Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun agreed to make ten Storage Soul Tools for Vincent and Suimen, and sought a military model to study ways of improving spatial storage. After the ministers left, Bone Douluo Gu Rong arrived to meet him.

• Xiao Yun warned Vincent and Suimen that imperial strategy Soul Tools should be traded with the Heaven Dou Empire rather than controlled by individual families.
• Xiao Yun asked the ministers to provide a military Storage Soul Tool for him to study, and Vincent promised to seek the emperor's approval.
• Suimen offered Xiao Yun valuable materials, including Void Stones, in exchange for ten Storage Soul Tools for their families, and Xiao Yun accepted.
• Xiao Yun stored the materials and waited for a visitor from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong welcomed Bone Douluo Gu Rong, who sensed Xiao Yun's powerful aura and was briefly surprised.

Bone Douluo Gu Rong visited Xiao Yun to thank him, deliver materials, and request Storage Soul Tools for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After studying Gu Rong’s storage ring and gaining insight into its spatial arrays, Xiao Yun agreed to craft the tools, and Gu Rong asked to see Ning Rongrong’s cultivation.

• Xiao Yun assessed Gu Rong’s strength and Martial Soul while Gu Rong praised Xiao Yun and thanked him on Ning Fengzhi’s behalf.
• Gu Rong gave Xiao Yun the materials the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had gathered, and Xiao Yun confirmed their quality.
• Gu Rong asked Xiao Yun to craft Storage Soul Tools for the sect, and Xiao Yun agreed in exchange for sufficient spatial materials.
• Xiao Yun borrowed Gu Rong’s bone ring, studied its spatial structure with his Spiritual Sense, and returned it with new confidence in crafting Storage Soul Tools.
• Gu Rong asked Xiao Yun to let him witness Ning Rongrong’s cultivation.

Gu Rong tested Ning Rongrong’s Soul Power and evasive skills, then pushed her to face nine Bone Beads moving at Soul Saint speed. When one nearly struck her, Xiao Yun intercepted it and neutralized the other eight, leaving the Training Ground silent.

• Ning Rongrong showed Gu Rong that her Soul Power had reached level forty-nine with a stable foundation.
• Gu Rong tested Ning Rongrong’s evasive skills with Bone Beads, and she dodged increasingly difficult attacks using her footwork and Lingbo Weibu.
• Gu Rong increased the Bone Beads’ speed to the Soul Saint level, and one shot toward Ning Rongrong’s brow beyond her ability to evade.
• Xiao Yun appeared in front of Ning Rongrong, caught the fatal Bone Bead between two fingers, and caught or diverted the other eight.

After Gu Rong tested Ning Rongrong’s progress and witnessed Xiao Yun’s strength, Xue Qianren and Tang Yuehua visited Xiao Yu to learn why he was gathering materials. He explained his plans to leave Huangdou Academy after the tournament and revealed that he could refine Storage Soul Tools, prompting both women to request his services.

• Xiao Yun neutralized Gu Rong’s Bone Bead attack, and Gu Rong apologized to Ning Rongrong before praising her improvement and departing.
• Xiao Yu prepared dinner, then welcomed Xue Qianren and Tang Yuehua, who had come to investigate the factions seeking his help.
• Xiao Yu told the women that he planned to move to an estate outside Heaven Dou City after the tournament and gather materials to build an array.
• Xue Qianren and Tang Yuehua tried to recruit Xiao Yu, but he explained that his move was part of a test from his master, Immortal Taibai.
• Xiao Yu confirmed that he could refine Storage Soul Tools, and both women eagerly agreed to pay him half the Void Stones used.

Xiao Yu warned Tang Yuehua that Xue Qianren was a powerful Soul Saint, then examined Tang Yuehua’s cultivation and learned that the Clear Sky Sect treated her as an outsider despite her service. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu asking whether Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao and Tang Hao were truly full siblings.

• Tang Yuehua tried to send Xue Qianren away so she could report Xiao Yun’s Storage Soul Tool forging to the Crown Prince, and Xue Qianren departed to do so.
• Tang Yuehua dismissed Xue Qianren as a rival, but Xiao Yu revealed that she was a Soul Saint, shocking Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua followed Xiao Yu to his room and asked him to check whether her rapid cultivation had left her foundation unstable.
• Xiao Yu examined Tang Yuehua’s meridians and True Qi, confirmed that her cultivation was stable, and praised her aptitude.
• Tang Yuehua explained that the Clear Sky Sect regarded her as an outsider and would not let her access Void Stone, despite her contributions.
• Tang Yuehua said she knew little about the sect’s affairs, and Xiao Yu asked whether she and Tang Xiao and Tang Hao shared the same parents.

Xiao Yun comforted Tang Yuehua as she shared painful memories and explained what she knew about the Clear Sky Sect, then spent the night with her. The next morning, he began studying Void Stone and realized it had to be guided and expanded rather than damaged to make Storage Soul Tools.

• Tang Yuehua told Xiao Yun that she and her brothers had different mothers, and that Tang Hao had protected her after her mother died.
• Tang Yuehua estimated that one or two Clear Sky Sect elders might have become Titled Douluo and described the sect's special Meditation Method for Clear Sky Hammer disciples.
• Tang Yuehua went to bathe, and she and Xiao Yun spent the night together.
• Xiao Yun prepared breakfast for Tang Yuehua and then went to the Cultivation Room to work on the Storage Soul Tools he had promised.
• Xiao Yun examined Void Stone with his Spiritual Sense, observed its layered Space Membranes healing after being cut, and concluded that it should be guided and expanded during refining.

Xiao Yun turned Void Stones into a pair of storage and defensive bracers for Tang Yuehua, who thanked him before hurrying back to Moonlight Pavilion. After seeing her off, he examined the remaining Void Stones and discovered that a larger piece was riddled with cracks.

• Xiao Yun expanded the space inside two Void Stones and set them into Tang Yuehua's Dark Gold bracers, adding storage, defense, and support runes.
• Tang Yuehua bonded with the bracers, tested their storage spaces, and thanked Xiao Yun with a passionate kiss.
• Tang Yuehua noticed the late hour, dressed, and left for Moonlight Pavilion wearing the bracers.
• Xiao Yun returned to the Cultivation Room and deduced that Vincent and Suimen's fragmented Void Stones had come from one larger ore.
• Xiao Yun examined the second-largest Void Stone and found that its interior was riddled with natural cracks.

Xiao Yun finished crafting spatial Soul Tool cores and learned that Hu Yan Zhen blamed him for the Elephant Armored Academy’s poor tournament results and planned to cause trouble. After dinner, Xiao Yun invited Xue Qianren to his study to discuss the Soul Tools.

• Xiao Yun split the Void Stone into fragments and shaped them into bracelet, ring, pendant, and earring blanks.
• Xiao Yun inscribed spatial formations into the blanks, creating storage spaces of different sizes, while Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua left him undisturbed.
• Xiao Yun joined Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, Shenghua, and Xue Qianren for dinner, where Xue Qianren warned him that Hu Yan Zhen intended to provoke trouble.
• Xiao Yun reasoned that Hu Yan Zhen blamed the new Battle Arena for Elephant Armored Academy’s tournament losses and decided to stay in and finish his Soul Tools.
• After dinner, Xiao Yun invited Xue Qianren to his study to discuss the Soul Tool trade.

Xiao Yun demonstrated that he could craft Storage Soul Tools and struck a deal with Xue Qianren, who brought rare materials on behalf of the Crown Prince. They agreed to divide the Void Stone’s enormous storage capacity among several tools, and Xue Qianren left after discussing her cultivation.

• Xiao Yun showed Xue Qianren a newly made pendant with a three-cubic-meter storage space, confirming that he could craft Storage Soul Tools.
• Xue Qianren proposed supplying materials in exchange for Xiao Yun crafting the tools, and she accepted his demand that they split the finished products equally.
• Xue Qianren presented four rare treasures from the imperial vault, including a flawless Void Stone supplied as a gift from the Crown Prince.
• Xiao Yun estimated that the Void Stone could create a space of roughly ten thousand cubic meters, then suggested dividing it among several tools to reduce the risk of failure.
• Xue Qianren agreed to make several smaller tools, discussed her meridian cultivation with Xiao Yun, and left after revealing that her soul power had reached level eighty-one.

Xiao Yun kept Xue Qianren with him for another night before she left to attend to affairs as Xue Qinghe, promising to send for five Storage Soul Tools in three days. He spent the day refining spatial jade boxes for the empire and finishing magical accessories, then reunited with Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua over dinner.

• Xiao Yun stopped Xue Qianren from leaving, and she agreed to stay with him for the night before departing early to handle state affairs as Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qianren arranged for someone to collect the five large Storage Soul Tools in three days.
• Xiao Yun divided the Void Stone into ten pieces and crafted each into a jade box with a thousand cubic meters of internal space.
• Xiao Yun used Dark Gold Profound Iron and Seven-Colored Gold Essence to finish refining spatial accessories with protective and other useful patterns.
• Xiao Yun cooked dinner, and Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua joined him after practicing their Lightness Skill.

Xiao Yun gave Xi Weiya and Shenghua Storage Soul Tools, entrusted Ning Rongrong with arrangements for the second team and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s box, then began forging the Solar Term Magic Tools. In the secluded Cultivation Room, he started with the Beginning of Spring - Dawn Wind Plate and successfully refined its Spiritual Bronze Alloy before moving on to shape it.

• Xiao Yun gave Xi Weiya and Shenghua sets of Storage Soul Tools to pass to their families and gifted each girl a storage pendant of her own.
• Xiao Yun handed Ning Rongrong a Wooden Box and asked her to arrange leaders for the second team and oversee its collection by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s messenger.
• Xiao Yun entered the underground Cultivation Room, summoned the Shennong Ding projection, and prepared to forge the twenty-eight Solar Term Magic Tools.
• Xiao Yun began forging the Beginning of Spring - Dawn Wind Plate, carefully melting copper, aluminum, and Azure Wood Spirit Copper in the Shennong Ding.
• Xiao Yun fused the three materials into Spiritual Bronze Alloy and began shaping it with his Spiritual Sense.

Xiao Yun finished forging the Dawn Wind Plate and stored it to nurture in the Vast Wilderness World. The next morning, he left to handle business and find a mentor for Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua, while the three women speculated about who he might invite.

• Xiao Yun engraved eighty-one Artifact Runes on the Dawn Wind Plate, bringing the low-grade Magic Tool to completion.
• Xiao Yun stored the plate in Pagoda Space, then sought Taiyi True Lord's advice about his forging insights in the Vast Wilderness World.
• Xiao Yun slept after finishing his work, then told Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua to cultivate while he went out to find them a traditional Soul Master mentor.
• Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua speculated that Xiao Yun might invite a female academy councilor, clan elder, or Shui Ruoyan to teach them.

Xiao Yun acquired Hadafu Quinn’s estate and joined it with Liu Erlong’s and his own to create one large enclosed property. He gave Liu Erlong a Spatial Jade Box and told her to move in with him while the estate was rebuilt.

• Xiao Yun and Liu Erlong visited Hadafu Quinn, who handed over the estate deeds, keys, and property in exchange for the Storage Soul Tool.
• Xiao Yun inspected the emptied estate with his Spiritual Sense and confirmed nothing valuable or hidden remained.
• Xiao Yun used sword qi and Earth Release techniques to remove and reposition walls, joining the three estates into one open property.
• Xiao Yun gave Liu Erlong a Spatial Jade Box with a thousand cubic meters of space and asked her to move her belongings to the Teacher's Apartment.

Xiao Yun reshaped Liu Erlong's estate and left her in charge of hiring builders to construct their new home. On the way to the Teacher's Apartment, Liu Erlong bought gifts for Xiao Yun's companions, and the two reached the apartment after teasing each other about her nerves.

• Xiao Yun raised an artificial mountain and formed a pond on Liu Erlong's estate, then gave her a blueprint and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins to oversee construction.
• Xiao Yun left Uncle Fu to meet the construction team and took Liu Erlong toward the Teacher's Apartment.
• Liu Erlong stopped at an accessories shop and asked Xiao Yun about the girls who lived in the apartment.
• Liu Erlong bought gifts for Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua, and planned to choose gifts for Dugu Yan and Xiao Lingmao later.
• Xiao Yun and Liu Erlong had lunch before continuing toward the apartment.
• Xiao Yun teased Liu Erlong about being nervous, and she twisted his waist before laughing and relaxing.

Liu Erlong met Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua and began assessing their cultivation as their new instructor. She drafted training plans for the three women, then grew curious when Ning Rongrong invited her to play something fun.

• Xiao Yun introduced Liu Erlong as the former dean of Blue Tyrant Advanced Spirit Master Academy and the girls' new cultivation instructor, and Liu gave each woman a fitting gift.
• Liu Erlong assessed their Soul Power, finding Ning Rongrong at level forty-nine and Xi Weiya and Shenghua at peak level forty-eight with Martial Souls nearing a breakthrough.
• After questioning the girls about their training and combat experience, Liu Erlong drafted tailored cultivation plans but decided to let Xiao Yun review them first.
• Liu Erlong became interested in the meridian cultivation system the girls had mentioned but chose to ask Xiao Yun about it herself.
• Ning Rongrong invited Liu Erlong to play something fun, and Liu Erlong asked what she meant.

Liu Erlong became absorbed in learning mahjong upstairs while Xiao Yun forged the Grain Rain · Hundred Grains Cauldron in the underground Cultivation Room. He completed the cauldron and tested its ability to grow, leaving its other transformation functions untested.

• Ning Rongrong taught Liu Erlong mahjong, and Liu Erlong quickly learned the game and became engrossed in playing with the girls.
• Xiao Yun summoned the Shennong Ding and began forging the Grain Rain · Hundred Grains Cauldron, choosing White Copper as its main material.
• Xiao Yun tested different copper and nickel ratios until he found a stable, moon-white alloy, then blended it with Azure Wood Spirit Copper.
• Xiao Yun shaped the alloy into a small square cauldron and engraved eighty-one Artifact Runes along with decorative cloud, rain, and grain patterns.
• The completed Hundred Grains Cauldron activated and floated, and Xiao Yun demonstrated that it could grow larger on command.

Xiao Yun finished forging the Hundred Grains Cauldron, then caught the women playing mahjong and welcomed Liu Erlong with a feast he had prepared. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong and the others eagerly enjoying the meal.

• Xiao Yun completed and stored the enlarged, stable Hundred Grains Cauldron before resting from the strain of forging it.
• Xiao Yun watched Liu Erlong, Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua play mahjong, then quietly prepared dinner for Liu Erlong's arrival.
• Xiao Yun caught the women playing, warned Ning Rongrong, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua not to neglect their cultivation, and suggested Liu Erlong play mahjong with Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin.
• Xiao Yun served six cold dishes and six hot dishes as a welcome banquet, and Liu Erlong and the others eagerly began eating.

Xiao Yun encouraged Xi Weiya and Shenghua to reach Soul King before the finals in Spirit City, promising them pills that could evolve their Martial Souls. He forged the Summer Solstice - Extreme Yang Mirror, then collapsed into exhausted sleep, while Liu Erlong settled into a bedroom two rooms away from his.

• Xiao Yun examined Xi Weiya and Shenghua's cultivation and warned them to keep working hard.
• Xiao Yun promised each girl a Martial Soul-evolving pill if she reached level fifty before the finals in Spirit City, and both rushed off to cultivate.
• Xiao Yun restored his strength with the Azure Lotus Sword Song and entered the underground Cultivation Room to forge the Summer Solstice - Extreme Yang Mirror.
• Xiao Yun completed the mirror with eighty-one Artifact Runes, stored it in the Pagoda Space, and fell into a deep sleep from exhaustion.
• Ning Rongrong showed Liu Erlong the bedrooms, and Liu Erlong chose a room two rooms away from Xiao Yun's before returning to cultivate.

After completing the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Spirit Gathering Array and welcoming Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Lingmao home, Xiao Yun hosted a reunion banquet. After the meal, Xiao Yun and Dugu Bo went to the study to discuss matters privately.

• Xiao Yun finished the final Magic Tool for the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Spirit Gathering Array, while Ning Rongrong reached Soul King and Sylvia and Shenghua advanced close to their fifth soul rings.
• Xiao Yun prepared a welcome-home feast as Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Lingmao returned from their journey.
• Dugu Yan embraced Xiao Yun, and Xiao Lingmao greeted him as her master.
• Xiao Yun introduced Liu Erlong as the new cultivation mentor for Dugu Yan and Xiao Lingmao, and both girls respectfully greeted her.
• After the banquet, Xiao Yun and Dugu Bo went to the study to speak privately.

Xiao Yun explained the Eight Extraordinary Meridians to Dugu Bo and revealed that the method was a secret of the Profound Gate Vast Wilderness Sect. Dugu Bo agreed to join as an elder, while Xiao Yun claimed the sect’s senior experts were mostly absent from the Douluo Continent.

• Dugu Bo asked Xiao Yun whether hidden meridians existed beyond the Twelve Main Meridians.
• Xiao Yun explained that the Eight Extraordinary Meridians could be opened after completing a Great Heavenly Cycle and described their benefits.
• Xiao Yun said he could not teach Dugu Bo the method unless Dugu Bo joined the Profound Gate Vast Wilderness Sect.
• Dugu Bo agreed to join, provided the sect offered real support without restricting his freedom.
• Xiao Yun invited Dugu Bo to serve as an elder, and Dugu Bo asked whether Xiao Yun was the sect’s only member.
• Xiao Yun denied that he was alone and claimed that the sect’s senior experts were no longer active in the region.