Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun’s Desire Energy erupted after Tang Yuehua’s incense drew him and Qian Renxue into a chaotic encounter, leaving him to consider the consequences for both women. Afterward, Qian Renxue woke, resolved to keep the incident secret for now, and discovered that her Soul Power had risen from Level 65 to Level 70.

• Xiao Yun recognized Tang Yuehua’s incense and tried to resist the Desire Energy released by the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Tang Yuehua approached Xiao Yun as the Desire Energy overwhelmed him, and Xiao Yun used the Treasure Pagoda to seal the room from outside interference.
• Xiao Yun woke first, covered Tang Yuehua and Qian Renxue with blankets, and worried about the consequences of the encounter, especially Qian Renxue’s identity.
• Xiao Yun discovered two new lotus buds in his sea of qi, one with yang attributes and one with yin attributes.
• Qian Renxue woke, dressed herself, recalled that she had pursued Xiao Yun, and decided not to expose the incident immediately.
• Qian Renxue examined her Soul Power and found it had risen from Level 65 to Level 70, leaving her close to becoming a Soul Saint.

Xiao Yun gave Qian Renxue several pills and explained their effects, then urged her to test the Ice Skin Jade Bone Pill. After enduring its painful transformation and bathing away the impurities, Qian Renxue was left to discover the pill’s results while Xiao Yun wrestled with how to handle Tang Yuehua.

• Xiao Yun apologized to Qian Renxue and handed her bottles of pills to demonstrate his value.
• Xiao Yun explained the pills’ effects, including how the Ice Skin Jade Bone Pill could improve her body and preserve her youthful appearance.
• Qian Renxue swallowed the Ice Skin Jade Bone Pill and endured intense pain and itching as it cleansed and tempered her body.
• Xiao Yun produced a bath barrel and turned away while Qian Renxue washed off the foul-smelling impurities.
• While Qian Renxue bathed, Xiao Yun restrained his desire and wondered how to deal with Tang Yuehua.

Qian Renxue learned more about Xiao Yun’s rare pills and discovered that he wielded a power called Spiritual Power. Xiao Yun left her curious about his master, after revealing that only the two of them cultivated this power in the Douluo World.

• Xiao Yun knocked Tang Yuehua unconscious again before she could wake and meet Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue noticed the pills’ effects and questioned Xiao Yun about how many Ice Skin Jade Bone Pills one Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone could produce.
• Xiao Yun said he had only two pills remaining, then handed Qian Renxue the last one in exchange for the Crown Prince’s promise not to pursue the matter.
• Xiao Yun explained the other pills’ uses and refused to reveal his pill-refining method when Qian Renxue asked.
• After Qian Renxue promised to keep his abilities secret, Xiao Yun demonstrated Spiritual Power and told her that only he and his master cultivated it.
• Qian Renxue asked Xiao Yun where his master was.

After Qian Renxue left, Tang Yuehua woke and asked Xiao Yun to teach her a cultivation method. Learning why she feared remaining powerless in the Clear Sky Sect, she insisted on pursuing both ways to gain strength, while Xiao Yun agreed to test her aptitude first.

• Qian Renxue left the Quiet Room after reminding Xiao Yun to visit the Crown Prince's Mansion the next morning.
• Xiao Yun restored the Treasure Pagoda's barrier and used spiritual energy to wake Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua asked Xiao Yun to teach her his cultivation method, and he told her to get dressed before they discussed it.
• Tang Yuehua explained that the Clear Sky Sect had sent her out to earn funds and that its members might hide her if they learned how much she had supported them.
• Xiao Yun offered to help Tang Yuehua become a Soul Master or teach her a different cultivation method, but she chose both.
• Xiao Yun agreed to teach Tang Yuehua part of the different method first and assess her talent.

Xiao Yun taught Tang Yuehua the Taisu Art, and she began cultivating Yuehua Qi with remarkable success. He then discovered Zhu Zhuqing attacking Aunt Lin in a forest and rushed to intervene.

• Xiao Yun explained the Taisu Art and guided Tang Yuehua as she drew qi into her body.
• Tang Yuehua's yin qi transformed into Yuehua Qi, and she entered deep cultivation beneath a lunar phenomenon.
• Xiao Yun left a Guardian Formation around Tang Yuehua and went searching for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Yun sensed Zhu Zhuqing fighting Aunt Lin in the forest and hurried toward them.
• Xiao Yun saw that Zhu Zhuqing's eyes glowed red and black qi surrounded her as she attacked Aunt Lin with vicious, abnormal strikes.

Xiao Yun pursued Zhu Zhuqing into the forest and discovered an Evil Spirit Master using a Mind Bewitching Demon Spider to control her. He destroyed the man’s soul, freed Zhu Zhuqing, and wondered what other powerful Soul Masters the continent held.

• Aunt Lin warned Xiao Yun that Zhu Zhuqing had been controlled by an Evil Spirit Master, and he chased after her as she fled into the forest.
• Xiao Yun tracked Zhu Zhuqing to an ancient tree and found an eight-ring Soul Douluo preparing to erase her soul and take her body.
• The Evil Spirit Master tried to overwhelm Zhu Zhuqing with black mist, but Xiao Yun crushed his Sea of Consciousness with his Spiritual Sense and annihilated his soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing regained clarity and threw herself into Xiao Yun’s arms, while he reflected on the powerful Soul Masters hidden across the continent.

Xiao Yun taught Zhu Zhuqing to guard against Evil Spirit Masters by destroying the dead man's body and safely collecting the items he left behind. After learning how Zhu Zhuqing had been controlled, Xiao Yun brought her back to Aunt Lin, where she apologized and offered Healing Pills.

• Xiao Yun had Zhu Zhuqing use a Shadow Clone to search the Evil Spirit Master's corpse, but a hidden force destroyed the clone.
• Xiao Yun burned the corpse, destroyed the flames that emerged from it, collected the remaining items without touching them, and buried the ashes.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the Evil Spirit Master had touched her after she gave him buns, then controlled her into attacking townspeople before Aunt Lin stopped her.
• Xiao Yun brought Zhu Zhuqing back to Yunlai Tavern, where she thanked Aunt Lin and apologized for the fight.
• At Xiao Yun's prompting, Zhu Zhuqing offered Aunt Lin a bottle of Healing Pills.

Xiao Yun stopped Tang Yuehua’s dangerous first cultivation session and taught her the basics of cultivating Spiritual Power. He explained the limits and later possibilities of the path, leaving Tang Yuehua to consider how immortals differ from gods.

• Aunt Lin thanked Zhu Zhuqing for the Healing Pill, learned Tang Yuehua was cultivating, and left her mistress in Xiao Yun’s care.
• Xiao Yun interrupted Tang Yuehua when her meridians became overloaded and warned her not to cultivate too eagerly.
• Xiao Yun explained that Spiritual Power was difficult to control outside the body and that the God Kings’ rules restricted powers other than Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun told Tang Yuehua that immortals could advance beyond fixed divine ranks through continued cultivation, and she understood why the path suited her.

Tang Yuehua learned about cultivation from Xiao Yun and swallowed a Seven-Colored Glazed Pill to evolve her Ruyi Ring into the Moon Gold Wheel. The pill began repairing the Soul Power leaks that had prevented her from cultivating, but its remaining power appeared sufficient to mend only one of them.

• Xiao Yun explained the five cultivation realms and told Tang Yuehua not to pass on his cultivation method without permission.
• Xiao Yun gave Tang Yuehua a Seven-Colored Glazed Pill and an Ice Bone Pill, and she chose to take the Seven-Colored Glazed Pill.
• The pill transformed Tang Yuehua's Ruyi Ring into the top-tier Tool Martial Soul Moon Gold Wheel, which she tested by controlling it.
• The pill's remaining medicinal power began restoring Tang Yuehua's Origin Power and repairing the black-hole-like leaks in her body.
• Xiao Yun observed that the pill could likely repair the leak in Tang Yuehua's head, but not the others.

Xiao Yun gave Tang Yuehua a second Seven-Colored Glazed Pill, repairing the Soul Power black holes in her body and greatly improving her cultivation potential. At dinner with Tang Yuehua, Zhu Zhuqing, and Aunt Lin, he discussed the continent’s balance of power and warned that Sea God Island was its most dangerous force.

• Xiao Yun gave Tang Yuehua another Seven-Colored Glazed Pill, which repaired the remaining Soul Power black holes throughout her body and let her absorb Soul Power without losing it.
• Tang Yuehua celebrated her improved cultivation potential by embracing and kissing Xiao Yun before Zhu Zhuqing arrived to announce dinner was ready.
• Xiao Yun, Tang Yuehua, Zhu Zhuqing, and Aunt Lin shared dinner in the courtyard, where they discussed tensions between the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Yun explained that the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire, and Spirit Hall maintained the continent’s balance of power.
• When Tang Yuehua identified the apparently weakest side as the most dangerous, Xiao Yun revealed that he meant Sea God Island and said Spirit Hall had lost two Titled Douluo in an assault against it.

Xiao Yun explained how Bibi Dong’s faction sent former Pope Qian Xunji’s loyalists to die attacking Sea God Island, and described the island’s trials and inheritance. He left the group considering why the Sea God might only recently have begun seeking a successor.

• Xiao Yun said Bibi Dong deliberately sent Qian Xunji’s former subordinates to attack Sea God Island, while Tang Yuehua explained that the soldiers had also chosen death to preserve their honor and protect their families.
• Xiao Yun described Sea God Island as Poseidon’s inheritance ground, where outsiders who accept a trial generally cannot leave or return to the mainland.
• Xiao Yun explained the six grades of Sea God trials and their rewards, including the possibility of inheriting the Sea God Position through the highest trial.
• Tang Yuehua pointed out that ordinary people could not expect a high-grade trial, and Xiao Yun said no one had triggered a Red Grade trial in ten thousand years.
• Xiao Yun reasoned that the Sea God could only have begun seeking a successor in the last thousand years, after establishing himself in the Divine Realm and reaching the limits of his divine duties.

Xiao Yun told Tang Yuehua, Aunt Lin, and Zhu Zhuqing how Tang Chen gave up the Sea God Inheritance to spare Bo Saixi and went searching for another path to godhood. He argued that Tang Chen was still alive and that his strength had protected the Clear Sky Sect from destruction.

• Tang Yuehua asked Xiao Yun why the Sea God Inheritance had gone unclaimed, and he explained that Tang Chen had once been a suitable candidate but gave it up for love.
• Xiao Yun revealed that Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi had become entangled in a love triangle, and that Bo Saixi chose Tang Chen.
• Xiao Yun said Tang Chen rejected the inheritance because Bo Saixi would have to sacrifice herself, then promised to find another deity's inheritance and take her to the Divine Realm.
• Tang Yuehua recalled that Tang Chen left the Clear Sky Sect to search for an inheritance and never returned, while her father resented his absence.
• Xiao Yun said Tang Chen's strength had deterred Spirit Hall from destroying the Clear Sky Sect after Tang Hao gravely wounded Qian Xunji.
• Xiao Yun insisted Tang Chen was still alive because no one on the continent could kill him and Limit Douluos lived far beyond three hundred years.

Xiao Yun weighed how Tang Yuehua and Qian Renxue complicated his plans against Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect, then considered how to protect himself and advance Qian Renxue’s takeover of Heaven Dou. Back in the Crown Prince’s Mansion, Qian Renxue restored her Xue Qinghe disguise and decided to conceal her relationship with Xiao Yun while her plans remained unfinished.

• Xiao Yun explained that Qian Daoliu avoided destroying the Clear Sky Sect partly because other demigods could sense the death of someone at their level, but he withheld the other reasons from Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua and Aunt Lin stayed overnight at Xiao Yun’s tavern, and Xiao Yun agreed because they would travel to Heaven Dou City together the next morning.
• Xiao Yun considered turning the Clear Sky Sect against Tang Hao and Tang San by making the sect believe they were conspiring with Spirit Hall, while worrying about Tang Yuehua’s position.
• Xiao Yun planned to eliminate Xue Beng, protect Qian Renxue’s identity, and help her secure the Heaven Dou throne before Tang San grew stronger.
• Qian Renxue removed her disguise in the Crown Prince’s Mansion, feared Qian Daoliu’s reaction to her intimacy with Xiao Yun, and chose to keep the matter secret until her takeover plans were complete.

Qian Renxue discovered that the pill had healed and greatly strengthened her, and she resolved to keep her transformation secret while securing a Seventh Spirit Ring. On the way to Heaven Dou City, Xiao Yun advised Tang Yuehua to cultivate the Moon Gold Wheel along its moon-attribute path, while Zhu Zhuqing agreed to watch Moonlight Pavilion.

• Qian Renxue found that the pill had raised her to Level seventy and decided to hide her new strength and seek a Seventh Spirit Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing insisted on traveling with Xiao Yun, but he sent her with Aunt Lin to Moonlight Pavilion and asked her to keep watch there.
• Xiao Yun told Tang Yuehua that he would visit the Crown Prince's Mansion because Heaven Dou Royal Academy had invited him to lead its team.
• Tang Yuehua asked Xiao Yun how to choose Soul Rings for the Moon Gold Wheel, and he described Gold Attribute and moon-attribute cultivation paths.
• Xiao Yun recommended the moon attribute because it suited Tang Yuehua's Taisu Art and musical control, and he offered to advise her further after studying Soul Beasts at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Xiao Yun passed a Spirit Hall inspection at Heaven Dou City’s gate and learned that the faction’s search might concern a mysterious white-bearded man rather than Tang Hao. After evading Spirit Hall trackers, he reached the Crown Prince’s Mansion and was admitted to meet Xue Qinghe.

• Tang Yuehua gave Xiao Yun a jade pendant for Moonlight Pavilion as their carriage approached Heaven Dou City.
• Bishop Mori’s Spirit Hall team inspected the carriage, but a female deacon confirmed Tang Yuehua and Xiao Yun were inside, and Mori let them pass after learning Xiao Yun served the Crown Prince.
• Tang Yuehua told Xiao Yun that Spirit Hall was secretly seeking a mysterious white-bearded man after the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s princess underwent Martial Soul Evolution.
• Xiao Yun parted from Tang Yuehua, told Zhu Zhuqing to wait at Moonlight Pavilion, and knocked out several Spirit Hall trackers in an alley.
• Xiao Yun reached the Crown Prince’s Mansion, showed his Veneration Token, and entered Xue Qinghe’s study.

Xiao Yun settled his dispute with Xue Qinghe and accepted his appointment as leader of the Heaven Dou Royal Team. He arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he received full library access, a residence, and permission to bring his maid.

• Xiao Yun offered Xue Qinghe pills as an apology for what happened with Xue Qianren and promised to take responsibility for her, and Xue Qinghe agreed not to pursue the matter further.
• Xue Qinghe told Xiao Yun that the three committee members had appointed him leader of the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and Xiao Yun asked for access to the academy's books.
• Huo En escorted Xiao Yun to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji welcomed him and praised his knowledge of Martial Soul Evolution Theory and Spirit Ability Selection.
• Meng Shenji helped Xiao Yun complete his employment procedures and gave him a team leader badge and a library pass with the highest level of access.
• Meng Shenji showed Xiao Yun his villa in the Inner Court and agreed that Xiao Yun could bring his maid to attend to him.

Xiao Yun settled into his new residence at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reviewed the files of its two teams. He saw weaknesses in the first team and promise in the second, and began considering a specialized training plan before the team assembled in seven days.

• Meng Shenji told Xiao Yun that the team members were training in the Mimicry Training Area and would assemble in seven days, then pointed him to their files in the Study Room.
• Xiao Yun picked up Zhu Zhuqing from Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua gave him calming incense, and took Zhu Zhuqing to see their residence.
• Xiao Yun reviewed the first team's files and judged that its members relied too heavily on Yu Tianheng and Ye Lingling's healing.
• Xiao Yun studied the second team's files and identified several rare abilities, while noting the team lacked a healer and that Tie Shan seemed poorly suited to the others.
• Xiao Yun decided he would need to devise a specialized training plan for the second team.

Xiao Yun considered how to strengthen Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament roster and discussed Zhu Zhuqing joining the second team under a new identity. He promised to help her prove herself, while reviewing the substitute team members’ profiles.

• Xiao Yun concluded that the existing roster would struggle against Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and considered filling all ten team slots to broaden their tactics.
• Zhu Zhuqing served Xiao Yun dinner, and he asked whether she wanted to compete in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament again.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to prove how much she had changed, and Xiao Yun offered to register her for the second team as the Night Dragon Cat.
• Xiao Yun ordered Zhu Zhuqing to rest before beginning stricter training the next day, and she accepted his advice.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on her chance to prove herself while Xiao Yun reviewed the profiles of Yue Shuang, Qin Yue, Lina, Xiong Shan, and Xiong Hai.

Xiao Yun entered the Vast Wilderness World, raised his Lord Level to 58, and went to Qian Yuan Mountain to learn artifact refining from Jin Qingwei. He began studying the Vast Wilderness Myriad Minerals Catalogue, but memorized less than one-tenth before his time in the world ran out.

• Xiao Yun checked on Zhu Zhuqing, then entered the Vast Wilderness World and completed his daily missions, raising his Lord Level to 58.
• Xiao Yun traveled to Qian Yuan Mountain, where Jin Qingwei greeted him amid explosions from her experiments.
• Jin Qingwei showed Xiao Yun her chaotic artifact-refining workshop and explained that he would begin by learning material identification.
• Jin Qingwei gave Xiao Yun seven days to memorize the Vast Wilderness Myriad Minerals Catalogue and warned him about her Memory Enhancement Chair.
• Xiao Yun absorbed the catalogue’s knowledge through an Anointing technique, but learned less than one-tenth before his time in the Vast Wilderness World ended.

Xiao Yun and Zhu Zhuqing ate breakfast in Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s staff cafeteria, where their presence drew attention from the commoner teachers. Xiao Yun then entered the academy library alone, eager to study its materials on the Martial Soul system.

• Xiao Yun and Zhu Zhuqing visited the staff cafeteria and found that it served breakfast dishes based on Xiao Yun’s recipes.
• Xiao Yun explained that the cafeteria was mainly used by commoner teachers, while noble teachers lived and ate elsewhere.
• Xiao Yun gave Zhu Zhuqing his meal card and asked her to bring him lunch while he studied at the library.
• Xiao Yun and Zhu Zhuqing walked to the academy library, where a guard checked Xiao Yun’s special pass and refused Zhu Zhuqing entry.
• Xiao Yun entered the library and prepared to study the world’s Martial Soul system.