Chapter Summaries

Dai Yichen’s diary entry about protecting the people he cared for stirred Zhu Zhuqing’s feelings and made Dugu Yan reconsider romance. Xiao Wu remembered her mother’s death and vowed to gain the strength to avenge her, while Bibi Dong recalled Yu Xiaogang abandoning her.

• Zhu Zhuqing read Dai Yichen’s words and felt her affection for him grow stronger.
• Dugu Yan watched Dai Yichen and Zhu Zhuqing together and began to imagine a romance with Dai Yichen despite his desire for multiple women.
• Xiao Wu remembered her mother’s sacrifice and cried as she resolved to avenge her.
• Old Woman comforted Xiao Wu and encouraged her to move forward, reminding her that Dai Yichen’s token would help keep her safe at the academy.
• Bibi Dong thought of Yu Xiaogang fleeing when she needed him and quietly stared at the two cards in her hand.

Bibi Dong struggled to choose between confronting Yu Xiaogang and repairing her relationship with Qian Renxue, while Ice Empress and Snow Empress discussed the strange soul beasts’ actions. At the Lake of Life, the Auspicious Beast revealed its fate had become intertwined with Dai Yichen’s, and Gu Yuena’s consciousness began to manifest.

• Bibi Dong considered using the Dream Entry Card and Lie Detection Card on Yu Xiaogang and worried that Qian Renxue would soon return.
• Ice Empress told Snow Empress that Dai Yichen had impressed her by standing before the person he loved, then wondered whether the Star Dou Great Forest’s ferocious beasts were plotting something.
• Bear Monarch, Ten Thousand Demon King, Scarlet King, and other ferocious beasts gathered at the Lake of Life after the Auspicious Beast fell unconscious.
• Bi Ji explained that the Auspicious Beast had sensed Dai Yichen’s fortune and that their fates seemed mysteriously intertwined.
• The Auspicious Beast identified Dai Yichen as the Star Luo Empire’s fourth prince with Innate Full Soul Power, and Bi Ji announced that their master’s consciousness had awakened.
• Energy rose from the Lake of Life and formed a human-shaped phantom above it.

Gu Yuena proposed uniting the soul beasts by founding an empire in the Star Dou Great Forest and allying with the two Heavenly Kings of the Extremely Northern Land. The beasts debated how the empire could protect weaker clans and reward its powerful members, and Ten Thousand Demon King suggested a system of labor, taxes, and using human corpses as food.

• Gu Yuena revealed her human-form image to the ferocious beasts and announced her plan to establish a Soul Beast Empire and ally with the two Heavenly Kings of the Extremely Northern Land.
• Bi Ji explained that the empire would unite the soul beasts into tribes, protect weaker clans, exclude evil species, and restrain Bear Monarch's Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Clan.
• Bear Monarch supported Gu Yuena's plan but questioned what benefits his clan would gain by protecting weaker soul beasts.
• Gu Yuena considered the difficulty of rewarding the strong when soul beasts had no money and still preyed on one another.
• Ten Thousand Demon King proposed dividing the empire into regions, having weaker beasts contribute labor, taxing humans killed by individual soul beasts, and using human corpses as food.

Gu Yuena ordered the soul beasts to protect one another and limit the use of human corpses, while preparing to refine their policies after Di Tian and Zi Ji returned. Dai Yichen’s diary then recounted meeting Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest and deciding to recruit her to Star Luo Royal Academy.

• Gu Yuena approved a plan for powerful soul beasts to protect weaker ones, who would help with construction and surrender thirty percent of their spoils.
• Gu Yuena decided that human corpses should not be eaten unless absolutely necessary and hoped to reduce conflict between soul beasts and soul masters.
• Gu Yuena granted Bear Monarch, Ten Thousand Demon King, and Bi Ji power that could block one god-level attack and weaken the effects of the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Dai Yichen wrote that after Dugu Yan absorbed a soul beast, their group encountered an academy team entering the Star Dou Great Forest, including Xiao Wu.
• Dai Yichen decided to invite Xiao Wu to Star Luo Royal Academy and learned that the seven-year-old already had twenty-two levels of Soul Power.

Dai Yichen reflected on the dangers facing talented girls and compared the continent’s rare geniuses, while the women reacted to his claims about his past life and martial soul. He planned to bring Xiao Wu to Star Luo Royal Academy and build his future tournament team, then criticized Feng Xiaotian’s pursuit of Huo Wu.

• Dai Yichen reasoned that the Old Woman had considered sending Xiao Wu to Star Luo Royal Academy but feared nobles might exploit her talent.
• Ning Rongrong wondered whether her father might use her in a political marriage, while Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, and Liu Erlong reacted to Dai Yichen’s assumptions.
• Dai Yichen compared the talents and circumstances of several Soul Masters and concluded that he was now the most talented member of the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• The women realized Dai Yichen had not existed in the original story and reconsidered his claim that he was reincarnated rather than possessing someone’s body.
• Dai Yichen expected Xiao Wu to join Star Luo Royal Academy and planned to recruit one more member for his tournament team.
• Dai Yichen called Feng Xiaotian a fool for simping for Huo Wu, prompting Huo Wu to protest.

Fire Wu rejected Feng Xiaotian’s persistent advances by criticizing his cultivation and urging him to focus on getting stronger. After leaving with Huo Wushuang, she decided to begin extra training, while Dai Yichen received a new diary reward that strengthened his attacks.

• Feng Xiaotian approached Fire Wu again, and she told him she did not like him despite his insistence.
• Fire Wu criticized Feng Xiaotian’s slow cultivation and questioned whether his self-created Gale Wolf Consecutive Slashes justified neglecting Soul Power training.
• Fire Wu left with Huo Wushuang and decided they should skip unnecessary classes and train harder.
• At midnight, Dai Yichen received 10,000 points and Metal Attribute Mastery, which gave his attacks cutting and armor-breaking effects.

Xiao Wu received a reward that would grant her an Innate Domain upon reaching Soul Emperor, and she considered why her bloodline had not produced a domain. Twenty days later, Dai Yichen and his companions arrived in Gengxin City, where they met Lou Gao’s disciple at the Blacksmith Association and waited to speak with the president.

• Xiao Wu received Bloodline Power Enhancement and learned that she would automatically gain an Innate Domain upon reaching Soul Emperor.
• Xiao Wu reflected on the domains possessed by other Soul Beasts and considered how her bloodline and her mother’s path might have left her without one.
• Dai Yichen arrived in Gengxin City with Dugu Bo, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan after a month on the road.
• Dugu Bo told the Blacksmith Association guards that the Star Luo Fourth Prince had come to meet President Lou Gao, and they hurried upstairs.
• Si Long welcomed Dai Yichen and Dugu Bo, then informed his teacher Lou Gao of their arrival and Dai Yichen’s recent rise in prominence.

Dai Yichen sought Lou Gao’s cooperation by demonstrating the Sleeve Arrow and Godly Zhuge Crossbow, which he claimed to have forged himself. After Lou Gao explained the Blacksmith Association’s neglect and hardship, Dai Yichen apologized and proposed raising blacksmiths’ influence across the continent.

• Lou Gao received Dai Yichen and Dugu Bo curtly, then examined the two hidden weapons Dai Yichen presented.
• Dai Yichen revealed his White Tiger Armament and said he had forged the weapons, leaving Lou Gao and Zhu Zhuqing astonished.
• Lou Gao tested the Sleeve Arrow and Godly Zhuge Crossbow against Si Long and recognized their formidable power.
• Lou Gao told Dai Yichen that the Blacksmith Association did not favor either empire and had endured neglect and oppression in Gengxin City.
• Dai Yichen apologized for the imperial family’s inaction and asked Lou Gao to discuss cooperation to increase blacksmiths’ influence.

Dai Yichen offered Lou Gao a chance to lead the Blacksmith Association into Soul Tool production and train Soul Engineers, while supplying the empire with weapons. Lou Gao hesitated over imperial involvement until Dai Yichen presented ten million Gold Soul Coins, leaving the decision to him.

• Dai Yichen presented blueprints for the Sleeve Arrow, Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and Sealed Milk Bottle, and Lou Gao recognized that Dai Yichen intended to reform blacksmithing into Soul Tool crafting.
• Dai Yichen explained that few blacksmiths could independently make Storage Soul Tools, and Si Long described how that scarcity kept their prices high.
• Dai Yichen proposed that Lou Gao lead Soul Tool crafting and training, while blacksmiths produced weapons for the empire and received a share of sales profits.
• Lou Gao struggled with the prospect of working with the imperial family, while Si Long urged him to consider the opportunity for the association.
• Dai Yichen offered Lou Gao a Purple-Gold Card containing ten million Gold Soul Coins and left the choice to him.

Dai Yichen persuaded Lou Gao to join the Star Luo Imperial Family and secretly train blacksmiths as Soul Engineers. Lou Gao sensed Dai Yichen’s ambition to make the empire independent of outside powers and bring its sects under imperial rule.

• Lou Gao agreed to become a Royal Court Blacksmith after Dai Yichen accepted his conditions of freedom in his work and voluntary membership for the association’s blacksmiths.
• Dai Yichen gave Lou Gao an identity token and agreed to stay in Gengxin City to study crafting Soul Tools.
• Lou Gao ordered Si Long to gather Gengxin City’s blacksmiths and keep Soul Tool production secret while they selected loyal trainees.
• Lou Gao asked whether Titan should be told about the plan, but Dai Yichen said Titan’s skills and the Strength Clan’s ties to Heaven Dou made them unnecessary.
• Dai Yichen explained that the Star Luo Empire had to rely on itself and Lou Gao recognized his ambition to rule the sects within its borders.

Dai Yichen and Lou Gao spent half a month researching Soul Tools, while Ning Rongrong grew increasingly curious about Dai Yichen and persuaded Ning Fengzhi to stay in Gengxin City. The chapter left Ning Rongrong hoping to meet Dai Yichen while Lou Gao remained in seclusion.

• Dai Yichen and Lou Gao worked day and night on Soul Tool designs, and Dai Yichen tried to make a Level One Milk Bottle.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Blacksmith Association to ask Lou Gao for help making something.
• Si Long told them that Lou Gao had been in seclusion for more than half a month, so Ning Rongrong persuaded her father and Chen Xin to stay in Gengxin City.
• Ning Rongrong reflected on Dai Yichen's hard work and his defense of Zhu Zhuqing, raising her opinion of him and wanting to meet him.

After half a month of forging, Dai Yichen emerged from seclusion with Lou Gao and was joyfully reunited with Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Fengzhi and his party arrived at the Blacksmith Association to discuss something, leaving Dai Yichen to greet them.

• Ning Rongrong reflected on Dai Yichen’s actions and grew more interested in meeting him, so she urged Ning Fengzhi to travel to Gengxin City with Chen Xin.
• Si Long heard that Lou Gao had left seclusion and led Ning Fengzhi and the others upstairs to meet him.
• Dai Yichen and Lou Gao emerged from the forging room after working for more than half a month, and Dai Yichen stopped Zhu Zhuqing from approaching because he was filthy.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed into Dai Yichen’s arms anyway, smudging her face against him as he gently patted her head.
• Ning Rongrong watched their reunion, and Si Long reminded Dai Yichen and Lou Gao that Ning Fengzhi had come to discuss something.

At the Blacksmith Association, Ning Fengzhi met Dai Yichen and asked about buying protective gear while his daughter Ning Rongrong sought advice on forging. Dugu Bo confronted Chen Xin about his lack of freedom in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Ning Fengzhi quietly aware of the burden his sect’s shortage of Titled Douluo placed on its protectors.

• Ning Fengzhi told Lou Gao that Ning Rongrong wanted advice on forging and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wished to purchase protective gear.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Dai Yichen as the Star Luo Empire’s Fourth Prince, while Dai Yichen wondered whether Ning Rongrong’s dreams had revealed his whereabouts.
• Lou Gao invited both groups to the Reception Room, and Si Long led them there.
• Chen Xin questioned Dugu Bo about accompanying Dai Yichen, and Dugu Bo replied that he was free of obligations while Chen Xin remained bound to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi showed a bitter smile as Dugu Bo pointed out that the sect had too few Titled Douluo to protect its leaders without keeping them on constant guard.

After more than half a month focused on blacksmithing, Dai Yichen resumed writing his diary while bathing at the Blacksmith Association, where Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong had come to discuss the Gravity Training Room. His thoughts on the Star Luo Empire’s lack of soul bones led him to suspect that someone had been taking them, and the chapter left the women considering whether he meant the Clear Sky Sect.

• Dai Yichen left the reception hall to bathe, leaving Lou Gao to speak with Ning Fengzhi and the others.
• Dai Yichen wrote in his diary that he had made a Sleeve Arrow, a Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and two Level One Milk Bottles during his half-month of blacksmithing.
• The women recognized that Dai Yichen had resumed writing his diary, while Ning Rongrong worried that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin might take offense at his behavior.
• Dai Yichen reflected that Ning Rongrong’s support abilities could help Star Luo Royal Academy win the Soul Master Competition, whose prize included three soul bones.
• Dai Yichen reasoned that the Star Luo Empire’s failure to obtain high-age soul bones was strange, and the women wondered whether he suspected the Clear Sky Sect of taking them.

Dai Yichen speculated about the empires, sects, and a possible way to bring Ning Rongrong to Star Luo Royal Academy, then let his diary veer into teasing remarks about the women’s figures. Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ice Empress reacted privately, while Chen Xin noticed Ning Rongrong’s blush and she quickly hid it.

• Dai Yichen considered how he might recruit Ning Rongrong to Star Luo Royal Academy and reflected on the empires’ shifting alliances and later history.
• The women learned from Dai Yichen’s diary that the Heaven Dou Empire eventually split, while the Star Luo Empire later gave up its cruel succession system and avoided fragmentation.
• Dai Yichen compared Ning Rongrong’s and Zhu Zhuqing’s figures, leaving both girls embarrassed and making Ning Rongrong feel envious.
• Ice Empress took Dai Yichen’s remarks as an insult to her flat chest and clung to Snow Empress, wishing she could become more well-endowed.
• Chen Xin asked why Ning Rongrong’s face had turned red, and Ning Rongrong claimed she suddenly felt hot.

Ning Rongrong considered how Dai Yichen’s inventions might draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect away from supporting Heaven Dou, while Dai Yichen’s diary revealed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s future massacre and Bibi Dong’s motives. Bibi Dong began to favor Qian Renxue over Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Renxue refused to believe that meant their relationship could be repaired.

• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing she admired Dai Yichen and explained that her father would not move the sect without major benefits; she hoped his hidden weapons and Soul Tools would prompt him to seek cooperation.
• Dai Yichen’s diary revealed that Spirit Hall would destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, making Liu Erlong grieve and rage over the deaths of her relatives.
• Bibi Dong reflected on the Upper Three Sects’ opposition to Spirit Hall and wondered why she would destroy Yu Xiaogang’s clan if she still loved him.
• Dai Yichen’s diary suggested Bibi Dong had acted out of obsession and revenge against Yu Xiaogang, and had used the massacre to make him feel guilty.
• Bibi Dong’s feelings began shifting toward Qian Renxue, but Qian Renxue challenged her to restore the fatherly love she had been denied.

Ning Rongrong learned that Sword Douluo Chen Xin would lose an arm defending the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and that he and Bone Douluo would later die protecting Tang San. Overwhelmed by the future cost to her family and sect, she fled the room with Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan.

• Bibi Dong decided that reviving Qian Xunji was the only remaining way she might earn Qian Renxue's forgiveness.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Chen Xin would lose an arm fighting four Titled Douluo, though his Soul Power would rise to Rank 97.
• Ning Rongrong recalled that Chen Xin and Gu Rong would later die protecting Tang San, leaving Ning Fengzhi white-haired and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect weakened.
• Ning Rongrong tried to control her emotions with the system's power, then said she needed the bathroom and ran out.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan followed Ning Rongrong, while Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi wondered why she had become so distressed.

Ning Rongrong composed herself after learning about her future and considered leaving the Heaven Dou Empire for Star Luo Royal Academy. The diary’s account of Tang San failing to restore Sword Douluo’s arm made her question her own past choices, while Ah Yin concluded that Tang San acted according to his own interests.

• Ning Rongrong said she would try to persuade Ning Fengzhi to let her attend Star Luo Royal Academy, or remain in the sect if he refused.
• Dai Yichen’s diary criticized Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo for sacrificing themselves for Tang San, noting that Tang San had never restored Sword Douluo’s severed arm despite having the means.
• Ning Rongrong wondered whether she had ever asked Tang San to reattach Sword Douluo’s arm and realized she might never have brought it up.
• Ah Yin reflected that reconnecting Sword Douluo’s arm should have been simple with a soul bone’s healing ability and decided Tang San had not acted like her son.
• The diary described Tang San charging the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect exorbitant prices for hidden weapons, including far more than the stated price of a Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

Dai Yichen criticized Shrek Academy’s failures and accused Xuan Zi of letting Evil Soul Masters repeatedly endanger young Soul Masters. The women agreed that Xuan Zi’s actions were absurd, while the author’s note asked readers whether Qian Xunji should be revived to affect Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue’s relationship.

• Dai Yichen argued that Tang San’s allies and their factions gained little from their ties to him, while Shrek Academy benefited most.
• Dai Yichen condemned Shrek Academy for failing commoner Soul Masters and allowing Evil Soul Masters to grow powerful.
• Dai Yichen accused Xuan Zi of repeatedly failing to protect Huo Yuhao and the other young Soul Masters from Evil Soul Masters.
• The women agreed with Dai Yichen’s outrage, and Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Bo Saixi judged that Xuan Zi should have been able to stop the attackers with his Soul Power.
• The author asked readers whether Pandora should revive Qian Xunji to help repair Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue’s relationship.

Dai Yichen and the others discussed Xuan Zi’s failure to protect Shrek’s students and questioned the academy’s record of losing students. Their speculation about Spirit Hall’s possible victory and Bibi Dong’s motives ended with Bibi Dong remembering her traumatic past and worrying about her relationship with Qian Renxue.

• Dai Yichen argued that Xuan Zi should have detected the Evil Soul Masters, while Dugu Yan said his negligence matched Shrek Academy’s irresponsible treatment of students.
• Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong considered how many Shrek students might have died before graduation and questioned the academy’s reputation.
• Dai Yichen reflected that the conflict between Spirit Hall and its opponents was a matter of competing positions, and speculated that a unified Spirit Hall Empire might have prevented later turmoil.
• Dai Yichen reasoned that Bibi Dong could not destroy Spirit Hall without opposing Qian Renxue and risking punishment from the God Realm.
• Bibi Dong recalled the Secret Chamber Incident and worried that she had begun caring about Qian Renxue too late.
• Dai Yichen concluded that Ning Fengzhi’s support for Tang San had made joining Spirit Hall seem like the more worthwhile choice.