Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun stayed at Dragon Gate Inn while searching parties gathered around a rumored bandit king’s hidden treasure. At midnight, the inn’s guests confronted one another over two matching pieces of beast hide.

• Xiao Yun and Old Zhou checked into Dragon Gate Inn, where Old Zhou warned Xiao Yun that the guests downstairs seemed suspicious.
• A waiter told Xiao Yun that treasure hunters had come to search for the hidden wealth of a bandit king who had once ruled the Star Luo Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yun avoided the inn’s food, ate his own rations, and went to sleep while waiting for events to unfold.
• At midnight, Xiao Yun woke to the sound of weapons being drawn and watched the guests form opposing groups in the main hall.
• The mercenary brothers, the One-Eyed Big Man, the Black and White Snake Brothers, and the beautiful middle-aged woman with the Crimson Flame Fire Crane faced off as the One-Eyed Big Man and the woman each held a piece of beast hide.

Xiao Yun watched rival treasure hunters fight over pieces of the Soul Saint Mountain Stronghold king’s treasure map. The Crescent Bear-Man killed two of the three Fire Ant Soul Kings, but poison numbed his arm as he faced the last brother.

• Xiao Yun realized that the one-eyed big man and the bamboo-hatted woman each had a treasure-map fragment, and their opponents had come to seize them.
• The three Fire Ant Soul Kings attacked the one-eyed big man, while the two snake-wielding brothers confronted the bamboo-hatted group.
• The bamboo-hatted women revealed themselves as Immortal Crane Soul Masters, and their leader flew up to repel the white python’s poison with flames.
• The Crescent Bear-Man used his Earth Tremor and Rock Body skills to withstand the Fire Ant Soul Kings’ attacks.
• The Crescent Bear-Man slammed the eldest and second Fire Ant Soul Kings together, then killed the second brother after he poisoned the bear’s right arm.
• The Crescent Bear-Man’s arm began to go numb, and he turned to face the surviving third Fire Ant Soul King.

Xiao Yun watched rival groups fight over a Treasure Map fragment, then redirected it to the black-clad thief while the Black and White Snake Brothers gave chase. After the battle, he observed the waiter search the corpses and drag them away.

• The third brother killed himself and the Crescent Bear-Man in a fiery attack after a black-clad figure stole the Treasure Map fragment.
• The Black and White Snake Brothers attacked the beautiful Fire Crane woman and her six disciples, who fought back before retreating with her protection.
• The Fire Crane woman threw the map fragment toward Xiao Yun and led her disciples out of the hall.
• Xiao Yun memorized the place name on the map and tossed it to the black-clad figure, who escaped through a window as the Snake Brothers pursued.
• Xiao Yun watched the waiter search the dead for valuables and drag the corpses out the back door.

Xiao Yun agreed to join Wang Wu in searching for the Bandit King's treasure after Wang Wu revealed his danger-sensing ability and offered to split the spoils. The next morning, Xiao Yun met Wang Wu at Dragon Gate Town's city gate, where an unknown person approached them.

• After the inn's waiter cleaned away the signs of the battle, Xiao Yun returned to his room and found the masked man who had taken the Treasure Map fragment.
• The man revealed himself as Wang Wu, a sixty-fifth-rank Soul Emperor with a Shadow Leopard Martial Soul, and invited Xiao Yun to search for the Bandit King's treasure.
• Wang Wu explained that his ability to sense danger made him believe traveling with Xiao Yun would not mean certain death, and Xiao Yun agreed to meet him the next morning.
• Xiao Yun left Old Zhou behind, took food for the road, and met Wang Wu at Dragon Gate Town's city gate.
• As Xiao Yun and Wang Wu spoke, a sharp-looking person in crimson clothes approached them.

Xiao Yun, Wang Wu, and He Feiqing reached Fude Mountain by following the Treasure Map and discovered that unnatural miasma was blocking the valley. They traced it toward its buried source and continued deeper into the mountain.

• Wang Wu introduced He Feiqing to Xiao Yun, and the three traveled through the mountains toward Fude Mountain.
• Wang Wu identified the strange peak as Fude Mountain, and the group rested at its base.
• Xiao Yun caught and roasted river fish for Wang Wu and He Feiqing.
• Gray-white miasma spread through the valley, withered nearby plants, and prompted He Feiqing and Wang Wu to suspect a trap.
• Xiao Yun sensed that the miasma came from something buried underground and led the group deeper into the valley toward its source.

Xiao Yun, Wang Wu, and He Feiqing defeated a Centipede Snake and recovered a Bandit King Token. They reached the hidden entrance to the treasure site, where Wang Wu explained that the exposed waterway would flood again at daybreak.

• Xiao Yun sensed that a Soul Beast was producing the miasma, and He Feiqing flew ahead to scout it.
• He Feiqing identified the creature as a Centipede Snake, and Xiao Yun proposed that the three of them attack together.
• Xiao Yun used his Glazed Purple Flame to contain and burn the Centipede Snake while He Feiqing supported him from the air.
• Wang Wu found a Bandit King Token beneath the Centipede Snake and said they needed at least one more to enter the treasure site.
• Wang Wu led Xiao Yun and He Feiqing to a concealed passage in a riverbed and warned them to cross it before daybreak, when the water would return.

Xiao Yun secretly subdued the Xuanming Dragon Turtle and took the Third-Grade Black Lotus while Wang Wu and He Feiqing continued through the waterway. The group emerged into a hidden valley, where they searched for the old trail and found tools left by the craftsmen who had dug the passage.

• He Feiqing flew toward the Third-Grade Black Lotus, but the Xuanming Dragon Turtle attacked her with water arrows, and Xiao Yun helped block them.
• Xiao Yun led Wang Wu and He Feiqing away from the pool, then returned alone, knocked out the Xuanming Dragon Turtle, took the lotus, and collected a piece of its root.
• Xiao Yun caught up with Wang Wu and He Feiqing, and the three of them passed through the waterway into a hidden valley beyond Fude Mountain.
• Wang Wu discovered the path shown on the Treasure Map fragment was overgrown, so Xiao Yun suggested searching for traces left by the craftsmen.
• Xiao Yun found rusted digging tools among scattered rocks, and Wang Wu and He Feiqing recognized them as evidence of the craftsmen's work.

Xiao Yun, Wang Wu, and He Feiqing reached a hidden mountain platform and joined several groups to open the Bandit King’s treasure cave. After the Cheng family betrayed the others inside, the survivors defeated them and stood among the bodies in the cavern.

• Xiao Yun, Wang Wu, and He Feiqing discovered a concealed path leading to a platform and a stone door, where they encountered Hu Erba’s group, the Cheng family, and several black-clad Soul Masters.
• Hu Erba explained that three Bandit King Tokens were needed to open the door, and he combined the three tokens with his Treasure Seeking Compass to create a fourth and unlock the passage.
• Hu Erba proposed that the groups share the treasure according to contribution, and everyone followed his compass through the winding tunnels to an underground cavern containing wooden chests.
• The Cheng Family Leader struck Hu Erba from behind, and the Cheng brothers attacked and killed the black-clad Soul Masters.
• Xiao Yun killed two Cheng brothers with Fire Arrows, while Wang Wu, He Feiqing, Hu Erba, Fatty Wang, and Liu Xueli joined forces to defeat the rest.

Xiao Yun planned to condense a God-Rank Void Dharma Body and taught Dai Xiaozhao how to visualize her Martial Soul so she could form a Life-Bound Soul Ring. He continued north by carriage and reached the crowded border checkpoint between the Star Luo Empire and Hadrian City.

• Xiao Yun reviewed the ranks and stages of Dharma Body condensation and decided to aim for a God-Rank Void Dharma Body first.
• Xiao Yun carved three increasingly complex Geng Metal White Tiger Visualization Diagrams onto Jade Slips for Dai Xiaozhao.
• Xiao Yun offered Dai Xiaozhao a Life-Bound Soul Ring or a hunted Soul Beast ring, and Dai Xiaozhao chose to study the diagrams.
• Xiao Yun gave Dai Xiaozhao instructions for mastering the diagrams, and she returned to the Pagoda Space to practice.
• Old Zhou warned Xiao Yun that they were nearing the unsettled border, and his Soul King aura deterred roadside bandits.
• Xiao Yun's carriage reached the border checkpoint, where a long line of travelers waited to enter the city.

Xiao Yun crossed into the Hadrian Kingdom and traveled with Shui Bing'er, Spirit Flame Maiden, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Xiaozhao to Spirit City. After exploring the city, he sent the four women back toward Heaven Dou City while he prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest to seek out the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.

• Xiao Yun found a Star Luo Royal Family wanted notice for Dai Xiaozhao, tore it down, and crossed the border into the Hadrian Kingdom.
• Xiao Yun told Old Zhou to take him to Spirit City because he intended to travel onward to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Yun arrived in Spirit City with Shui Bing'er, Spirit Flame Maiden, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Xiaozhao, and they toured its streets and bought gifts.
• Xiao Yun told the four women he would enter the Star Dou Great Forest and gave each of them a jade talisman to signal him if they faced danger.
• Xiao Yun watched the four women depart for Heaven Dou City in Old Zhou's carriage.

Xiao Yun entered the Star Dou Great Forest and reached the Core Region, where he challenged Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming while hiding his identity. After testing their attacks, he struck both Da Ming and Er Ming down and waited for them to continue fighting.

• Xiao Yun traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest and reached the Core Region after three days.
• Xiao Yun released his Titled Douluo aura, drawing Er Ming, Da Ming, and Xiao Wu to him.
• Er Ming attacked Xiao Yun and used Gravity Control, but Xiao Yun avoided his blows with Lingbo Weibu.
• Da Ming struck Xiao Yun with a sound wave, but Xiao Yun emerged unharmed and praised its power.
• Xiao Yun appeared beside Er Ming and punched him to the ground, then hit Da Ming into the Lake of Life.

Xiao Yun fought Da Ming and Er Ming with sword techniques, agile movement, and wood constructs. He kept Da Ming occupied with a wood dragon while a wooden warrior attacked Er Ming, whose rocky body began to crack.

• Da Ming and Er Ming launched a coordinated attack on Xiao Yun, who evaded their water swords and earth spikes and countered with Myriad Sword Art.
• Xiao Yun dodged their projectiles, redirected Da Ming's water spears, and summoned a wooden man to fight Er Ming.
• Xiao Yun summoned a wood dragon that blocked Da Ming from helping Er Ming and forced Da Ming into battle.
• Er Ming tore apart the wooden man, but Xiao Yun summoned a wooden warrior that struck Er Ming's joints and ribs, cracking his rocky body.
• Er Ming grabbed the wooden warrior's shield and tried to tear it away along with its arm.

Xiao Yun tested Da Ming and Er Ming with escalating Wood Release techniques, then examined their cultivation after putting them to sleep. He discovered that both had unusually low bone ages for their hundred-thousand-year Soul Power, and began restoring his Spiritual Power beside the lake.

• Xiao Yun watched Da Ming and Er Ming defeat his first Wood Dragon and wooden warrior, then summoned the World of Flowering Trees.
• The flowering trees spread poisonous mist and divided the pair with a wooden wall as four Wood Dragons attacked Da Ming and four wooden warriors confronted Er Ming.
• The poisonous mist weakened Da Ming and Er Ming until vines bound them and put them to sleep.
• Xiao Yun used his Spiritual Sense to learn that Da Ming's bone age was about 10,800 years and Er Ming's was about 10,700 years, despite their hundred-thousand-year Soul Power.
• As the Flower Tree Realm began to dissipate, Xiao Yun sat by the lake and restored his Spiritual Power.

Xiao Wu attacked Xiao Yun to protect Da Ming and Er Ming, but her impatience and reliance on her soul skills left her exhausted. After revealing himself, Xiao Yun explained that he had fought the two because they attacked him first.

• Xiao Wu found Da Ming and Er Ming bound and unconscious, then launched a surprise attack on the masked Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Wu's Charm rebounded against Xiao Yun's powerful Spiritual Power, and he knocked her aside before forcing her to defend against punches and volleys of leaves.
• After Xiao Wu recalled her mother's advice, she calmed down and began dodging the leaves, while Xiao Yun eased his attacks to give her room to practice.
• Xiao Wu mentioned Yu Xiaogang, provoking Xiao Yun to intensify his leaf attack until she exhausted her soul power and stopped resisting.
• Xiao Yun caught Xiao Wu with a Soul Power hand, revealed that he was Xiao Yun, and told her Da Ming and Er Ming had attacked him first.

Xiao Wu traded her freedom to Xiao Yun to save Da Ming and Er Ming, then led him to a hidden cave where he began secluded cultivation. Xiao Yun successfully formed nine Merit Dharma Bodies.

• Xiao Wu offered herself in exchange for Da Ming and Er Ming's lives, and Xiao Yun placed a Soul Puppet Thread restriction in her soul before agreeing.
• Xiao Yun released Da Ming and Er Ming, and Xiao Wu convinced the awakened Er Ming that Xiao Yun was not an enemy.
• Xiao Wu led Xiao Yun to a concealed cave near the Lake of Life and agreed to guard its entrance while he cultivated.
• Xiao Yun activated the Spirit Gathering Array and began condensing a Human-Rank Merit Dharma Body.
• Xiao Yun formed nine Merit Dharma Bodies, drawing their merit from the lands and living beings of the region he had reclaimed from the abyssal rift.

Xiao Yun completed a God-Rank Void Dharma Body and began stabilizing it while planning his eventual return to Heaven Dou City. He crafted an exceptional-grade Magic Tool fishing rod, caught several fish, and started preparing them by the lakeshore.

• Xiao Yun fused three ghost-rank Transformation Dharma Bodies into a God-Rank Void Dharma Body and found no messages from Shui Bing'er.
• Xiao Yun told Xiao Wu she could leave, and she went to see Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Xiao Yun gathered Lone Bamboo, Dark Iron, spider silk, and seven-colored feathers to make an exceptional-grade Magic Tool fishing rod.
• Xiao Yun caught several fish, including a Silver Thread Dragonfish, and prepared them for grilling and steaming.

Xiao Yun and Xiao Wu shared a meal beside the lake while Da Ming and Er Ming watched from afar, then Xiao Yun returned to the cave to strengthen his God-Rank Void Dharma Body. He reached its current limit and began using a Dharma Body Breakthrough Pill to continue refining it.

• Xiao Yun killed the Soul Beasts that continued attacking him, stored their corpses in Pagoda Space, and shared grilled fish with Xiao Wu.
• Da Ming and Er Ming watched Xiao Wu eat with Xiao Yun, then left rather than risk provoking him.
• Xiao Yun and Xiao Wu ate the steamed Silver Thread Dragonfish together and rested by the lake.
• Xiao Wu woke in Xiao Yun's arms, sprang away in embarrassment, and claimed the setting sun had made her face red.
• Xiao Yun asked Xiao Wu to guard the cave entrance while he entered to consolidate his Dharma Body.
• Xiao Yun used fifty-five Dharma Body Strengthening Pills until his Dharma Body reached its level limit, then took out a Dharma Body Breakthrough Pill.

Xiao Yun fused his powers into a Primordial Spirit, became a Demigod, and chose Divine Aura Protection. Before they left for Heaven Dou City, he helped Xiao Wu adopt the human name Mao Xiangling and the alias Laurel.

• Xiao Yun fused his four divine ability powers, Clear Sword Heart Realm, and Dharma Body Origin Power to form his Primordial Spirit and become a Demigod.
• Xiao Yun chose Divine Aura Protection, gaining spirit armor, then left seclusion and told Xiao Wu they would return to Heaven Dou City at dawn.
• Xiao Wu agreed to travel with Xiao Yun, saying she wanted to protect Da Ming and Er Ming and strengthen her cultivation.
• Xiao Yun explained that Xiao Wu's name could attract Spirit Hall's attention and suggested she use a more ordinary human name.
• Xiao Yun named her Mao Xiangling for formal settings and Laurel in everyday company, and Xiao Wu's Soul Power began flowing more smoothly after she accepted the names.

Xiao Wu adopted the name Mao Xiangling, said goodbye to Da Ming and Er Ming, and left the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Yun. They reached a town near the forest, where Xiao Yun helped her disguise herself so people would not recognize her as Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming that she would leave with Xiao Yun, and explained that she trusted him to protect her.
• Xiao Wu gave Da Ming the name Niu Qingtian and Er Ming the name Taishan, and they accepted their new names.
• Xiao Wu promised Da Ming and Er Ming she would contact them if she faced danger, then said goodbye and left the forest with Xiao Yun on his flying sword.
• Xiao Yun and Xiao Wu flew to a small town near the Star Dou Great Forest and entered a clothing shop.
• Xiao Wu changed into a dark gray jacket and black pants, tied her hair into twin tails with a dark red ribbon, and looked less recognizable.

Xiao Yun helped Xiao Wu evolve her Martial Soul, transforming her Soft Bone Charm Rabbit into a Moon Rabbit and giving her greater control over her appearance. After gaining the ability to hide her rabbit ears, she declared that she would leave her past behind as Mao Xiangling.

• Xiao Wu told Xiao Yun how her mother died while protecting her from Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall, leaving her unable to fully become human.
• Xiao Yun took Xiao Wu to a secluded forest and explained that evolving her Martial Soul could let her take human form again.
• Xiao Yun awakened the Immortal Spirit Qi within Xiao Wu and gave her Soul Replenishing Pills to sustain the painful evolution.
• Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Charm Rabbit transformed into a silver-white Moon Rabbit, and her Charm skill became Moon Power that enhanced her combat abilities.
• Xiao Wu discovered she could make her rabbit ears disappear and declared that she was now Mao Xiangling.