Chapter Summaries

Yu Luomian accused Prince Xue Xing of targeting Yu Tianheng, forcing the prince to seek time to produce an explanation. Xue Xing then went to Dugu Bo for help, unaware that Dugu Bo had already recognized Wu Qi’s scheme.

• Yu Luomian demanded that Emperor Xue Ye hold the royal family accountable for the attack on Yu Tianheng, and Xue Qinghe questioned whether Xue Xing had acted without his uncle’s knowledge.
• Xue Xing asked for half a day to provide an explanation, while Yu Luomian agreed to wait at the imperial palace guesthouse after Ning Fengzhi intervened.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong suspected that Wu Qi had orchestrated the affair to benefit Dugu Bo.
• Xue Xing went to Dugu Bo’s residence and questioned the city guards about recent visitors, then Dugu Bo confronted him for monitoring his movements.
• Dugu Bo pretended to accept Xue Xing’s excuse and invited him inside to discuss his urgent matter.

Prince Xue Xing spent his favor with Dugu Bo to secure his help against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After Dugu Bo confronted Yu Luomian, Yu Luomian returned to seek his clan’s approval, leaving Wu Qi and Dugu Bo expecting a harder confrontation.

• Dugu Bo initially refused Prince Xue Xing’s request to intervene against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan unless Xue Xing offered sufficient stakes.
• Prince Xue Xing traded away his debt of gratitude to Dugu Bo and asked him to protect him from any future assassins sent by the clan.
• Dugu Bo accompanied Prince Xue Xing to the imperial palace and confronted Yu Luomian, who had been entertaining palace maids.
• Dugu Bo demanded that Yu Luomian let the dispute end, but Yu Luomian chose to return to the clan and consult its elders.
• Dugu Bo told Wu Qi that Yu Luomian might return with Yu Yuanzhen, and Wu Qi began proposing a response.

Dugu Bo negotiated with Yu Yuanzhen over Prince Xue Xing’s actions against Shrek Academy and used threats to force the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to reconsider its demands. He offered information about three powerful dragon-type soul beasts as compensation, leaving Yu Yuanzhen to decide whether to accept.

• Yu Luomian brought Dugu Bo to meet Yu Yuanzhen, who demanded two Soul Bones and a personal apology from Prince Xue Xing to Yu Tian Heng.
• Dugu Bo rejected Yu Yuanzhen’s demands and threatened to defend Xue Xing even if it meant fighting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen pressured Dugu Bo with his soul power, but Dugu Bo countered by invoking his ties to Sword Dao Chen Xin and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen yielded and asked Dugu Bo to name his terms.
• Dugu Bo offered a complete Sunset Forest map and information on three dragon-type soul beasts with cultivations above twenty thousand years, while Yu Luomian began to object.

Dugu Bo negotiated an end to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s dispute by providing soul beast information, while Yu Yuanzhen blamed Ning Fengzhi for the scheme. Wu Qi then told Dugu Bo he was returning to Spirit City for a new training mission, and the two solemnly parted.

• Dugu Bo agreed to provide five dragon-descended soul beasts in exchange for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan dropping its pursuit and promising not to harm the clan’s disciples.
• Yu Luomian accused Dugu Bo of disrespecting the clan, but Yu Yuanzhen warned that they had to withdraw before damaging the clan’s reputation and suspected Ning Fengzhi had orchestrated the scheme.
• Dugu Bo returned to Wu Qi in high spirits, while Dugu Yan doubted Wu Qi had guided him and Ye Lingling suggested he might have.
• Wu Qi cautioned Dugu Bo that his intimidation tactic had worked only because of his strength and could not be used the same way twice on Yu Yuanzhen.
• Wu Qi told Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall had assigned him a new training mission and that he was returning to Spirit City; Dugu Bo offered to support him if he encountered trouble.
• Wu Qi and Dugu Bo solemnly said farewell, and Wu Qi began his journey back to Spirit City.

Wu Qi returned to Spirit City and told Qian Daoliu how he had controlled the killing intent from Divine Slaughter's Domain. Qian Daoliu assigned him a team mission in Maze Canyon to retrieve Sand Mandala, promising to reveal more about the Poisonous Land if they survived.

• Wu Qi arrived in Spirit City, where Qian Daoliu's guards escorted him straight to the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu asked how Wu Qi had suppressed Divine Slaughter's Domain's killing intent, and Wu Qi credited Immortal Herbs and spiritual power training without revealing his hidden soul bone.
• Qian Daoliu assigned Wu Qi and his team to enter Lost Grand Canyon and retrieve any part of a Sand Mandala plant from its deepest oasis, warning that the canyon was perilous and no one would accompany them.
• Qian Daoliu promised to let Wu Qi train in the Poisonous Land after the mission and explained that it might be opening as its toxins weakened and another exit appeared.
• Wu Qi left the Worship Hall, speculated that the Wu Family might have found the Poisonous Land's new entrance, and considered the dangers awaiting him in Maze Canyon.

Wu Qi returned to Spirit City and took Chen Ping and Qian Gu Changkong to the Great Soul Arena to help Chen Ping seek a breakthrough. Chen Ping began a cross-rank match against a Soul King while Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong watched.

• Wu Qi arrived at the courtyard and urged Chen Ping to seek stronger opponents at the Great Soul Arena.
• Wu Qi, Qian Gu Changkong, and Chen Ping went to the arena, where Chen Ping arranged a challenge against a level fifty-one Silver Spirit Badge holder.
• Wu Qi told them he had reached level sixty-six and warned that Maze Canyon's strongest exile might be as powerful as a Soul Douluo.
• Qian Gu Changkong described his Fifth Soul Skill, Blazing Dragon Might, and Wu Qi cautioned him against arrogance.
• Wu Qi explained that his Sixth Soul Skill could control weaker Spirit Masters but consumed too much spiritual power to use freely.
• Chen Ping began his match against a level fifty-one Soul King, whose assault-type martial soul had an advantage over Chen Ping's defense-type martial soul.

Wu Qi, Qian Gu Changkong, and Chen Ping prepared for the Lost Grand Canyon trial while Tang San accepted a new identity and assignment to lie low. Five days later, the three reached the wilderness near the Lost Land, where Subduing Demon Douluo warned them about the oasis, its exiles, and the need to travel west.

• Chen Ping endured his opponent’s attacks and won his rank-crossing spirit battle, sensing that he was close to breaking through to Soul King.
• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong reviewed the secret Lost Grand Canyon information and planned to pack water and food in their Soul Tools.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang San that Xue Qinghe might have used Princess Xue Ke’s information to test him, then arranged for him to leave Moonlight Pavilion under a forged identity.
• Tang San agreed to assist a grain convoy bound for the Clear Sky Sect while keeping out of Xue Qinghe’s sight.
• Five days later, Chen Ping officially became a Soul King as he, Wu Qi, and Qian Gu Changkong traveled with Subduing Demon Douluo toward Lost Grand Canyon.
• Subduing Demon Douluo warned the group that exiles fought over Sand Mandala at the oasis and advised them to head west once inside the Lost Land.

Wu Qi and his companions entered the Lost Grand Canyon to find the Sand Mandala, while Golden Blade Soul Douluo warned them about buried treasure before leaving them to cross the desert alone. Wu Qi suspected the treasure stories were a trap but told the others to keep watch for anything they might safely claim as they traveled west.

• Subduing Demon Douluo warned Wu Qi and the others not to fly if they got lost, then entrusted them to Golden Blade Soul Douluo without sending them into the Lost Land.
• Golden Blade Soul Douluo led Wu Qi, Chen Ping, and Qian Gu Changkong through the rift valley and told them that treasure might lie in the ruins of an ancient kingdom buried beneath the desert.
• After Golden Blade Soul Douluo left them to find the Sand Mandala, Qian Gu Changkong asked Wu Qi why they had not pursued the royal palace's treasure.
• Wu Qi explained that the kingdom's history was tied to the Angel God and might involve Evil Spirit Masters, and he reasoned that any valuable treasure had likely already been taken or was too dangerous to retrieve.
• Wu Qi told Qian Gu Changkong to watch for treasure without becoming obsessed, then used his Compass to guide the group west and reminded them to conserve water.
• As Chen Ping and Qian Gu Changkong struggled in the heat, Qian Gu Changkong wondered how the exiles survived in the barren desert.

Wu Qi, Qian Gu Changkong, and Chen Ping crossed the Lost Land, surviving on scarce wild fruit and avoiding Sand Scorpions. They reached an exile camp, where leader Hunter invited them to join his team.

• Qian Gu Changkong, Wu Qi, and Chen Ping found sour wild fruit and carried some as a reserve water source.
• The three endured the freezing night and escaped a Sand Scorpion encirclement after Wu Qi warned them not to provoke the creatures.
• Wu Qi decided they should move their resting place regularly to avoid being surrounded by soul beasts.
• The three spotted a camp and approached it, with Wu Qi inventing crimes for them to help blend in with the exiles.
• Wu Qi threatened the camp's guards over their supplies, but Hunter arrived, introduced himself as a team leader, and invited the three to join his team.

Wu Qi and his companions joined Chen Nan’s exile squad in the Lost Grand Canyon, pretending to be criminals while learning about the oasis and the desert. After Wu Qi offered his Compass to guide the squad west, the three quietly agreed to conceal their identities and stay alert.

• Wu Qi fabricated a story about his past, and Chen Nan’s squad accepted him, Chen Ping, and Qian Gu Changkong as new members.
• Hunter explained that the exiles were seeking an oasis, while Wu Qi learned that Chen Nan led a ten-person squad of Soul Kings and stronger fighters.
• Wu Qi proposed heading west and showed Chen Nan his homemade Compass, so she appointed him the squad’s guide.
• After the meal, Wu Qi told his companions to protect their Soul Tools, and the three agreed to travel with the squad while hiding their identities.
• Wu Qi used his Blue Silver Domain to shield their quiet conversation from an eavesdropper, then had them speak loudly about trivial matters.

Tang San escorted a grain convoy to Suotuo City and negotiated with Flender to buy the grain needed by the Clear Sky Sect. He secured the shipment at market price and prepared to deliver it to the sect’s Elder.

• Tang San joined the convoy Tang Yuehua arranged and traveled with it to Suotuo City.
• Flender worried that his merchant guild would be ruined after selling only thirty percent of its grain stock despite lowering prices.
• Tang San and a Moonlight Pavilion steward visited the Flander Merchant Guild after finding that Flender had surplus grain.
• Flender used Tang San’s urgency to negotiate, then sold the grain at market price.
• Tang San left to hire workers to load the carts and deliver the grain to the Clear Sky Sect’s Elder.

Tang San gained the Second Elder’s approval to return to Clear Sky Sect, while Wu Qi’s group found most of the exiles gathered near the rumored ruins in the Lost Land. The chapter left Wu Qi suspecting that the buried treasure came with dangers Hu Liena had concealed.

• Tang San delivered provisions to Clear Sky Sect and met the Second Elder, who welcomed him and asked about his life with Tang Hao.
• The Second Elder accepted Tang San’s return to the clan, and Tang Xiao invited him to meet the sect.
• Tang San returned to Clear Sky Sect, where its elders began planning ways to accelerate his cultivation.
• After three months traveling with Chen Nan’s team, Wu Qi and the others reached a gathering of exile camps deeper in the Lost Land.
• Hunter recalled rumors that Spirit Hall trainees had discovered information about a treasure beneath the Lost Land’s sands.
• Wu Qi wondered why Hu Liena had left without claiming the treasure and suspected it was difficult or dangerous to obtain.

Wu Qi and his companions watched from the outskirts as rumors of treasure drew exiles to the desert, suspecting Spirit Hall had a hidden purpose. When quicksand revealed a buried royal city, the crowd surged toward it, and Wu Qi waited to assess the danger and find an escape route.

• Wu Qi convinced Chen Nan's team to avoid rushing after the rumored treasure, and the group split up, leaving Wu Qi, Chen Nan, and Hunter to observe from a distant slope.
• Wu Qi, Hunter, and Qian Gu Changkong suspected the treasure rumors were a trap meant to control the exiles in the Lost Land.
• Over the following weeks, more exiles gathered, and rumors grew that the buried treasure could help a Soul Master become a Titled Douluo.
• Quicksand whirlpools swallowed tents and exposed parts of a buried royal city, stirring greed and confusion among the exiles.
• Wu Qi urged the others to wait while he watched the shifting sand for a safe escape route, as some exiles entered the city to search for treasure.

Wu Qi led his group around the ancient city's outskirts, using a sealed bag of air and the old riverbed to infer the oasis's location. After investigating the city's advanced underground pipes, they uncovered a network of tunnels, streets, and shops beneath the sand.

• Wu Qi told the group to stay together and avoid the other exiles as they explored the city's outskirts.
• Wu Qi examined an old riverbed and used the swelling air in his sealed bag to reason that the terrain rose toward the oasis.
• Wu Qi followed the riverbed and confirmed that the ancient city had an advanced water, drainage, and underground sewage system.
• Wu Qi proposed searching the underground pipes for access to the imperial palace or a black market, and Chen Nan cleared sand from the entrance.
• Wu Qi's group pried open steel doors and discovered underground travel tunnels lined with streets and shops.

Wu Qi and his companions searched an underground auction house for its treasure vault, but their search drew a growing group of exiles into battle. Wu Qi found a mysterious Dark Purple Scepter and rushed to help his companions, who were struggling to hold their position.

• Hunter urged everyone to search for banks or pawnshops, and Wu Qi led them to an underground auction house.
• Chen Nan gathered fallen crystal stones until Hunter persuaded her to leave them and focus on finding useful Soul Tools.
• Wu Qi searched the corpse-filled auction hall, found one usable but unstable Soul Tool, and discovered an unknown-script book and a Dark Purple Scepter that shattered the Soul Tool's space when removed.
• Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping searched for the vault and accidentally drew exiles to the auction house through their soul power fluctuations.
• Wu Qi found the hidden treasure room, then concealed the scepter beneath his robe and hurried toward the battle after sensing the others were under attack.
• Chen Nan, Qian Gu Changkong, Chen Ping, and their companions held off the growing group of exiles, while Chen Nan wrongly suspected Wu Qi had abandoned them to keep the treasures.

Wu Qi scattered treasures through the auction house to turn the Exiles against one another, then escaped with Chen Nan’s group. Hunter hinted that he knew more about Wu Qi and a mysterious purple scepter, and the group left to search the underground city, where they found a seemingly unused sewage tunnel with inexplicable filth.

• Wu Qi scattered gold and treasures throughout the auction house, provoking the Exiles to fight among themselves and giving Chen Nan’s group a chance to flee.
• Wu Qi revealed that he had found damaged Soul Tools and showed Chen Nan a Dark Purple Scepter; Hunter recalled seeing a similar scepter surrounded by deadly lightning.
• Hunter told Wu Qi to keep his identity secret, and Wu Qi agreed not to press him for answers.
• Chen Nan’s group returned underground and set out to search for smaller pawnshops in the city.
• The group entered a newly built sewage tunnel and noticed filth appearing despite the tunnel never having been used.

Wu Qi and his companions examined murals in the buried city’s underground pipes and pieced together how Evil Spirit Masters seized the kingdom before a battle between the Angel God and an unknown enemy buried it in sand. The murals left the enemy’s fate uncertain, while Chen Nan blamed Spirit Hall for the city’s destruction and Qian Gu Changkong defended the divine punishment.

• Wu Qi lit a candle and examined murals showing the kingdom’s former prosperity and its five kings.
• Wu Qi saw the murals depict dark-aura Evil Spirit Masters overthrowing the king, taking control, and trapping merchants and dignitaries in the auction house.
• Wu Qi and Hunter inferred that the Angel God intervened before the Evil Spirit Masters could loot the auction house.
• The final mural showed the wounded Angel God confronting a powerful dark aura as collapsing heaven and earth buried the city beneath sand.
• Chen Nan blamed Spirit Hall for the city’s destruction, while Qian Gu Changkong argued that divine punishment had prevented the dark soul masters from harming the continent.

Wu Qi and his companions explored a buried city, uncovered treasure, and escaped before a sandstorm swallowed the ruins. The collapse buried most of the exiles who had stayed behind, while Wu Qi’s group regrouped safely above the city.

• Wu Qi concluded that the Angel God had sacrificed civilians to destroy exceptionally brutal Evil Spirit Masters, then left the murals with his companions.
• Hunter guessed the mural painter had lived in a wooden house outside the tunnels, and Chen Nan, Qian Gu Changkong, and Chen Ping searched its ruins and found gold, silver, and jewelry.
• Wu Qi carried his companions up the unstable sand slope, and they found their camp partly looted before deciding to stay together on the journey to the oasis.
• Wu Qi’s group scattered when a returning sandstorm began, and Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping stored their loot in their Soul Tools before the ground swallowed the tent.
• A huge collapse buried the city and most of the exiles still inside, while Wu Qi and his companions regrouped in a safe area.

Wu Qi and the others left the buried royal capital and continued toward the oasis, while the story shifted to Heaven Dou City, where Wu Qinan faced political pressure over his secret mine. After learning that Xue Qinghe had uncovered irregularities, Wu Qinan resolved to protect the soldiers’ families by settling the matter without exposing them to further danger.

• Wu Qi and the others mourned the valuables left beneath the sand, then followed the Compass west by east toward the oasis.
• The narration revealed that Wu Qinan had secretly arranged to mine a precious-metal deposit to support the families of soldiers who had died or been disabled under his command.
• Xue Qinghe’s inspection uncovered problems at the mine, and Wu Qinan learned that Charles was missing and the Wu Family members there had been slaughtered.
• Prince Xue Xing sought Wu Qinan’s support after losing Dugu Bo, but Wu Qinan avoided accepting his invitation while uncertain how much Xue Qinghe knew.
• After his steward reported that the soldiers’ families remained grateful and had not complained about the stopped subsidies, Wu Qinan decided to settle the mine matter for their sake.

Wu Qi’s group found a black, poisonous lake in the Lost Land and realized it was a trap rather than the oasis they sought. A Viper Evil Spirit Master and a nearly forty-thousand-year-old Sand Emperor Poison Serpent confronted them, leaving Wu Qi and the others preparing to fight.

• Wu Qi argued that the legendary oasis likely existed, and the group climbed through the desert for three days until they spotted a dark lake.
• At the lake, Wu Qi warned the group that its black water was poisonous, and they found skeletal remains scattered around the shore.
• Wu Qi concluded that the lake was not the oasis because it held no trace of Sand Mandala, so the group began to withdraw.
• Bubbles rose from the lake as a Viper Spirit Master emerged, while a Sand Emperor Poison Serpent surfaced beneath the sand.
• Wu Qi revealed his six spirit rings and challenged the Viper Evil Spirit Master, who accused him of coming from the royal capital.