Chapter Summaries

After Bai Xue woke from the ambush and realized what had happened, Qian Renxue urged her to keep the child and claim it as Qian Renxue’s. The chapter ended with Bai Xue stunned by her daughter’s offer.

• Qian Renxue told Ling Yuan Douluo that Chen Yue could not escape, and Ling Yuan Douluo carried him away.
• Bai Xue woke up in pain and learned from Qian Renxue that she was pregnant.
• Bai Xue recalled being ambushed by two spiritual-type soul masters and panicked when she understood what had happened.
• Bai Xue said she would not let the child be born, but Qian Renxue told her to give birth and say the child was hers.

Chen Yue woke up exhausted in a private courtyard in the Star Luo Empire beside Zhu Yunqing, Duchess Nether and Zhu Zhuqing’s mother. Zhu Yunqing said he had detoxified her with his blood, leaving Chen Yue confused about what had happened.

• Chen Yue woke up in an unfamiliar building and deduced that he was in the Star Luo Empire.
• Chen Yue realized that a journey to Sea God Island would be dangerous because he could not survive crossing the Demon Whale Sea Domain.
• Chen Yue discovered Zhu Yunqing lying beside him and recognized her resemblance to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Yunqing identified herself as Duchess Nether and said Chen Yue’s blood had neutralized the poison of a Titled Douluo.

Chen Yue learned that Zhu Yunqing had brought him to the Star Luo Empire because the emperor wanted to meet him and possibly appoint him to an important position. He then discovered a system notification claiming he had married Bai Xue and fathered several children, leaving him shocked and confused.

• Zhu Yunqing told Chen Yue that his poison immunity had overcome the venom and explained that their encounter could threaten them because women in Duke Youming's Mansion had to remain faithful.
• Zhu Yunqing explained that a Titled Douluo with a draconic martial soul had poisoned her and that they would investigate his identity after returning.
• Zhu Yunqing said the Star Luo Emperor wanted to meet Chen Yue and might give him an important post, though the Dai Imperial Family had many unmarried princesses.
• Chen Yue opened his system notifications and found a reward message claiming he had married Bai Xue and fathered several children.

Chen Yue received a series of astonishing rewards, including a powerful one-use attack and a fragment that could eventually make him immortal. He was left wondering how the rewards fit together.

• Chen Yue read a system reward for marrying two unfamiliar Star Luo Ace Shadow Guards and gaining nine levels of innate soul power.
• Chen Yue received a Limit Di Tian Dragon Card after a descendant was born to Liu Erlong and worried that its enormous attack range could endanger him too.
• Chen Yue received a Heart of Douluo fragment after a descendant was born to Xue Wu.
• Chen Yue compared the fragment’s promise of immortality with the Dragon Card and began to ask what it meant.

Chen Yue wondered why Gu Qinghan had not given birth yet, then received a reward that increased his spirit ring age limit and revealed his astonishing spirit rings to Zhu Yunqing. The chapter ended with Zhu Yunqing stunned by what she had witnessed.

• Chen Yue noticed that Xue Wu had given birth before Gu Qinghan and asked how long he had been away from Heaven Dou City.
• Zhu Yunqing estimated that Chen Yue had been gone for around eight or nine days.
• Chen Yue received a reward for marrying Zhu Yunqing: 600 years of lifespan and a 100% increase to his spirit ring age limit.
• Chen Yue's martial soul appeared with powerful spirit rings, leaving Zhu Yunqing shocked.
• Zhu Yunqing repeatedly checked the rings, unable to believe their number and energy.

After seeing Chen Yue’s four red soul rings, Zhu Yunqing abandoned her schemes and tried to recruit him to overthrow the Dai Family. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue learned that Chen Yue had left and confronted Ling Yuan Douluo, who was too frightened to explain what had happened to him.

• Zhu Yunqing was awed by Chen Yue’s four hundred-thousand-year soul rings and decided to cling to him.
• Zhu Yunqing proposed that she and Chen Yue overthrow the Dai Family so she could claim the phoenix throne.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Liu Yanlong that the Crown Prince said Chen Yue had already left, and Liu Yanlong sent her to ask Heavenly Water Academy where he had gone.
• Qian Renxue kept Bai Xue in the palace as a maid after dealing with her matter.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know what Ling Yuan Douluo had done to Chen Yue and threatened her if she had thrown him to the soul beasts.

Qian Renxue questioned Ling Yuan Douluo about the missing Chen Yue, and Ling Yuan Douluo revealed that she had left him hanging from a tree before losing track of him. After examining torn clothing found at the scene, Qian Renxue concluded that people from the Star Luo Empire had framed Bai Xue.

• Qian Renxue demanded to know where Ling Yuan Douluo had put Chen Yue.
• Ling Yuan Douluo admitted that she had hung Chen Yue upside down from a tree and scared off two young women.
• Ling Yuan Douluo said she had gone hunting for a soul beast and found Chen Yue missing when she returned.
• Ling Yuan Douluo showed the Angel Legion female soul masters scraps of intimate clothing found at the scene.
• A female soul saint identified the fabric as originating from the Star Luo Empire, and Qian Renxue concluded that Star Luo people had framed Bai Xue.

Chen Yue arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, where the Star Luo Emperor eagerly tried to win his favor despite Chen Yue's cold attitude. After Davis and Zhu Zhuyun escorted Chen Yue away, the Star Luo Empress questioned the Emperor about his behavior.

• The Star Luo Emperor welcomed Chen Yue and promised to match anything the Heaven Dou Empire or Heavenly Water Academy could offer him.
• Chen Yue silently resented being brought to the Star Luo Empire and kept his thoughts to himself.
• The Star Luo Emperor arranged for First Prince Davis and Zhu Zhuyun to escort Chen Yue to a residence in the imperial palace.
• After Chen Yue left, the Star Luo Empress emerged from behind a screen and asked the Emperor why Chen Yue seemed so cold.

The Star Luo Emperor explained why he had paid a steep price to capture a Martial Soul theory master: the man had brought forth the Titled Douluo who seriously injured former Spirit Hall Pope Qian Xunji. The Nether Empress learned the revelation and was left shocked by the captive’s influence.

• The Star Luo Emperor told the Nether Empress that capturing the man from the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace had cost a great deal.
• After dismissing the palace maids, the Star Luo Emperor said the Shadow Guards had uncovered information about Qian Xunji’s injury.
• The Nether Empress dismissed Spirit Hall’s claim that Qian Xunji had suffered a cultivation mishap and wondered whether the captive had injured him himself.
• The Star Luo Emperor clarified that the captive had brought forth the Titled Douluo who seriously injured Qian Xunji.
• The Nether Empress realized Qian Xunji’s prolonged absence from Spirit Hall’s affairs was likely due to the severity of his injuries.

The Star Luo Emperor explained Dugu Bo’s astonishing improvement and ordered the Nether Empress to use unmarried princesses to win Chen Yue’s favor. Chen Yue arrived at the Imperial Palace and was shown to a residence beside the Fifth Princess’s palace.

• The Nether Empress reacted with shock as the Star Luo Emperor described Dugu Bo fighting two Titled Douluo and escaping unharmed with Chen Yue’s help.
• The Star Luo Emperor said he would destroy Chen Yue if he could not make him serve the Star Luo Empire.
• The Star Luo Emperor tasked the Nether Empress with arranging a beauty trap using unmarried princesses, then left her to handle the harem.
• The Nether Empress worried that the Star Luo Emperor might turn against her and headed to the harem to consider her daughters.
• Davis escorted Chen Yue to his residence beside the Fifth Princess’s palace and prepared to leave.

Zhu Zhuyun claimed she had lost her engagement ring and went back toward Chen Yue’s chambers, while recalling her mother’s secret visit and astonishing transformation. The chapter left Zhu Zhuyun eager to learn what opportunity had made Zhu Yunqing so powerful.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Davis she might have lost their engagement ring, and he let her search while he went to see the Star Luo Emperor.
• Zhu Zhuyun headed toward Chen Yue’s chambers and remembered Zhu Yunqing secretly visiting the day before.
• Zhu Yunqing revealed a powerful Netherworld Shadow Cat martial soul and an extraordinary set of soul rings, shocking Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun pressed her mother to explain how she had gained her new power, but Zhu Yunqing only told her to guess.

Zhu Yunqing urged Zhu Zhuyun to change the fate of her descendants by overturning the Star Luo Imperial Family’s rule, while Chen Yue’s Spirit Light Technique had evolved Zhu Yunqing’s martial soul. Zhu Zhuyun decided to act, and the Nether Empress silently infiltrated Chen Yue’s residence.

• Zhu Yunqing told Zhu Zhuyun to choose whether to let her descendants kill one another or change their fate.
• Chen Yue’s Spirit Light Technique evolved Zhu Yunqing’s martial soul into the Dark Holy Shadow and improved her soul rings.
• Zhu Zhuyun returned to Duke Nether’s Mansion, learned Zhu Yunqing had not returned, and later understood her mother’s warning.
• Zhu Zhuyun decided that changing her descendants’ fate meant overthrowing the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• The Nether Empress silently infiltrated Chen Yue’s residence.

Chen Yue relaxed in a hot bath at the Star Luo Imperial Palace and realized that the Eugenics System rewarded having children far more than taking wives. After considering the empire’s hidden powerhouse and his own strength, he decided to change his plans.

• Chen Yue bathed in the palace and concluded that the Eugenics System gave its best rewards for having children.
• Chen Yue regretted leaving Heavenly Water Academy, where he thought he could have had children more easily.
• Chen Yue recalled that marrying Zhu Yunqing and leaving descendants had doubled the age of his seventh Soul Ring to 760,000 years.
• Chen Yue sensed a concealed presence beneath the palace and suspected it was the Star Luo Empire’s old ancestor, possibly a peak Douluo.
• Chen Yue decided to change his plan because he could not be sure he could escape the powerful expert.

Chen Yue planned to use the Star Luo Emperor’s secret approach to negotiate for women with strong Innate Soul Power, hoping to gain powerful descendants and system rewards. As he settled on an excessive demand to make, a masked, white-haired woman appeared before him in the bath.

• Chen Yue considered whether to ask the Star Luo Emperor for a rebellious princess, but decided that could put his descendants at risk.
• Chen Yue realized that only the Dai Family and Duke Nether’s Mansion would know about him and could benefit from his offer.
• Chen Yue reviewed the system’s extra rewards for couples whose Innate Soul Power levels had a product greater than five, and reflected on its emphasis on having more children.
• Chen Yue decided to demand women with Innate Soul Power of level eight or above and exceptional beauty, while planning to disguise the request with an even more excessive condition.
• Chen Yue opened his eyes in the cooling bath and saw a white-haired, masked figure with crimson eyes standing before him.

The Nether Empress secretly entered Chen Yue’s residence but was trapped by a mysterious woman wielding powerful ice abilities. The woman took control of the Nether Empress and forced her toward the unconscious Chen Yue.

• Chen Yue saw a red-eyed woman outside his bathroom, then lost consciousness after a chill invaded his mind.
• The Nether Empress entered Chen Yue’s residence after Davis and Zhu Zhuyun left, but sensed danger and tried to flee.
• Frigid ice trapped the Nether Empress and froze her Soul Power before she could alert the Star Luo Emperor.
• The mysterious woman said she would borrow the Nether Empress, then took control of her body and forced her toward Chen Yue.

Zhu Zhuyun discovered the Nether Empress's secret and, fearing she would be silenced, joined Chen Yue. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Emperor and Davis both sensed that something was wrong, though neither knew what had happened.

• Zhu Zhuyun returned and saw the Nether Empress unable to speak or control her body.
• Zhu Zhuyun feared the Empress would kill her for discovering the secret, so she offered to join Chen Yue.
• The Nether Empress silently tried to stop Zhu Zhuyun but could not make a sound as Zhu Zhuyun took Chen Yue's claw.
• The Star Luo Emperor felt an inexplicable chill and wondered why he sensed something missing.
• Davis suddenly froze and spat black blood after the Star Luo Emperor kicked him awake.
• Davis said he felt unsettled, but the Star Luo Emperor insisted nothing could happen in the secure imperial palace.

The Star Luo Emperor assured Davis that the palace was secure and explained Chen Yue’s importance, while Davis worried that something might have happened to Mubai. In a hidden chamber, the White Tiger Douluo faced an unknown woman whose dark ice had engulfed the palace.

• The Star Luo Emperor told Davis that the palace was heavily guarded and promised to send a Soul Sage to check on Mubai the next day.
• After learning how important Chen Yue was, Davis regretted treating him coldly and considered apologizing.
• The White Tiger Douluo heard a crack in his secluded chamber and saw dark ice spreading across its walls.
• The White Tiger Douluo stayed seated as the ice covered the chamber, knowing he could not defeat the intruder without risking the palace.
• A woman addressed the White Tiger Douluo and asked whether he understood what the Ice Palace meant.

The Nether Empress prevented White Tiger Douluo from investigating Chen Yue’s palace and secured his promise to preserve the Dai Family bloodline. After the Nether Empress and Zhu Zhuyun survived their encounter with the crystal, they agreed to conceal what had happened and discussed Zhu Zhuyun’s coming wedding.

• White Tiger Douluo asked why he had been imprisoned, and the mysterious woman told him to remain quietly in place.
• White Tiger Douluo asked her to leave the Dai Family a bloodline, and she agreed before leaving his palace.
• The Dai father and son discussed their offensive against Chen Yue, unaware that the Nether Empress and Zhu Zhuyun had faced the crystal in Chen Yue’s residence and collapsed after it was destroyed.
• The Nether Empress and Zhu Zhuyun agreed to pretend the incident had never happened.
• Zhu Zhuyun worried about her approaching wedding, and the Nether Empress told her to give birth if there was a child while resolving to hide the matter from the Star Luo Emperor.

The Nether Empress and Zhu Zhuyun worried that Chen Yue might leave for the Heaven Dou Empire, despite the sacrifices they had made to secure his favor. The Nether Empress then realized Zhu Zhuyun herself could be used as a bargaining chip.

• Zhu Zhuyun asked how they could keep Chen Yue from leaving for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Nether Empress considered offering money, status, spirit rings, or spirit bones but judged none of them likely to work.
• The Nether Empress realized Zhu Zhuyun could serve as an important bargaining chip.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked the Nether Empress what she had thought of.

The Nether Empress proposed that Zhu Zhuyun secure Davis’s loyalty by giving him a child, arguing that family ties would keep him connected to Duke Nether’s Mansion. Zhu Zhuyun hesitated but agreed to follow the plan, while the Nether Empress promised to help conceal it from Davis.

• Zhu Zhuyun asked the Nether Empress what might attract Davis, and the Nether Empress identified reputation as important to a scholar like him.
• The Nether Empress explained that they could not control Davis’s professional reputation, so they should instead appeal to his family ties and affection.
• The Nether Empress proposed that Zhu Zhuyun give Davis a bloodline to keep him from abandoning them.
• Zhu Zhuyun voiced concern about the plan, but fell silent when the Nether Empress warned that the whole household could be implicated if they were discovered.
• The Nether Empress embraced Zhu Zhuyun and promised to help ensure Davis would not notice anything amiss.