Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chen and Purple Micro Palace’s fighters remained locked in battle with Blood Soul Douluo’s nine Dark Gold Bat clones until a golden domain appeared and empowered their side while purifying evil. Zhou Chen identified Qian Renxue as the domain’s source, but Blood Soul Douluo endured its power by revealing his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Lin Tian and other experts struggled to injure Blood Soul Douluo’s heavily defended Dark Gold Bat clones while their shrieks disoriented the fighters.
• A golden domain descended, restoring the allies’ injuries and Soul Power while melting the bats and forcing Xiao Chenyu to flee its range.
• Zhou Chen used his Heavenly Vision Earthly Hearing Technique and spotted Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, releasing the Angel Domain from a ruined room.
• The nine bats exploded into tiny bats, which gathered into a massive nine-headed Dark Gold Bat that resisted the domain with blood-colored light.
• Zhou Chen recognized the enormous bat as Blood Soul Douluo’s Martial Soul Avatar.

Zhou Chen and the gathered experts attacked Blood Soul Douluo after discovering his Nine-Headed Bat King form. Qian Renxue’s strengthened Angel Domain weakened him, and although he stole Zhou Chen’s blood to restore his power, golden flames consumed him completely.

• Shi Yu and Shi Lei recognized Blood Soul Douluo’s Nine-Headed Bat King form, and Zhou Chen ordered the experts to kill him.
• Blood Soul Douluo released dark-red ripples that weakened the experts’ soul skills, but Qian Renxue merged with her Six-Winged Angel and strengthened the Angel Domain.
• Lin Tian severed one of Blood Soul Douluo’s heads, and the experts cut off eight before only the central head remained.
• Blood Soul Douluo sacrificed part of his soul, returned to human form, and used his Blood Soul Transfer Great Art to steal Zhou Chen’s blood.
• Golden flames erupted from Blood Soul Douluo’s body and burned him to nothing.

Zhou Chen’s blood caused Blood Soul Douluo to burn to death, drawing Qian Renxue’s interest before she left to have him investigated. As Zhou Chen prepared to depart, a vast Tiandou Empire army arrived, accompanied by his mother-in-law Ye Yinzhu and five Soul Douluo.

• Blood Soul Douluo drank Zhou Chen’s blood, burst into golden flames, and died, leaving the watching experts stunned.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Zhou Chen’s blood held power a Titled Douluo could not withstand and ordered Uncle She to investigate his identity and allies.
• Qian Renxue and the two Titled Douluo departed, and Zhou Chen relaxed after she showed no immediate hostility.
• Zhou Chen decided to leave before the Heaven Dou City Garrison arrived, but thousands of troops and several hundred Soul Masters approached the Great Spirit Arena.
• Zhou Chen recognized Ye Yinzhu among six approaching figures, and she and five Soul Douluo saw that the battle had already ended.

After the battle at Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Ye Yinzhu healed Purple Micro Palace’s wounded and learned that Zhou Chen had killed Blood Soul Douluo. She introduced Zhou Chen to the imperial reinforcements, including Marshal Ge Long and imperial offerings, and began presenting the Three Great Education Committee Members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Emperor Xue Ye sent Ge Long, more than fifty thousand troops, and five Soul Douluo to aid Zhou Chen after Ye Yinzhu asked for help.
• Ye Yinzhu treated Zhou Chen and healed the wounded members of Purple Micro Palace, including the unconscious Shi Feng.
• Shi Feng told the gathered experts that the Black Tortoise Clan had sworn loyalty to Purple Micro Palace.
• Zhou Chen told Ye Yinzhu and the imperial reinforcements that Blood Soul Douluo had been killed, shocking Ge Long and the imperial Soul Douluo.
• Zhou Chen thanked Ge Long and asked him to convey his appreciation to Xue Ye.
• Ye Yinzhu introduced imperial offering Xue Shan to Zhou Chen, then began introducing the Three Great Education Committee Members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After Zhou Chen and Ye Yinzhu parted ways with the Heaven Dou officials and academy elders, news of his battle with Blood Soul Douluo spread across the continent. Zhou Chen’s identity remained hidden as Purple Micro Palace became the focus of attention, leaving the Wind Sword Sect afraid of retaliation.

• Meng Shenji introduced the three Education Committee elders and urged Zhou Chen to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Zhou Chen avoided his advances.
• Ye Yinzhu took Zhou Chen back to Ye Residence, where Ye Lingling was waiting for news of him.
• Marshal Ge Long ordered the tens of thousands of soldiers to withdraw, and the officials and academy elders departed.
• Factions across Douluo Continent heard that Blood Soul Douluo had been killed, while the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, Ye Family, and Spirit Hall concealed Zhou Chen’s identity.
• Purple Micro Palace’s strength frightened the Lower Four Sects, especially the Wind Sword Sect, and some people dubbed it one of the “Upper Four Sects.”

Emperor Xue Ye reviewed intelligence on Zhou Chen and decided to recruit him by offering wealth and a marriage alliance. He settled on his daughter Xue Ke as Zhou Chen’s prospective bride, leaving Marshal Ge Long to hear the emperor’s plan.

• Xue Ye read Marshal Ge Long’s dossier on Zhou Chen and recognized that they shared enemies in Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire.
• Ge Long reported that Zhou Chen liked Gold Soul Coins and women, prompting Xue Ye to order one million Gold Soul Coins prepared for him.
• Ge Long revealed that Zhou Chen had already become Dugu Yan’s boyfriend, surprising Xue Ye, who had hoped to match her with Xue Beng.
• Xue Ye proposed marrying an imperial princess to Zhou Chen and granting him the title of imperial duke so the imperial family could secure his loyalty.
• Xue Ye chose his daughter Xue Ke as Zhou Chen’s prospective bride, confident that Zhou Chen would accept her.

Xue Ye decided not to use Xue Ke for a political marriage, but she surprised him by admitting she wanted to marry Zhou Chen. The chapter left Xue Ye agreeing to arrange a marriage proposal after learning Xue Ke had already fallen for Zhou Chen.

• Xue Ke dropped the late-night snack outside the Imperial Study after overhearing Xue Ye discuss marrying her to Zhou Chen.
• Xue Ye comforted Xue Ke and promised he would let her choose her own husband.
• Xue Ke told Xue Ye and Ge Long that she liked Zhou Chen and had met him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Ke praised Zhou Chen’s manners and said she had asked him for an autograph with other girls.
• Xue Ye agreed to arrange a marriage proposal to Zhou Chen, while Xue Ke worried that his other girlfriends might leave her with a low place among them.

Zhou Chen flew to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Qin Ming and Lin Yang to check on Dugu Bo and Zhu Zhuqing. He found Dugu Bo anxiously waiting and discovered Zhu Zhuqing cultivating in the pool with Soul Power nearly equal to a Titled Douluo’s.

• Qin Ming and Lin Yang joined Zhou Chen on his flight to Sunset Forest after reaching Soul Douluo level with God Crystal.
• Zhou Chen told them Dugu Bo was Purple Micro Palace’s Second Offering and explained that Dugu Bo had been secluded at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo emerged to meet them and urgently told Zhou Chen that something had happened to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhou Chen descended into the valley and saw Zhu Zhuqing cultivating in the pool with power that seemed close to Dugu Bo’s, raising the possibility that she had become a Titled Douluo.

Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power had suddenly surged to the Titled Douluo level, leaving her unconscious and at risk of exploding unless she remained in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Zhou Chen obtained the System’s treatment plan, which called for three Immortal Herbs, but he did not know how to identify or use them.

• Zhou Chen worried that Zhu Zhuqing’s unstable Titled Douluo-level Soul Power could destroy her body if she left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo explained that Zhu Zhuqing had awakened five days earlier, broken through to level 80, formed a black Eighth Soul Ring, then reached level 90 and formed a red Ninth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo suspected Zhu Zhuqing was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form, but Zhou Chen said she came from the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhou Chen asked the System how to save Zhu Zhuqing and paid ten thousand Gold Yuan Points for a cheaper treatment plan.
• The System recommended tempering Zhu Zhuqing’s body with the Blazing Apricot Petite Sparse and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then strengthening her soul with Narcissus Jade Bone.
• Zhou Chen realized he could not identify, pick, or administer the herbs and asked the System how much it wanted to charge him for that information.

Zhou Chen used the Immortal Herbs to save Zhu Zhuqing from the brink of death, helping her stabilize her rapidly growing Soul Power and awaken as a Titled Douluo. After she woke, the two embraced and promised to remain together forever.

• Zhou Chen paid the System twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins for instructions on the three Immortal Herbs and learned the order needed to save Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhou Chen harvested the Blazing Apricot Petite Sparse with a jade pendant and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Zhou Chen fed both herbs to Zhu Zhuqing before their medicinal effects could neutralize each other, and their opposing powers surged through her body.
• Zhu Zhuqing's nine Soul Rings appeared as her immense aura filled the valley, and she finally woke.
• Zhu Zhuqing leaped into Zhou Chen's arms, and Zhou Chen comforted her and promised they would never part again.

Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had risked her life to reach Titled Douluo because she believed Zhou Chen needed her help, and he promised she would never do so again. He gave her a Narcissus Jade Bone, which strengthened her body and spiritual power, leaving her transformed with a jade-like radiance.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhou Chen and Dugu Bo that she was now level 92, and Dugu Bo was astonished by her strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had forced her breakthrough because she thought Purple Micro Palace urgently needed a Titled Douluo to guard it.
• Zhou Chen held Zhu Zhuqing and made her promise not to risk her life that way again.
• Zhou Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing a Narcissus Jade Bone and instructed her how to consume it.
• Zhu Zhuqing consumed the flower and emerged with a stronger body and spiritual power, her appearance radiating jade-like light.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing faced down an overbearing charge by the Royal Knights. Zhou Chen killed the knight who attacked him, leaving the surviving guards wary and the conflict unresolved.

• Dugu Bo returned to his residence to see Dugu Yan while Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing toured Heaven Dou City together.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked where they would stay, making Zhou Chen worry about explaining his time with Dugu Yan.
• More than a hundred Royal Knights charged down the street, and the leading knight tried to whip Zhou Chen.
• Zhu Zhuqing released her Titled Douluo Soul Power Pressure, causing the horses to collapse and throwing the knights from their saddles.
• Zhou Chen punched the leading knight apart, and the surviving Royal Guards surrounded a young man in yellow robes while hesitating to confront Zhou Chen.

Zhu Zhuqing used her overwhelming Soul Power Pressure to crush nearly a hundred Royal Knights and knock out civilians while protecting Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen recognized the richly dressed young man as Prince Xue Beng and understood that his public brutality was a calculated act to conceal his ambition and survive the succession struggle; Xue Beng’s strongest guard warned him that Zhu Zhuqing was at least a Soul Sage.

• Xue Beng angrily ordered the Royal Knights to attack Zhou Chen, but Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward and unleashed her Soul Power Pressure.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s pressure pinned nearly a hundred Royal Knights to the ground and caused civilians nearby to faint, while Xue Beng remained protected by his elite guards.
• A nobleman identified the richly dressed young man as Fourth Prince Xue Beng, and the crowd condemned his cruelty and abuse of civilians.
• Zhou Chen recognized Xue Beng’s apparent debauchery as a scheme to make himself seem harmless to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and avoid being killed in the succession struggle.
• Xue Beng looked to his level-63 Soul Emperor guard for an assessment, and the guard judged Zhu Zhuqing to be at least a Soul Sage, possibly a Soul Douluo.

Zhou Chen tried to kill Xue Beng after learning of his cruelty, but the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud protected the Fourth Prince. Zhu Zhuqing killed the Royal Knights who charged them, and the chapter ended with Zhou Chen weighing whether they could break through the divine artifact before imperial forces arrived.

• Xue Beng learned that Zhu Zhuqing was a Soul Douluo and tried to end the confrontation with a false apology.
• Zhou Chen launched the Xuanyuan Sword at Xue Beng, intent on killing him for his brutal treatment of commoners.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud appeared around Xue Beng and blocked Zhou Chen's repeated attacks.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Royal Knights who charged Zhou Chen, including their strongest guard.
• Zhou Chen asked whether Zhu Zhuqing could break the Shroud, and she estimated that it would take at least half a shichen.

Zhou Chen abandoned his immediate attempt to kill Xue Beng and left with Zhu Zhuqing, intending to find another chance to kill him and take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After the attack, Prince Xue Xing suspected Xue Qinghe of arranging it, though he had no evidence.

• Zhou Chen left Heaven Dou City with Zhu Zhuqing after deciding to kill Xue Beng by another method and seize his divine artifact.
• Xue Beng feared Zhou Chen and resolved to seek revenge, believing the youth would try to kill him again.
• Xue Shan, Ge Long, and imperial forces arrived to find slain Royal Knights and discovered that a powerful attacker had killed a Soul Emperor in one strike.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived, confirmed Xue Beng was safe, and promised to seek justice for the assassination.
• Prince Xue Xing told Xue Shan that Xue Qinghe benefited most from the deaths of two imperial sons and suggested he was behind the attack, despite lacking evidence.

Prince Xue Xing convinced Xue Shan that Xue Qinghe was responsible for the Imperial Sons’ deaths, and they decided to seek Dugu Bo’s help investigating. Meanwhile, Zhou Chen comforted Zhu Zhuqing at the Hanhai Grand Hotel and revealed that he had a True Dragon Soul Bone to give her.

• Xue Shan grew suspicious of Xue Qinghe after recalling the deaths of Xue Luochuan and Xue Haicang, and vowed to investigate him while protecting Xue Beng.
• Prince Xue Xing revealed that Xue Beng had pretended to be a wastrel to avoid being targeted, and Xue Beng confirmed the story.
• Xue Xing told Xue Shan that a powerful Soul Master force seemed to be behind Xue Qinghe, and suggested asking Dugu Bo to help investigate.
• Xue Shan agreed to seek Dugu Bo’s help, unaware that Zhou Chen had caused the assassination attempt that led Xue Qinghe to take the blame.
• At the Hanhai Grand Hotel, Zhou Chen reassured Zhu Zhuqing that the deaths of the Royal Knights would not affect his plans, and said he would eventually kill Xue Beng.
• Zhou Chen told Zhu Zhuqing that his gift for her was the True Dragon Soul Bone.

Zhou Chen chose the Dark Sacred Dragon Soul Bone set for Zhu Zhuqing from the sixty True Dragon Soul Bones he had obtained. Zhu Zhuqing endured the painful fusion, and the six bones transformed into a suit of black armor that left her fully equipped.

• Zhou Chen revealed sixty True Dragon Soul Bones, forming ten complete six-bone sets from ten kinds of True Dragons.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhou Chen to choose a set for her, and he selected the Dark Sacred Dragon bones to match her shadow bloodline.
• Zhou Chen instructed Zhu Zhuqing to release her Martial Soul and pour Soul Power into the six bones as she began fusing with them.
• The Dark Sacred Dragon bones melted into black liquid and enveloped Zhu Zhuqing, causing her intense pain as she endured the fusion.
• The liquid transformed into black armor covering Zhu Zhuqing from head to toe, with the skull bone forming a crown.

Zhu Zhuqing fused with six True Dragon Soul Bones, rose to level 93, and named her armor the Shadow God Armor. The next morning, Yu Tianmeng tracked Zhou Chen to his hotel and brought word that the Shi Brothers of the Black Tortoise Clan wanted to see him, so he left for their residence while Yu Tianmeng stayed behind.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhou Chen that fusing with the six soul bones had strengthened her and raised her to level 93.
• Zhou Chen suggested naming Zhu Zhuqing’s armor the Shadow God Armor, and she agreed before describing its twelve soul skills.
• Yu Tianmeng arrived at Zhou Chen’s hotel suite and revealed that she had tracked him with a Soul Guidance Device.
• Yu Tianmeng told Zhou Chen that the Shi Brothers of the Black Tortoise Clan wanted to discuss something with him.
• Zhou Chen asked Yu Tianmeng to stay and protect Zhu Zhuqing, then transformed into golden light and left for the Black Tortoise Clan’s residence.
• Yu Tianmeng realized Zhou Chen was with Zhu Zhuqing and complained that he had won her over before she had succeeded with anyone.

Zhou Chen visited the Black Tortoise Clan estate and learned that Shi Feng, Shi Yu, and Shi Lei had broken through to become Titled Douluo. Their advancement raised Purple Micro Palace's count to six Titled Douluo, including Tang Hao.

• Zhou Chen arrived at the Black Tortoise Clan estate, where two Spirit Sage guards welcomed him as Palace Master.
• Zhou Chen greeted Shi Feng and the clan warmly, then asked whether the God Crystals had helped the three elders break through.
• Shi Feng, Shi Yu, and Shi Lei revealed their nine soul rings and announced that they had reached rank 91 after hunting soul rings in Sunset Forest.
• Zhou Chen celebrated the three elders' advancement and counted six Titled Douluo associated with Purple Micro Palace.

Zhou Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yu Tianmeng shared an extravagant dinner after Zhou Chen returned from the Black Tortoise Clan, and he concealed the clan’s news with a lie. Yu Tianmeng confessed that she wanted Zhou Chen as her husband, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to threaten her and leaving Zhou Chen caught between them.

• Zhou Chen paid for Yu Tianmeng’s Imperial Feast to thank her for informing him about the Black Tortoise Clan.
• Yu Tianmeng asked whether something good had happened, and Zhou Chen claimed the clan was celebrating a newborn.
• After finishing the feast, Yu Tianmeng told Zhou Chen he met her standards for a mate and offered to become his wife.
• Zhu Zhuqing slammed her palm into the table and warned Yu Tianmeng that she also met her standards for someone to beat up.
• Yu Tianmeng called her confession a joke, and Zhu Zhuqing withdrew her aura while Zhou Chen resolved not to dine with two girls again.