Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge founded the Pill Pavilion and recruited forty-eight prospective Alchemists, giving them a month to study before an exam. After arranging their lodging and living expenses, he discussed the Pavilion’s plans with Ning Fengzhi, who thanked him for evolving Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul, then departed with Gu Rong.

• Bai Ge told the recruits that the Pill Pavilion was backed by Poison Douluo and would soon have another Titled Douluo overseeing it.
• Bai Ge distributed the Compendium of Herbs and gave the forty-eight recruits one month to memorize it before taking an exam.
• Bai Ge gave Chi Yan one thousand Gold Soul Coins for the recruits’ lodging and expenses and sent them to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Bai Ge told Ning Fengzhi that the Pill Pavilion would start selling pills after its members learned to refine basic pills and built up stock.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Bai Ge for evolving Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, then left Shrek Academy with Gu Rong.

Bai Ge reunited with Malena and asked her to help open a Noble Hall in Heaven Dou Imperial City. He revealed that two Titled Douluo would oversee his faction, then introduced Malena to Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran.

• Grandmaster brought Bai Ge to meet Malena at Shrek Academy.
• Bai Ge asked Malena to establish a Noble Hall in Heaven Dou Imperial City while he built his own faction.
• Bai Ge showed Malena a Poison Douluo token and told her that two Titled Douluo would oversee his faction.
• Malena embraced Bai Ge in excitement, then asked him to show her the restaurant he had acquired for the Noble Hall.
• Bai Ge introduced Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran to Malena.

Bai Ge completed the Pill Pavilion and began training its apprentice alchemists while Meng Shu returned with a powerful ninth Spirit Ring. At the castle, Bai Ge revealed that Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane had evolved into the Ink Jade Spirit Snake Spear, leaving Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang astonished.

• Bai Ge showed Malena the restaurant he had bought near the Pill Pavilion, and she approved of it.
• Bai Ge moved his household and forty-eight apprentice alchemists into the completed Pill Pavilion grounds and gave the apprentices a strict test on medicinal herbs.
• Meng Shu returned with Dugu Bo and Chao Tianxiang after gaining a ninth Spirit Ring from a seventy-thousand-year Tyrannosaurus Rex.
• Bai Ge asked Meng Yiran to show her Martial Soul, and she revealed that her Serpent Cane had evolved into the Ink Jade Spirit Snake Spear.

Meng Yiran's Serpent Cane evolved into the Ink Jade Spirit Snake Spear, and Meng Shu joined Bai Ge's Pill Pavilion as a Titled Douluo. The news drew attention to the Pavilion, and Bai Ge accepted an invitation from Xue Luoying, visiting her with Ning Rongrong.

• Meng Yiran demonstrated the Ink Jade Spirit Snake Spear and its improved Spirit Skills, while Meng Shu thanked Bai Ge for helping her Martial Soul evolve.
• Dugu Bo envied Meng Yiran's benefits and decided he could no longer wait to consider his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Bai Ge introduced Meng Shu and Dugu Bo to the Pill Pavilion's apprentice alchemists; Dugu Bo then went home, while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang settled at the Pavilion.
• Spirit Hall announced Meng Shu's breakthrough as Dragon Snake Douluo, causing factions to investigate the Pill Pavilion and send Bai Ge invitations.
• Bai Ge rejected most invitations but accepted Xue Luoying's, then visited her residence with Ning Rongrong.

Bai Ge and Ning Rongrong visited Xue Luoying’s mansion, where they met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Princess Xue Wu. Xue Qinghe tried to recruit Bai Ge and buy his pills, but Bai Ge declined for the time being, and the visit ended with the two building rapport.

• Bai Ge and Ning Rongrong arrived at Xue Luoying’s mansion and were led to her pavilion among the cherry blossoms.
• Xue Luoying introduced them to Xue Qinghe and Xue Wu, and Bai Ge and Ning Rongrong greeted the royal siblings.
• Xue Qinghe offered to help Bai Ge with his conflict with Xue Beng and Xue Xing, but Bai Ge said the matter had been resolved.
• Xue Qinghe asked to buy Qi Replenishing Pills, and Bai Ge promised to prioritize him once the Pill Pavilion began sales in two to three months.
• Xue Qinghe chatted with Bai Ge before leaving, and Bai Ge reflected on how convincingly Qian Renxue played the Crown Prince.

After meeting Xue Wu, Bai Ge decided to prepare a dance troupe to perform Pure Land of Bliss at Noble Hall’s opening. He arranged costumes, dancers, and instrumental accompaniment, but still had no singer for the song.

• Xue Luoying introduced Bai Ge and Ning Rongrong to Xue Wu, and the three became friends after talking at Princess Luoying's Mansion.
• On the way back to the Pill Pavilion, Bai Ge decided to have his ten maidservants perform Pure Land of Bliss at Noble Hall’s opening.
• Bai Ge drew designs for ten different outfits and commissioned a tailor shop to make them, keeping his plans secret from Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran.
• Bai Ge used the Heaven and Earth Great Shift Technique to teach Spirit Eye, Robin, and Mei the dance through transmitted videos, then recruited soul masters to play the background music.
• Bai Ge worried that no one on Douluo Continent could sing the song and considered leaving the singing to the maidservants.

Bai Ge revealed the outfits he had commissioned for Noble Hall’s opening ceremony and gave some to Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and the maidservants. He left them preparing to wear the costumes for a performance half a month later.

• After nearly ten days, the tailor finished the thirty outfits Bai Ge had ordered, and he brought some home for Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran.
• Bai Ge gave Meng Yiran a Gothic Lolita Dress and Ning Rongrong a Kimono, then waited outside while they changed.
• Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran showed Bai Ge their outfits, and he praised them before explaining his plans for the clothes.
• Bai Ge told Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran that he had designed the outfits for Noble Hall’s opening ceremony performance half a month later.
• Bai Ge brought the girls to the ten maidservants and distributed the remaining costumes, giving Spirit Eye the Maid Outfit.

Bai Ge continued his studies and prepared an alchemy examination while Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran showed Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing the outfits he had designed. After watching the maids rehearse Pure Land of Bliss, the four girls decided to join the dance.

• Bai Ge prepared a test for the Pill Pavilion's apprentice alchemists during class at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran brought Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to the Castle to show them Bai Ge's outfits.
• Xiao Wu chose the Bunny Girl Outfit, and Zhu Zhuqing chose the Maid Outfit to try on.
• Bai Ge watched Ahri sing as the nine other maids rehearsed Pure Land of Bliss for Noble Hall's opening ceremony.
• Xiao Wu suggested that the girls join the dance, and Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.

Bai Ge prepared Noble Hall’s opening performance and spread a sensational story about rescuing girls from Prince Xue Xing, turning public opinion against him. Prince Xue Xing discovered Bai Ge’s new force was behind his recent setbacks and brooded over his losses as Noble Hall’s opening approached.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing joined the little maids in learning Pure Land of Bliss, and Bai Ge had special outfits made for the dancers.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun watched a rehearsal and praised the performance, while Dai Mubai unsuccessfully asked Bai Ge to sell him the girls’ outfits.
• Bai Ge printed and distributed millions of leaflets promoting Noble Hall and describing the girls as victims he had rescued from Prince Xue Xing and corrupt nobles.
• The leaflets’ tale spread across Heaven Dou Imperial City, damaging Prince Xue Xing’s reputation as Bai Ge prepared to use the performance to draw attention to Noble Hall.
• Prince Xue Xing learned that Bai Ge owned Pill Pavilion in Tianbao Building and realized Bai Ge had been behind several of his recent losses, but he dared not confront Dugu Bo.

After Bai Ge's leaflets exposed Prince Xue Xing's conduct, the prince lost his position overseeing Heaven Dou Royal Academy. At Skywater Academy, the Sugar Water Troupe grew curious about Bai Ge's promised dance, Pure Land of Bliss, and planned to see it.

• Prince Xue Xing learned that leaflets had spread news of his affair at the Heaven Dou Auction House and raged because he could not retaliate against Bai Ge.
• The three Heaven Dou Royal Academy education committee members impeached Prince Xue Xing, and Emperor Xue Ye replaced him as the academy's overseer.
• The Sugar Water Troupe discussed Bai Ge's advertised Pure Land of Bliss, and Shui Yue'er said she wanted to attend after Xue Wu revealed Bai Ge was her aunt's son-in-law and handsome.

Bai Ge hosted Noble Hall’s opening ceremony, welcoming representatives from prominent factions in Heaven Dou Imperial City and gathering them for the planned performances and promotion. Just before the ceremony began, Xue Qinghe arrived and asked Bai Ge to call him Brother Xue.

• Bai Ge invited Shrek’s teachers and students to Noble Hall after hosting them at the Castle.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived, and Bai Ge led them to the VIP Box while Ning Rongrong looked forward to performing for them.
• Representatives from numerous factions arrived, and Bai Ge arranged them in the VIP Box or audience seating while noting potential Pill Pavilion contacts.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan and the Imperial Dou Team, but Yu Tianheng was absent.
• Xue Qinghe arrived shortly before the ceremony and asked Bai Ge to address him as Brother Xue.

At Noble Hall’s opening ceremony, Bai Ge explained his shareholder arrangement to Xue Qinghe and criticized Douluo Continent’s noble system and its treatment of commoners. He argued that Soul Masters and Soul Tools should contribute more to production, while warning that Spirit Beasts could eventually go extinct.

• After the VIP Box seats filled, Bai Ge led Xue Qinghe to Noble Hall’s third-floor balcony to watch the ceremony.
• Xue Qinghe asked whether Noble Hall belonged to Bai Ge, and Bai Ge explained that he received a share of its profits as a shareholder.
• Bai Ge compared shareholders to nobles and argued that hereditary enfeoffment allowed unqualified descendants to become parasites while commoners lacked opportunities.
• Bai Ge told Xue Qinghe that Soul Masters’ monthly subsidy far exceeded what many commoners earned, and he criticized low-level Soul Masters for pursuing cultivation instead of productive work.
• Bai Ge proposed that Plant System Soul Masters could improve crop yields and Fire Attribute Beast Martial Soul Soul Masters could work as blacksmiths.
• Bai Ge criticized the lack of research into production-focused Soul Tools and warned that Spirit Beasts could go extinct if their population could not keep pace with Soul Masters’ need for spirit rings.

Bai Ge explained reforms to improve commoners’ lives, reduce Soul Masters’ burden on Spirit Beasts, and develop the Empire, inspiring Xue Qinghe to pursue governing for the people. Xue Qinghe asked Bai Ge to become his Advisor, but Bai Ge refused, and they turned their attention to the evening’s main event.

• Xue Qinghe asked Bai Ge how he would address the weaknesses of the Soul Master and noble systems.
• Bai Ge proposed compulsory education, national examinations, targeted Soul Master subsidies, productive work for less-talented Soul Masters, and support for Soul Tool research.
• Xue Qinghe praised Bai Ge’s ideas and decided that benefiting commoners should guide his plans for the Heaven Dou Empire and a unified continent.
• Xue Qinghe asked Bai Ge to become his Advisor, but Bai Ge refused because he valued his freedom and wanted to avoid Spirit Hall’s attention.
• Bai Ge redirected Xue Qinghe’s attention to the stage as fourteen girls walked out under the spotlights.

The opening ceremony concluded with Ahri and thirteen girls performing Pure Land of Bliss, captivating the audience and inspiring Shui Bing'er to learn the dance. Bai Ge saw Xue Qinghe off after the performance, and Xue Qinghe left with Bai Ge's promise that he was welcome to visit again.

• Ahri and thirteen girls performed Pure Land of Bliss, impressing the crowd and guests at Noble Hall.
• Shui Bing'er recognized the dance as a new form of dance and resolved to find out more and learn it.
• Xue Luoying praised Rongrong's dancing and asked Ma Hongjun about the costumes Bai Ge had designed.
• The host announced that the opening ceremony had concluded and advertised Noble Hall's half-price promotion.
• Bai Ge left Noble Hall with Xue Qinghe and escorted him to his carriage.
• Xue Qinghe asked whether Bai Ge would welcome a future visit, and Bai Ge said he would.

After the Pill Pavilion’s opening ceremony, Bai Ge used his Gold Rank Lottery Chance and won three Designated Enhancement Cards that could raise Martial Souls to Sub-God Tier. He chose to enhance Ning Fengzhi’s, Yu Xiaogang’s, and Ye Lingling’s Martial Souls, hoping Ye Lingling would help him bring the Nine Heart Begonia Family under his control.

• Bai Ge received three Designated Enhancement Cards from the system and learned they could enhance Martial Souls up to Sub-God Tier.
• Bai Ge decided to use one card on Ning Fengzhi and another on Yu Xiaogang, believing the enhancement could improve their Martial Souls.
• Bai Ge considered giving the last card to Meng Shu or Dugu Bo but decided against choosing between them.
• Bai Ge chose Ye Lingling for the final card because he wanted to recruit an alchemy talent and believed the Pill Pavilion could help solve the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s inheritance problem.
• Bai Ge resolved to use Ye Lingling’s enhancement as a way to subdue the Nine Heart Begonia Family.

After hosting a dinner for Shrek Academy and their guests, Bai Ge asked Dugu Yan to tell Ye Lingling that he might be able to solve the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul defect. Dugu Bo arranged to accompany them when they visited Bai Ge the next day, then hurried toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with a small stove.

• Bai Ge returned to the Castle, joined the guests for dinner, and thanked Flender and the Shrek Academy group as they departed.
• Bai Ge kept Grandmaster and Ning Fengzhi behind, then asked Dugu Yan to deliver a message to Ye Lingling about his confidence in curing her family's Martial Soul defect.
• Dugu Yan agreed to tell Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo asked her to wait until the next day so he could go with them to see Bai Ge.
• Dugu Bo sent Dugu Yan home, took out a small stove, and sped through the forest toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Bai Ge revealed that he could evolve Martial Souls and transformed Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. He then began the process of evolving Grandmaster’s Luo San Pao, leaving its outcome unknown.

• Bai Ge told Grandmaster and Ning Fengzhi that he could evolve their Martial Souls.
• Bai Ge crushed a golden card, evolving Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and breaking his level seventy-nine bottleneck.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Bai Ge and pledged that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would always be his home.
• Grandmaster summoned Luo San Pao and agreed to let Bai Ge evolve it.
• Bai Ge crushed another golden card to begin Luo San Pao’s evolution.

Bai Ge helped Grandmaster evolve Luo San Pao into a powerful dragon, allowing Grandmaster to overcome the Martial Soul that had defined his painful past. The next day, Dugu Bo finished collecting ingredients for an unknown concoction and hurried toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• Luo San Pao evolved into a majestic dark-violet dragon, and Grandmaster embraced him while weeping with relief and sorrow.
• Grandmaster thanked Bai Ge, who asked him to become an honorary elder of the Pill Pavilion and suggested he study Soul Tools.
• Grandmaster kept Luo San Pao's name and named his new form the Purple Nether Sacred Dragon.
• Ning Fengzhi and Grandmaster declined Bai Ge's invitation to stay overnight and left without asking about the golden cards.
• Dugu Bo chased and killed a Snow Silver Ice Toad in Sunset Forest, collected its saliva, and added it to his Small Stove with other ingredients.
• Dugu Bo realized he needed to hurry back toward Heaven Dou Imperial City and vanished into the forest.

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to Pill Pavilion so Ye Lingling could ask Bai Ge about curing the weakness of her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul. While waiting for Bai Ge, Dugu Bo secretly lit a powerful aphrodisiac incense to force Dugu Yan and Bai Ge together, and Bai Ge entered just as he hid it.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Bai Ge had estimated a seventy percent chance of curing the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul's weakness.
• Dugu Bo returned to Dugu Manor and took Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to Pill Pavilion to meet Bai Ge.
• Ning Rongrong sent Spirit Eye to lead Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to a quiet room while she went to fetch Bai Ge.
• Dugu Bo secretly lit his aphrodisiac incense and placed it beneath the sofa, hoping to bring Dugu Yan and Bai Ge together.
• Bai Ge pushed open the quiet-room door just after Dugu Bo set down the incense.

Bai Ge used his last Designated Enhancement Card to evolve Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia, hoping to remove the Martial Soul’s flaw in exchange for her family joining the Pill Pavilion. As Ye Lingling sensed the transformation, Dugu Yan waited outside and Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran headed to the Castle to find Bai Ge.

• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to Bai Ge, then hurriedly left the room.
• Bai Ge explained that evolving the Nine Heart Begonia could remove its flaw and asked Ye Lingling’s family to join the Pill Pavilion as his Servant Clan; Ye Lingling agreed.
• Dugu Yan left the room, and Bai Ge asked Ye Lingling to summon her Martial Soul.
• Bai Ge used his last Designated Enhancement Card, transforming Ye Lingling’s pink Nine Heart Begonia into a sacred white flower.
• Dugu Yan waited outside, feeling restless as she thought about Bai Ge.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran set off for the Castle to ask Bai Ge about matching outfits for their dance.