Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhiqiu used the Eight Gates of Dunjia to carry the exhausted Hu Liena through the rest of their ten-lap punishment, while concealing his true strength from the Spirit Hall observers. He finished the run acting depleted, and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan had lost track of him during the sprint.

• Ye Zhiqiu sped up and left Hu Liena struggling to follow, keeping just far enough ahead to make her spend her Soul Power.
• After Hu Liena exhausted herself near the start of the fourth lap, Ye Zhiqiu reminded her that their punishment required them to finish together.
• Hu Liena climbed onto Ye Zhiqiu's back, and he activated the Eight Gates of Dunjia and raced through the remaining six laps at extreme speed.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan saw Ye Zhiqiu's green energy and lost track of him while following from the shadows.
• Ye Zhiqiu closed the Eight Gates, made himself look exhausted, and crossed the finish line after completing ten laps.

After Ye Zhiqiu feigned a serious injury, Bibi Dong treated him and ordered him to rest. Carried away by Hu Liena, he planned to use his time off to seek rewards from a divine inheritance site.

• Ye Zhiqiu staggered after deliberately disrupting his Soul Power, and Hu Liena carried him to the plaza to find Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong scolded Yue Guan for not stopping Ye Zhiqiu, then hurried to meet Hu Liena and the injured boy.
• Bibi Dong examined Ye Zhiqiu, soothed the chaotic Soul Power in his meridians, and ordered Hu Liena to let him rest for several days.
• Hu Liena carried Ye Zhiqiu toward the East Side Hall, while he considered visiting the Angel God's or Rakshasa God's inheritance site for divine examination rewards.

Ye Zhiqiu used his newly acquired Divine Sense to spy on Spirit City, then Bibi Dong gave him a bracelet that triggered an early system upgrade. The bracelet vanished when the system reclaimed it, and Ye Zhiqiu began exploring the upgraded System Shop.

• Ye Zhiqiu spread his Divine Sense across Spirit City and detected Qian Daoliu guarding the Angel God's inheritance site beneath the Elder Hall.
• Ye Zhiqiu teased Bibi Dong with his manifested Divine Sense, making her think she was tired and hallucinating.
• Ye Zhiqiu searched Spirit City for the Rakshasa God's inheritance site, then pretended to be asleep when Bibi Dong came to his room.
• Bibi Dong placed a bracelet with three black Magatama on Ye Zhiqiu's wrist and left after gently stroking his head.
• The system reclaimed the bracelet as an irregular Yasakani Magatama and announced that its upgrade had completed ahead of schedule.
• Ye Zhiqiu wondered why Bibi Dong had the Yasakani Magatama and browsed the upgraded System Shop.

Ye Zhiqiu explored the upgraded System Shop and spent much of his Negative Emotion Value on powerful artifacts and equipment. He swallowed a Beginner Sage Body orb to gain its benefits.

• Ye Zhiqiu found that the upgraded System Shop offered expensive Sage Bodies, Divine Artifacts, equipment, and powerful Ninjutsu, including a Summoning Technique for one of the nine Tailed Beasts.
• Ye Zhiqiu checked his balance and discovered he had nearly 1.3 million Negative Emotion Value, then bought the Yasakani Magatama, Totsuka Blade, and Yata Mirror.
• Ye Zhiqiu bought several Six Paths Sage Tools, intending to distribute some equipment to his women and clones.
• Ye Zhiqiu purchased a Beginner Sage Body orb and swallowed it after finding no instructions for how to use it.

Ye Zhiqiu absorbed the intermediate Sage Body, whose powerful life aura transformed the East Side Hall and drew Spirit Hall’s strongest figures. As he refined the orb inside a wooden cocoon, Bibi Dong confronted five Titled Douluo from the Elder Hall outside his room.

• After absorbing the beginner Sage Body overnight, Ye Zhiqiu found that his Soul Power had compressed and darkened, even as his physical strength increased.
• Ye Zhiqiu purchased the intermediate Sage Body, spending another two hundred thousand Negative Emotion Value and leaving himself short of enough to buy the Summoning Technique.
• The intermediate Sage Body’s green orb caused plants and wooden furniture throughout the East Side Hall to burst into new growth, attracting powerful Spirit Hall figures, including Qian Daoliu.
• Ye Zhiqiu swallowed the orb as powerful auras approached, then focused on refining it while his Soul Power steadily rose toward level 46.
• Bibi Dong arrived with Ghost and Chrysanthemum Douluo and faced five Titled Douluo from the Elder Hall outside the East Side Hall.

Bibi Dong confronted the Elder Hall elders as they sought to investigate the life energy coming from Ye Zhiqiu’s room, but Qian Daoliu arrived and asked to see the Holy Son. Ye Zhiqiu emerged with his newly awakened Sage Body affecting the plants and animals around him, then told Bibi Dong he did not know what was happening.

• Bibi Dong ordered the five Elder Hall Titled Douluo to leave the East Side Hall.
• Qian Daoliu arrived and suggested Ye Zhiqiu come out so the elders could advise him about the heavenly treasure.
• Hu Liena entered the East Side Hall, and the vines on Ye Zhiqiu’s door moved aside before he walked out.
• As Ye Zhiqiu crossed the courtyard, grass and flowers flourished, while birds gathered around him.
• Ye Zhiqiu realized his Sage Body affected nearby animals and plants and let him use Wood Release.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Zhiqiu why the birds were circling him, and he replied that he did not know.

Bibi Dong protected Ye Zhiqiu from the Elder Hall elders after he rejected Qian Daoliu’s invitation with a demand for the Great Elder position. Qian Daoliu offered him the role if he completed a task and reached Rank 91, and Bibi Dong agreed; afterward, Ye Zhiqiu explained that eating a green fruit had caused his strange new ability.

• Ye Zhiqiu told Qian Daoliu he would join the Elder Hall only if he became Great Elder, provoking the elders and amusing Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong rebuked the elders when they insulted Ye Zhiqiu, and Qian Daoliu offered him the Great Elder position if he completed a task and reached Rank 91.
• Ye Zhiqiu left the decision to Bibi Dong, who agreed to Qian Daoliu’s offer before he departed with the elders.
• Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and Ye Zhiqiu entered his room, where he made swing seats from the branches growing throughout it.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Bibi Dong and Hu Liena that he had eaten a green fruit in a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s lair, while privately deciding he could not spare another because it was a rare System Shop item.

Ye Zhiqiu learned that Bibi Dong had accepted Qian Daoliu’s proposal to make him a future Great Elder, then received a mission to help Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe become emperor. Knowing Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and suspecting both factions were using him, Ye Zhiqiu accepted the task and planned to disrupt their schemes.

• Bibi Dong explained that she supported Hu Liena as future Pontiff and saw Ye Zhiqiu’s potential Great Elder position as a way to secure his future and strengthen their side.
• Bibi Dong warned Ye Zhiqiu to reject any dangerous task from Qian Daoliu, but refused to explain where his bracelet came from.
• Hu Liena brought Ye Zhiqiu Qian Daoliu’s letter, and Ye Zhiqiu accepted the mission to secretly help Xue Qinghe claim the Heaven Dou Emperor’s throne.
• Ye Zhiqiu realized Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and suspected Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong were both maneuvering around him.
• Unhappy at being treated as a pawn, Ye Zhiqiu decided to pretend ignorance and make trouble for both factions.

Ye Zhiqiu traveled to the Heaven Dou Imperial City, gathered intelligence, and secretly entered the palace to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. He agreed to let Xue Qinghe plan their move against the throne, while his blunt threats frustrated the disguised Qian Renxue.

• Ye Zhiqiu arrived at the Heaven Dou Imperial City and asked his ramen-hotel clone for information about the royal family.
• Ye Zhiqiu read reports describing Xue Qinghe’s role in eliminating rival princes, Xue Beng’s feigned madness, and Emperor Xue Ye’s poisoning.
• After nightfall, Ye Zhiqiu used Flying Thunder God and Divine Sense to evade palace guards and reach Xue Qinghe’s bedchamber.
• Xue Qinghe calmly welcomed Ye Zhiqiu, who bluntly offered to kill Emperor Xue Ye that night as part of his mission.
• Ye Zhiqiu threatened Xue Qinghe by punching a hole in the table, prompting the disguised Qian Renxue’s frustration.
• Xue Qinghe refilled Ye Zhiqiu’s tea and agreed to arrange their plans quickly.

Ye Zhiqiu showed Xue Qinghe his four spirit rings and provoked her into a one-move spar with a wager of three requests. He teleported them to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xue Qinghe hesitated over the fight as Ye Zhiqiu taunted her.

• Xue Qinghe asked Ye Zhiqiu to demonstrate his combat strength before she requested his help with two matters.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed his purple, black, red, and red spirit rings, then claimed he could defeat Xue Qinghe with one punch.
• Xue Qinghe accepted Ye Zhiqiu's challenge and proposed that the loser grant the winner three requests.
• Ye Zhiqiu took Xue Qinghe's hand and used Flying Thunder God to teleport them to a forest near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Zhiqiu warned Xue Qinghe that it could take half a month to return to Heaven Dou Imperial City and urged her to fight, while she hesitated over the wager.

Ye Zhiqiu tricked Xue Qinghe and struck him with his self-created Thousand Years of Death technique. Xue Qinghe remained on the ground, and Ye Zhiqiu decided to check on him.

• Xue Qinghe summoned his Swan Martial Soul and prepared to endure Ye Zhiqiu's strongest self-created Soul Skill.
• Ye Zhiqiu distracted Xue Qinghe with a warning about danger behind him, then teleported behind him with Flying Thunder God.
• Ye Zhiqiu struck Xue Qinghe with Thousand Years of Death and sent him flying face-first into the ground.
• Xue Qinghe lay twitching and unmoving for several minutes, while Ye Zhiqiu wondered whether he was pretending and went to check on him.

Ye Zhiqiu and Xue Qinghe argued over the outcome of their bet after their fight, and Xue Qinghe claimed Ye Zhiqiu had used two moves. Xue Qinghe then spent one of Ye Zhiqiu’s three promised conditions by asking him to help hunt a powerful soul beast for a soul ring.

• Ye Zhiqiu helped Xue Qinghe to his feet, but Xue Qinghe attacked him and Ye Zhiqiu accidentally touched his chest while dodging.
• Ye Zhiqiu remarked that Xue Qinghe’s chest muscles needed exercise, and Xue Qinghe relaxed when he thought his identity remained hidden.
• Ye Zhiqiu asked Xue Qinghe to honor their bet, but Xue Qinghe claimed teleportation and Ye Zhiqiu’s follow-up technique counted as two moves, making Ye Zhiqiu concede the bet.
• Xue Qinghe used one of his three conditions to ask Ye Zhiqiu to help him hunt a forty- to fifty-thousand-year soul beast for his soul ring.

Ye Zhiqiu and Xue Qinghe encountered a seventy- or eighty-thousand-year-old White Tiger Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. The tiger decided to keep them around for amusement after Ye Zhiqiu claimed his Teleportation Spirit Ability was on cooldown.

• Ye Zhiqiu warned Xue Qinghe about a danger behind him, but Xue Qinghe initially thought he was being tricked.
• A massive White Tiger Soul Beast approached, and Xue Qinghe froze when he realized how powerful it was.
• Ye Zhiqiu teased Xue Qinghe by suggesting he acknowledge the tiger as his father to avoid being eaten.
• Xue Qinghe ran to Ye Zhiqiu and demanded that he teleport them away, but Ye Zhiqiu claimed his ability would not be available until dawn.
• The White Tiger roared with amusement and decided to use Ye Zhiqiu and Xue Qinghe to pass the time.

Xue Qinghe tried to flee the White Tiger Soul Beast, revealed his Six-Winged Angel power, and avoided its first attack with Wings of Void. The beast then fired a massive energy beam at him, leaving him resigned to what seemed like certain death.

• Xue Qinghe summoned his wings and flew away from the White Tiger Soul Beast, while Ye Zhiqiu stayed behind.
• The White Tiger Soul Beast leaped up and swatted at Xue Qinghe with a huge claw.
• Xue Qinghe revealed the sacred aura of his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and used his Second Spirit Ability, Wings of Void, to evade the claw at the cost of much of his Soul Power.
• Xue Qinghe flew higher as the White Tiger Soul Beast fell, hoping to escape beyond its reach.
• The White Tiger Soul Beast fired a sustained milky-white energy beam at Xue Qinghe, who closed his eyes and accepted his apparent fate.

Ye Zhiqiu rescued Xue Qinghe from the White Tiger Soul Beast’s attack with Susanoo and teased him while holding him in the air. Xue Qinghe challenged Ye Zhiqiu over his hidden strength and refused to count the rescue toward his three conditions, while the exhausted White Tiger began planning to flee.

• Ye Zhiqiu used Flying Thunder God to grab Xue Qinghe and shielded them from the White Tiger Soul Beast’s beam with Susanoo and the Yata Mirror.
• Xue Qinghe mistook Susanoo for Ye Zhiqiu’s Martial Soul Avatar and accused him of concealing his level, but Ye Zhiqiu told him to check his soul rings.
• Ye Zhiqiu asked Xue Qinghe to count the rescue toward one of his three conditions, but Xue Qinghe refused because he had not asked to be saved.
• Ye Zhiqiu pretended to loosen his hold and threaten to drop Xue Qinghe, then pulled him close again and admitted that teasing him was amusing.
• The White Tiger Soul Beast kept firing its beam at Susanoo, grew exhausted, and prepared to run away.

Ye Zhiqiu caught the fleeing White Tiger Soul Beast and cut off its tiger penis, then left with Xue Qinghe. As they flew away, Xue Qinghe questioned Ye Zhiqiu about his teleportation ability.

• The White Tiger Soul Beast fled toward the core of the Star Dou Great Forest after its attack failed, and Ye Zhiqiu pursued it despite Xue Qinghe's warning.
• Ye Zhiqiu used Flying Thunder God while touching Susanoo to catch the White Tiger by its tail and lift it into the air.
• Ye Zhiqiu used Suebian to sever the White Tiger Soul Beast's tiger penis, stored it in his Black Jade Bracelet, and released the beast.
• Ye Zhiqiu carried Xue Qinghe away on Suebian, and Xue Qinghe asked how he had used teleportation repeatedly before dawn.
• Ye Zhiqiu said short-distance teleportation could be used as long as he had Soul Power, while Xue Qinghe privately doubted his explanation.

Ye Zhiqiu searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a light-element spirit beast suitable for Xue Qinghe's spirit ring and found a forty-thousand-year Holy Light Unicorn. Xue Qinghe disputed the result of their bet just as the unicorn awoke.

• Ye Zhiqiu flew through the forest on his sword while using Divine Sense to search for a suitable spirit beast.
• Ye Zhiqiu spotted a Holy Light Unicorn around forty thousand years old and bet Xue Qinghe that he could bring it to them within ten minutes.
• Ye Zhiqiu sped to the sleeping unicorn and claimed that winning the bet reduced Xue Qinghe's three conditions by one.
• Xue Qinghe argued that they had never agreed on the rules for deciding who won, so he had not lost the bet.
• Ye Zhiqiu called Xue Qinghe shameless, and Xue Qinghe replied that he had learned it from Ye Zhiqiu as the unicorn awoke.

Ye Zhiqiu captured a Holy Light Unicorn so Xue Qinghe could absorb its spirit ring, and Xue Qinghe advanced to Soul Emperor. After Ye Zhiqiu teased him about his spirit ring configuration, Xue Qinghe declared that he no longer wanted to become emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Ye Zhiqiu injured the Holy Light Unicorn and used the surrounding trees to bind it.
• Ye Zhiqiu gave the captured unicorn to Xue Qinghe, who killed it with a short sword and began absorbing its spirit ring.
• Ye Zhiqiu stood guard as Xue Qinghe absorbed the forty-thousand-year spirit ring over two hours.
• Xue Qinghe finished absorbing the ring and advanced to Soul Emperor with a new black spirit ring.
• Ye Zhiqiu teased Xue Qinghe about his spirit ring configuration, and Xue Qinghe said he no longer wanted to become emperor.

Ye Zhiqiu persuaded Xue Qinghe to accept his duty to become emperor, then learned that Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing’s alliance made the succession too dangerous to force immediately. After returning to the imperial city, Xue Qinghe went to court while Ye Zhiqiu stayed behind to plan how to secure the throne without ruining his reputation.

• Ye Zhiqiu argued that Xue Qinghe had to inherit the throne to keep the Heaven Dou Empire from falling into chaos and war.
• Xue Qinghe resolved to become a good emperor and protect the people of the realm.
• Ye Zhiqiu suggested killing the Heaven Dou Great Emperor, but Xue Qinghe explained that Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo supported Xue Beng, making the succession uncertain.
• Ye Zhiqiu considered ways to help Xue Qinghe inherit the throne without being blamed for murdering his father or brother.
• At dawn, Ye Zhiqiu used Flying Thunder God to return with Xue Qinghe to the imperial city.
• Xue Qinghe left to attend court, while Ye Zhiqiu stayed in the side palace to plan and fell asleep.

Ye Zhiqiu woke Xue Qinghe by spanking him, then pinned him down and returned the slap several times before leaving him alone. He joined Xue Qinghe for a meal, where his teasing left the Crown Prince standing and accidentally biting his tongue.

• Xue Qinghe found Ye Zhiqiu asleep in his bed and slapped his backside to wake him.
• Ye Zhiqiu pinned Xue Qinghe to the bed, spanked him repeatedly, and teased him about possibly having romantic preferences for men.
• Ye Zhiqiu released Xue Qinghe and went to the dining room to eat.
• Xue Qinghe tried to sit but stood instead because his backside hurt, and Ye Zhiqiu mocked his posture and soft chest.
• Xue Qinghe bit his tongue while chewing angrily, and Ye Zhiqiu reminded him that he had warned him to be careful.