowd and promised to stop, though they still owed the full amount.

• Dugu Bo revealed the Soul Tool hidden in the stone, and he and Zhuge Lan persuaded the Crimson Robe Man to help expose the swindlers.
• The Crimson Robe Man publicly claimed the stone had increased his strength, drawing the vendor and his accomplices into a trap.
• The vendor and his accomplices exposed themselves, and Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan confronted them as the crowd learned about the scam.
• The vendor returned only part of the eleven thousand Gold Soul Coins he had taken, and Zhuge Lan demanded the rest along with apologies to the victims.
• The vendor and his accomplices apologized under the crowd’s watch and promised never to scam anyone again.

Zhuge Lan exposed the scammers and received the Crimson Robe Man’s gratitude before the group discussed the annual auction house and its rules. The Crimson Robe Man gave Dugu Bo a mysterious Black Card, leaving its purpose unknown.

• Dugu Bo warned the stall owners to stop scamming people, and they hurried away.
• Zhuge Lan reassured the Crimson Robe Man, who thanked him by giving him one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The Crimson Robe Man explained that the annual auction drew wealthy experts and featured fierce bidding on rare treasures.
• The Crimson Robe Man described the auction house’s entry requirements, bidding rules, and valuable finale items.
• The Crimson Robe Man handed Dugu Bo a Black Card bearing an unfamiliar emblem, and Dugu Bo asked what it was.

After receiving a mysterious Black Card from the Crimson Robe Man, Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan headed to the auction house and joined the long line. They watched a Mai Sect Disciple try to force his way inside, where the guard refused to let him bypass the rules and the crowd condemned his behavior.

• The Crimson Robe Man gave Dugu Bo a Black Card as thanks, and Dugu Bo accepted it before he and Zhuge Lan continued to the auction house.
• Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo found a long line at the auction entrance and waited, discussing the card and the treasures up for bidding.
• A Mai Sect Disciple tried to cut in line, but the guard stopped him and insisted that everyone without an invitation must queue.
• The Mai Sect Disciple invoked his sect's status, threatened the guard, and argued with him as nearby people criticized his arrogance.
• Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo agreed that the guard was right to uphold the auction's rules while the crowd continued to mock the Mai Sect Disciple.

Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan learned that the Black Card was an invitation to the auction, allowing them to bypass the queue and enter a luxurious private room. As they waited for the auction to begin, Zhuge Lan accidentally dropped an expensive-looking bottle of liquor.

• The guard recognized Dugu Bo's Black Card as an invitation and escorted him and Zhuge Lan through a special passage, leaving the Mai Sect Disciple jealous.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan entered a lavish private room, where an auction attendant told them the auction would begin later.
• Zhuge Lan ogled the attendant, and Dugu Bo scolded him and warned him not to cause trouble at the auction.
• Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan admired their good fortune and discussed staying cautious around the gathered crowd.
• Zhuge Lan inspected the fine liquor at the bar, offered Dugu Bo a bottle, and accidentally dropped it on the floor.

Before the auction, Zhuge Lan broke a wine bottle and met the attendant Lin Tao, whose instinctive Soul Power sent him flying when he hugged her. Lin Tao left to arrange cleanup, while Dugu Bo threatened to tell Su Biluo about Zhuge Lan’s behavior.

• Zhuge Lan accidentally dropped and shattered a wine bottle, and Dugu Bo told him to wait for the staff rather than clean it up.
• Lin Tao entered, reassured Zhuge Lan that he would not need to pay for the wine, and said she would arrange for the shards to be cleared.
• Zhuge Lan hugged Lin Tao in gratitude, and she instinctively used her Soul Power to send him across the room.
• Lin Tao gave her name, checked whether Zhuge Lan was hurt, and left to call the cleaning staff.
• Zhuge Lan invited Lin Tao to dinner after the auction, while Dugu Bo said he would tell Su Biluo about the incident.

Zhuge Lan bargained with Dugu Bo to keep quiet about his advances toward Lin Tao, promising to buy Dugu Bo anything he wanted at the auction. Lin Tao escorted them to the lavish VIP section, where they waited for the auction to begin and a man in a white suit approached.

• Zhuge Lan begged Dugu Bo not to tell Bi Luo about his behavior toward Lin Tao, but Dugu Bo demanded one of his treasures in exchange for staying silent.
• Zhuge Lan refused to hand over a treasure and instead promised to bid on anything Dugu Bo wanted, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Lin Tao arrived to tell Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo that the auction was about to begin and led them to their VIP seats.
• Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo admired the grand auction hall, and Lin Tao left to attend to her other duties.
• Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo ate snacks while waiting for the auction to start, when a man in an extravagant white formal suit stood before them.

Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo were mistaken for Mo Family members by a White Elephant Family man who accused them of attacking his family after a past auction. They explained that the Crimson Robe Man had given them the Black Card, but the man remained suspicious as the argument threatened to escalate.

• A man in white formalwear confronted Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo, accusing the Mo Family of hiring someone to attack the White Elephant Family after last year's auction.
• An auction staff member warned the man to stop disrupting the VIP room, and the man threatened Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo before restraining himself.
• Zhuge Lan and Dugu Bo denied belonging to the Mo Family and explained that the Crimson Robe Man had given them the Black Card and invitation.
• Zhuge Lan said they had come to the auction as ordinary cultivators after helping a victim of a counterfeiter, but the man demanded proof of their identities.
• Dugu Bo warned the man not to keep provoking them, while the dispute remained unresolved.