Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming, disguised as Qin Feng, convinced Crown Prince Xue Qinghe that Qian Yunxiao threatened the Heaven Dou Empire and the Xue Clan’s control. He persuaded the young prince to order a killing, leaving Qin Ming’s scheme in motion.

• Drunk and brooding in his chambers, Xue Qinghe asked Qin Ming whether he had brought more wine.
• Qin Ming guessed that Xue Qinghe feared Qian Yunxiao would use his growing alliances to seize influence over the Heaven Dou Empire and the throne.
• Xue Qinghe praised Qin Ming’s insight, and Qin Ming, still disguised as Qin Feng, pledged to serve him.
• When Xue Qinghe asked how to resolve the danger, Qin Ming advised him to kill his imperial younger brothers.
• Convinced by Qin Ming’s reasoning, Xue Qinghe ordered the killings, unaware that he had fallen into Qin Ming’s trap.

Qin Ming, disguised as Qin Feng, assassinated the Second Prince on Xue Qinghe’s orders, while the Third Prince was reported to have drowned. After investigating the deaths and suspecting Xue Qinghe, Prince Xue Xing fled to the Balak Kingdom with the young Xue Beng to protect him.

• Qin Ming used the Crown Prince’s token to enter the Second Prince’s residence and killed him, framing the woman beside him.
• Xue Qinghe told Qin Ming to continue with the remaining task and promised to cover for him.
• The next day, the Second Prince was reported murdered by the woman beside him, and the Third Prince Ye Shixian was reported drowned.
• Prince Xue Xing’s servant reported evidence linking Xue Qinghe to the princes’ deaths, including his visit to the Second Prince and an imperial token fragment found after the Third Prince died.
• Prince Xue Xing took the roughly two-year-old Xue Beng south to the Balak Kingdom, where he expected King Kundera to protect him.

Prince Xue Xing asked Kundera to shelter Xue Beng, and Kundera agreed on the condition that Xue Xing secure help from the Free and Easy Kingdom within three days. At Sunset Forest, Qian Yunxiao rewarded Qin Ming for his work, then had to change the diapers of four babies.

• Prince Xue Xing told Kundera that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was behind the plot and asked him to protect Xue Beng.
• Kundera first warned that sheltering Xue Beng meant opposing Xue Qinghe, then offered Balak Kingdom’s help if Xue Xing gained support from the Free and Easy Kingdom.
• Prince Xue Xing negotiated for five days to secure that support, and Kundera accepted.
• Qian Yunxiao gave Qin Ming a Ten Thousand Year fire-attribute Soul Bone and instructed him to remain undercover beside Xue Qinghe until the time was right.
• Ah Yin and Sea Demoness told Qian Yunxiao that East Wind, Southern Cloud, Western Fall, and Northern Goose had soiled their diapers, and he changed them.

Prince Xue Xing asked Qian Yunxiao to help protect the young Xue Beng, but Qian Yunxiao refused unless he received sufficient benefits. After Xue Xing left, Qian Yunxiao gathered the Heaven Dou City branch experts to discuss the political and military crisis caused by the princes’ deaths.

• Prince Xue Xing visited the Qian Family with young Xue Beng and asked Qian Yunxiao for help protecting him.
• Qian Yunxiao recognized Xue Xing’s purpose and refused to oppose the Heaven Dou Empire without adequate benefits.
• After Xue Xing departed, Qian Yunxiao received a letter from his disciple, Qin Ming.
• Qian Yunxiao summoned the experts of the Qian Family’s Heaven Dou City branch to discuss the four kingdoms and one duchy preparing for war.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo said the four kingdoms and one duchy were waiting for the Heaven Dou Empire to act.

Qian Yunxiao explained that the Four Kingdoms and One Grand Duchy planned to exploit the Heaven Dou Empire’s succession crisis, and revealed his own plan to support the empire while pursuing territory for the Qian Family. He left to meet Xue Qinghe with four Soul Douluo, while Golden Crocodile Douluo stayed behind to receive Prince Xue Xing.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Bai He identified that the five nations were waiting for the Heaven Dou Empire to act before making their move.
• Qian Yunxiao revealed that the Qian Family aimed to expand its control from one province to all ten provinces of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Yunxiao explained that the five nations planned to attack the Heaven Dou Empire under the pretext of protecting Xue Beng, and corrected Niu Gao’s assumption that they should join the attack.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Zhao Wuji, and Bai He agreed to accompany Qian Yunxiao to meet Xue Qinghe, while Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to receive Prince Xue Xing.
• Qian Yunxiao planned to help the Heaven Dou Empire defeat the five nations and seize the Balak Kingdom for the Qian Family.

Xue Qinghe weighed whether to kill Xue Beng, then accepted Qian Yunxiao’s offer of support in exchange for the Balak Kingdom’s territory. He ordered Qin Feng to assassinate Xue Beng, believing the prince’s death would secure his claim to the throne.

• Xue Qinghe asked Qin Feng whether he should eliminate his two-year-old fourth brother, Xue Beng, and then ordered him to kill the child.
• Qian Yunxiao arrived at the crown prince’s palace with four Soul Douluo guards and offered to help Xue Qinghe resolve his troubles.
• Bai He explained that killing Xue Beng could provoke the four kingdoms and one duchy to attack Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Yunxiao promised to handle those enemies in exchange for all the territory of the Balak Kingdom, and Xue Qinghe accepted.
• Xue Qinghe sent Qin Feng to eliminate Xue Beng, convinced that the prince’s death would secure his position.

Qian Yunxiao watched the Five Great Kingdoms use a staged assassination attempt on Xue Beng to justify attacking the Heaven Dou Empire. As the kings urged the toddler to condemn Xue Qinghe, Qian Yunxiao interrupted him with applause and revealed himself.

• Qian Yunxiao watched Xue Beng and waited for Qin Ming to arrive at the secluded courtyard.
• Qin Ming led Heaven Dou assassins in an attack on Xue Beng, but then broke through the ambush and fled.
• The kings of the Five Great Kingdoms gathered around Xue Beng and urged him to seek revenge on Xue Qinghe.
• Prince Xue Xing realized that the kingdoms intended to use Xue Beng as a pretext for war against Heaven Dou and regretted that Qian Yunxiao had rejected their invitation.
• As Xue Beng prepared to answer the kings, Qian Yunxiao applauded and identified himself.

Qian Yunxiao captured the five kingdoms’ rulers and revealed his plan to take their lands and ultimately the Heaven Dou Empire. After Xue Qinghe moved to bring the Silves Kingdom under his control, the Princess of the Balak Kingdom sought an audience with Qian Yunxiao.

• Qian Yunxiao ordered masked figures to seize the five kings and kill their guards, then declared that he was suppressing a rebellion over the alleged assassination of Xue Beng.
• Qian Yunxiao killed the King of the Silves Kingdom and told Kundera that he wanted the five kingdoms’ territory and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Yunxiao spared Kundera and the other kings for the moment, saying the other rulers were outside his jurisdiction.
• Xue Qinghe celebrated Qian Yunxiao’s success and planned to bring the Silves Kingdom under his control.
• Jiang Yawanner praised Qian Yunxiao in the Balak Kingdom’s palace, where a messenger announced that the Balak Kingdom’s Princess wanted to meet him.

Qian Yunxiao met Zhong Ling'er, who offered him a soul bone and herself in exchange for her father's life. He proposed that she help Wan'er take over the Balak Kingdom, and promised to treat Zhong Ling'er's poison in three days.

• A maidservant summoned Qian Yunxiao to meet Zhong Ling'er, Kundera's daughter.
• Zhong Ling'er asked Qian Yunxiao to spare her father's life and offered him a millennium soul bone.
• After Qian Yunxiao rejected the soul bone and her offer of obedience, he proposed that she help Wan'er take over and govern the Balak Kingdom.
• Qian Yunxiao promised to spare Kundera and make him a noble in the new kingdom if Zhong Ling'er completed the task.
• Qian Yunxiao told Zhong Ling'er to find him in three days so he could treat the poison in her body.

After conquering the Balak Kingdom, Qian Yunxiao focused on caring for pregnant Zi Zhenzhu while the Free and Easy Kingdom recovered and grew stronger. Shui Lanyue and Ye Zimei visited the estate to report on their families’ success and present tribute.

• Qian Yunxiao decided to pause further conquests after taking all of the Balak Kingdom’s territory and concentrated on preparing for Zi Zhenzhu’s childbirth.
• Qian Yunxiao carefully escorted pregnant Zi Zhenzhu around the garden and promised to have as many children with her as she wanted.
• Liu Erlong informed Qian Yunxiao that the Shui Family and Ye Family had arrived from Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Yunxiao welcomed Shui Lanyue and Ye Zimei in the reception hall and asked what trouble had brought them there.
• Shui Lanyue and Ye Zimei explained that their families’ businesses had grown increasingly profitable and that they had come to offer Qian Yunxiao tribute.

Qian Yunxiao accepted the Shui and Ye Families’ offered profits and gave their heads Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones. After Shui Lanyue identified the Qian Family’s lack of a directly controlled force to train Soul Masters, he proposed establishing an academy, and both women agreed to help.

• Shui Lanyue explained how the Shui and Ye Families had prospered under the Qian Family’s protection, and Ye Zimei presented their accounts and five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins in profits.
• Qian Yunxiao told Ye Zimei to give future profits to Ah Yin and gave Shui Lanyue and Ye Zimei two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to aid their cultivation.
• Qian Yunxiao asked what the Qian Family lacked, and Shui Lanyue suggested a Qian Family-controlled academy to train Soul Masters.
• Qian Yunxiao proposed founding the continent’s number one academy, and Shui Lanyue and Ye Zimei agreed to lead the effort.

The Shui, Ye, and Heaven Dou Qian families built Jixia Academy, and Qian Yunxiao ordered his children and niece enrolled there. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe sent “Qin Feng” to investigate the families, while Qian Wuhuang demonstrated his strength in the Extreme North.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Xue Qinghe wondered why the affiliated families had purchased a large plot of land, and Xue Qinghe ordered “Qin Feng” to investigate.
• The three families constructed Jixia Academy in three days, and Qian Yunxiao told Ye Zimei and Shui Lanyue to seek teachers from the Heaven Dou Qian Family branch if needed.
• Qian Yunxiao asked about the continent’s leading academies and ordered Qian Yin Xue, Qian Renxue, and Qian Wuhuang enrolled at Jixia Academy.
• In the Extreme North, Qian Wuhuang killed a nine-thousand-year Ice and Snow Giant Ox with his fifth soul skill, Cold Glint, while Song Xun’er watched and praised him.

Qian Yunxiao found Qian Wuhuang in the Extreme North and recruited his help by giving him and Song Xun'er bones from the Ice Dragon King. He brought them to Jixia Academy, where Qian Wuhuang reunited with Qian Yin Xue and Qian Renxue before Qian Yunxiao announced an important matter.

• Qian Yunxiao asked Qian Wuhuang for help and gave him and Song Xun'er Ice Dragon King bones as a reward.
• Qian Wuhuang gave his bone to Song Xun'er, and she tried to return both gifts before Qian Yunxiao told her to keep hers.
• Qian Yunxiao took Qian Wuhuang and Song Xun'er from the Extreme North to Jixia Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Wuhuang asked whether Qian Yunxiao planned to make him study at the academy, and Qian Yunxiao said he would find out why they had come soon enough.
• At the principal's office, Qian Wuhuang reunited with Qian Yin Xue and met Qian Renxue, while Song Xun'er greeted them respectfully.
• Qian Yunxiao interrupted the introductions and told the children that they had something important to do.

Qian Yunxiao brought Qian Renxue, Qian Yin Xue, and Qian Wuhuang to Godwind Academy so they could challenge its younger students and raise Jixia Academy’s reputation. After Qian Wuhuang revealed his five Soul Rings to a dismissive guard, Godwind Academy’s headmaster Feng Wuji arrived and respectfully greeted Qian Yunxiao.

• Qian Yunxiao kept the children guessing before transporting them to Godwind Academy.
• Qian Yunxiao revealed that Qian Renxue, Qian Yin Xue, and Qian Wuhuang would challenge Godwind Academy’s younger students and had to win.
• A guard mistook the group for prospective students and tried to drive them away.
• Qian Wuhuang revealed his five Soul Rings, identified himself as a Qian Family challenger, and ordered the guard to summon the headmaster.
• Feng Wuji and Godwind Academy’s teachers arrived and respectfully greeted Qian Yunxiao.

Qian Yunxiao brought Qian Yin Xue, Qian Renxue, and Qian Wuhuang to Godwind Academy for an Academic Exchange that Feng Wuji treated as a challenge. The first duel began with Qian Wuhuang facing senior student Li Min, who offered to let the child attack three times first.

• Qian Yunxiao introduced himself to Feng Wuji and entered Godwind Academy with the three children.
• Feng Wuji assembled the academy’s students and teachers and announced an Academic Exchange with three duels and one team match.
• Qian Wuhuang volunteered to take the first duel, and Qian Yin Xue and Qian Renxue agreed.
• Godwind Academy selected Li Min, a Soul King at Soul Power Level fifty-two, as its first duelist.
• Qian Wuhuang flew onto the arena with an Extreme Ice wing, and Li Min offered to let him make three moves first.

Qian Wuhuang swiftly defeated Li Min and revealed that he was a Level fifty-five Soul King, stunning Godwind Academy. Wang Long entered the arena as the second challenger, and the one-on-one match began with him shaken by Qian Wuhuang’s strength.

• Qian Wuhuang rejected Li Min’s offer of three moves, teleported behind him, and knocked him out with Angel Assault.
• The spectators mistakenly thought Li Min had won, while the instructors recognized Qian Wuhuang’s strength and combat skill.
• Qian Yunxiao praised his son and told Qian Yin Xue to wait for the team match, while Feng Wuji feared Godwind Academy would be defeated.
• Qian Wuhuang taunted Godwind Academy until Wang Long volunteered to fight and revealed his Level fifty-four Iron-Armored Rhinoceros Martial Soul.
• Qian Wuhuang revealed his Level fifty-five Twelve-Winged Ice Snow Angel Martial Soul, leaving Wang Long and the crowd stunned as their match began.

Qian Wuhuang defeated Wang Long and Feng Xiaoxiao, giving Godwind Academy three consecutive losses in the one-on-one matches. As the team match approached, Feng Wuji secretly transmitted a message to Qian Wuhuang.

• Wang Long charged Qian Wuhuang with his third soul skill, but Qian Wuhuang used Angel's Protection and emerged unscathed while Wang Long fell unconscious.
• Qian Wuhuang taunted the crowd after winning, and Feng Xiaoxiao of Godwind Academy stepped forward to challenge him.
• Feng Xiaotian cheered for his sister, while Qian Yunxiao recognized him and remarked on Feng Xiaoxiao's tragic fate.
• Qian Wuhuang defeated Feng Xiaoxiao after an intense battle, completing Godwind Academy's three one-on-one losses.
• Before the team match began, Feng Wuji secretly transmitted his voice to Qian Wuhuang.

Qian Yunxiao and Feng Wuji wagered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone against Godwind Academy becoming subordinate to Jixia Academy, then the three Jixia Academy children faced Godwind Academy’s seven in the team match. Qian Wuhuang opened the battle by targeting the opposing support-type Soul Master.

• Feng Wuji proposed that Godwind Academy become subordinate to Jixia Academy if it lost, while Qian Yunxiao would give him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone if he lost; Qian Yunxiao accepted.
• After an hour’s rest, Qian Yunxiao sent Qian Wuhuang, Qian Yin Xue, and Qian Renxue into the team match and told them victory was their only option.
• Godwind Academy’s seven competitors took the arena, and Li Min mocked the opposing team for having only three members.
• Qian Wuhuang taunted Li Min and Wang Long before Feng Xiaoxiao led Godwind Academy in releasing their martial souls.
• As the match began, Qian Wuhuang used his Third soul skill, Angel Teleportation, to disrupt the opponents and target their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda support Soul Master.

Qian Wuhuang was surrounded by Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Jianke while Qian Yin Xue and Qian Renxue tried to help him. Qian Yin Xue overwhelmed Wang Long and Li Min, and the chapter left Qian Wuhuang using Angel's Protection against the incoming attacks.

• Feng Xiaoxiao ordered her team to protect Ning Xia and surround Qian Wuhuang as he charged alone.
• Xiong Da and Xiong Er attacked Qian Wuhuang with their fourth Soul Skills, while Jianke unleashed his fifth Soul Skill.
• Qian Yin Xue and Qian Renxue rushed to help Qian Wuhuang, but Feng Xiaoxiao sent Wang Long and Li Min to stop them.
• Qian Yin Xue sent Wang Long and Li Min flying, and Qian Renxue knocked both of them off the arena.
• Ning Xia used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Skills to enhance Feng Xiaoxiao as Qian Renxue charged toward her.
• Qian Wuhuang faced the attackers and summoned his fourth Soul Skill, Angel's Protection.

Qian Wuhuang and Qian Yin Xue secured Jixia Academy’s victory over Godwind Academy, prompting Feng Wuji to declare Godwind an affiliated academy. Qian Yunxiao revealed the Sunset Qian Family’s connection to Jixia Academy and set his sights on Blazing Fire Academy.

• Qian Wuhuang survived the opponents’ attacks, pierced Jianke’s shoulder with Cold Glint, and fought off Feng Xiaoxiao’s final desperate attack without being harmed.
• Qian Yin Xue sent Xiong Da and Xiong Er flying off the arena, scolded Qian Wuhuang, and told him to deal with Ning Xia and Feng Xiaoxiao.
• Jixia Academy won all three solo matches and the team match against Godwind Academy.
• Feng Wuji announced that Godwind Academy would become Jixia Academy’s affiliated academy and introduced Qian Yunxiao as Jixia Academy’s headmaster.
• Godwind Academy’s students accepted the affiliation after learning Jixia Academy belonged to the Sunset Qian Family, while Qian Yunxiao turned his attention to Blazing Fire Academy.