Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan rescued Tang Weiwei and Tang Cai'er from soul masters sent by Ron, then learned that Ron had targeted Tang Weiwei after she rejected his advances. The Luon Family’s ambush ended with its attackers dead, leaving the sisters safe with Li Yuan.

• Li Yuan noticed Tang Weiwei was wary of him and asked why the attackers had pursued her and Tang Cai'er.
• Tang Weiwei identified the attackers as Ron’s subordinates and explained that Ron was a Heaven Dou Empire noble whose father was Luon Cheng.
• Tang Weiwei told Li Yuan that Ron had repeatedly pursued her, then ordered his family’s soul masters to kidnap the sisters after she rejected him.
• Tang Weiwei explained that she had taken Tang Cai'er to the Sunset Great Forest to obtain a soul ring after Tang Cai'er reached level twenty.
• The Luon Family’s soul masters ambushed the sisters, but Li Yuan killed them and saved Tang Weiwei and Tang Cai'er.

Li Yuan reassured Tang Weiwei that he was not afraid of the Luon Family and asked her to guide him to Spirit Hall for a Spirit Master assessment. Tang Weiwei agreed, and the group prepared to travel together.

• Tang Weiwei warned Li Yuan that the Luon Family had Spirit Emperor-level fighters and urged him to flee, but Li Yuan decided he had nothing to fear.
• Li Yuan declared that he would fight Luon En and the Luon Family as a nemesis of evil, earning Tang Weiwei's admiration.
• Li Yuan asked Tang Weiwei to take him to Spirit Hall for an assessment because he had never registered as a Spirit Master.
• Tang Weiwei agreed to help and saw Li Yuan's strength as protection against the Luon Family.
• Juhua refused to let Tang Cai'er and Tang Weiwei pet it, leaving Tang Cai'er disappointed.

Li Yuan returned to Heaven Dou City with Tang Weiwei and Tang Cai'er and went to the Spirit Hall to register as a Spirit Master. He concealed his true Soul Ring configuration during the assessment, leaving Ma Le to see an ordinary Two Yellow, One Purple arrangement.

• Li Yuan and the Tang sisters returned to Heaven Dou City without encountering further trouble, as the Luon Family had not yet learned its men were dead.
• Tang Weiwei took Tang Cai'er back to the academy, then brought Li Yuan to the Spirit Hall for a Spirit Master Qualification Assessment.
• Tang Weiwei told Ma Le that their trip to the Sunset Great Forest had gone mostly smoothly and kept the attack by the Luon Family's men secret.
• Li Yuan introduced himself to Ma Le as Li Xiaoyao, a Three-ring Soul Master, and displayed three Soul Rings.
• Li Yuan used his transformation ability to conceal his true Soul Ring colors and showed Ma Le two Yellow Soul Rings and one Purple Soul Ring.

Li Yuan registered with Spirit Hall under the name Li Xiaoyao, concealing his true age and declining Ma Le’s invitation to join. He received a Soul Elder badge and his monthly subsidy, leaving with his secrets intact.

• Ma Le examined Li Yuan’s soul rings and took him to test his Soul Power while teasing Tang Weiwei about their relationship.
• Ma Le invited Li Yuan to join Spirit Hall, but Li Yuan politely refused because he preferred to remain independent.
• Li Yuan tested at level thirty-three and claimed to be eighteen, hiding that he was actually twelve.
• Ma Le completed Li Yuan’s registration and explained that his monthly subsidy would end when he reached level forty.
• Li Yuan received a Soul Elder badge and one hundred Gold Soul Coins.

After receiving his Soul Master badge and monthly subsidy from Spirit Hall, Li Yuan planned to sell his forest goods and leave Heaven Dou City quietly. Tang Weiwei’s confrontation with Luon En revealed that trouble with the Luon Family was unavoidable, and Li Yuan recognized that he had already made them enemies.

• Li Yuan received his badge and first monthly subsidy from Spirit Hall, then left to find Tang Weiwei outside.
• Li Yuan considered selling the specialties he had brought from Sunset Great Forest and leaving Heaven Dou City to avoid Dugu Bo and keep Juhua’s identity hidden.
• Luon En insulted Li Yuan as a poor country bumpkin and asked Tang Weiwei who he was.
• Tang Weiwei told Luon En to use her full name and defend Li Yuan as her friend.
• Luon En blamed Li Yuan for Tang Weiwei’s rejection and silently plotted to deal with him.
• Li Yuan recognized Luon En as a member of the Luon Family, whose Soul Masters he had already killed, and decided another offense would make little difference.

Li Yuan beat Luon En after the spoiled young noble challenged him, then let him flee while secretly tracking him with animal-shaped clones. The chapter left Li Yuan prepared to monitor Luon En and evade danger by switching places with his clones.

• Li Yuan slapped Luon En and knocked him to the ground after Luon En challenged him.
• Li Yuan beat Luon En without using his martial soul or Soul Power, while Luon En cowered and threatened him.
• Li Yuan kicked Luon En away, and Luon En fled without daring to threaten him further.
• Li Yuan’s bird, rat, and bee clones followed Luon En as he left.
• Li Yuan revealed that his Shadow Demon Clone and Transformation Technique let him track enemies and switch places with clones to escape danger.

After beating Luon En, Li Yuan reassured Tang Weiwei that he could handle any retaliation and declined her offer to join Spirit Hall. He then disguised himself and went to the Heaven Dou Auction House to sell valuable items, arriving at its appraisal room.

• Tang Weiwei warned Li Yuan that Luon En's noble status could bring trouble and urged him to join Spirit Hall for protection.
• Li Yuan politely declined Tang Weiwei's invitation and left Spirit Hall alone.
• Li Yuan changed his appearance, wore a mask and red-cloud robes, and went to the Heaven Dou Auction House to sell valuable items.
• Li Yuan accepted the auction house's appraisal requirement and ten-percent fee, then followed a greeter to the appraisal room.

Li Yuan brought a thousand-year spirit bone to the Heaven Dou Auction House and asked to auction it. After Elder Qian appraised it at around five million Gold Soul Coins, the chief steward arrived to discuss the sale.

• Li Yuan showed the appraisers a glowing spirit bone and requested to speak with someone in charge.
• Elder Qian identified it as a wind-element Left Arm Bone from a Thousand-Year Wind Demon Wolf and estimated it was worth around five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Yuan agreed with Elder Qian’s identification and eagerly asked how much the bone could fetch.
• The hostess returned with a middle-aged man, who introduced himself as the person handling Li Yuan’s auction inquiry.

Li Yuan arranged for the Heaven Dou Auction House to auction his Left Arm Bone, then offered several more valuable spirit beast materials for sale. Fatty Jin was stunned by the items and kept his greed in check, unsure of Li Yuan’s strength and background.

• Li Yuan met Fatty Jin, the chief steward of the Heaven Dou Auction House, and they exchanged polite greetings.
• Li Yuan agreed to auction his Left Arm Bone that afternoon, with a starting price of three million Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Yuan told Fatty Jin he also wanted to auction a Sixty Thousand Year Savage Baboon hide, a Sixty Thousand Year White Jade Mammoth tusk, essence blood from two high-year spirit beasts, and Six-Headed Wolf Scorpion venom.
• Fatty Jin was astonished by Li Yuan’s additional offerings and recalled that he had considered taking the spirit bone, but had restrained himself because Li Yuan’s strength and background were unclear.

Fatty Jin mistook Li Yuan for a powerful Spirit Douluo or Titled Douluo and treated him with exaggerated deference, arranging a special auction with reduced fees. At the auction hall, Li Yuan turned down Fatty Jin’s offer of female attendants after realizing they were being sold as merchandise.

• Fatty Jin restrained himself from targeting Li Yuan and offered him a special auction, a five-percent handling fee, and the auction house’s highest-tier VIP card.
• Li Yuan accepted the card and waited with Fatty Jin for the special auction to begin.
• Two hours later, Fatty Jin led Li Yuan to the second-floor auction hall, where Li Yuan noticed the revealingly dressed female attendants.
• Fatty Jin offered to give Li Yuan two attendants, but Li Yuan’s mood sank and he refused.

Li Yuan felt disturbed by the auction house’s trade in people, then followed Fatty Jin into Heaven Dou Auction House’s highest-level VIP area. As he surveyed the few occupied rooms, he focused on a striking young man who attended without a mask.

• Fatty Jin offered Li Yuan girls, but Li Yuan rejected the offer and grew troubled by the treatment of commoners and enslaved people.
• Fatty Jin misread Li Yuan’s displeasure as a sign that he was incapable in that department and became more cautious around him.
• Fatty Jin led Li Yuan into the auction hall and seated him in a luxurious red VIP private room.
• Li Yuan surveyed the three occupied red VIP rooms, noting an elderly man, a middle-aged Soul Master, and a handsome young man who wore no mask.

Li Yuan learned that the VIPs seated nearby were Prince Xue Xing, Marquis Luon Cheng, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, whose true identity he recognized as Qian Renxue. As Li Yuan studied Xue Qinghe, Fatty Jin wrongly feared he intended to force himself on the Crown Prince.

• Fatty Jin introduced Prince Xue Xing to Li Yuan, who privately recalled the prince's flaws and showed little interest.
• Fatty Jin introduced Marquis Luon Cheng, and Li Yuan recalled beating up his son, Luon En, earlier that day.
• Fatty Jin identified the final guest as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and Li Yuan recognized her as Qian Renxue in disguise.
• Li Yuan scrutinized Xue Qinghe and reflected on Qian Renxue's unhappy life and fate.
• Fatty Jin misread Li Yuan's strange gaze and grew terrified that he might target the Crown Prince.

At an auction in Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue ordered an investigation into the masked Li Yuan, while the first lot—eighty-thousand-year Golden Lion essence blood—provoked a bidding clash. Li Yuan challenged Luon Cheng after the noble tried to scare off other bidders, and the auction continued with the price at two million.

• Qian Renxue noticed Li Yuan watching him and sent a guard to investigate the masked man in Private Room Nine.
• The auction began, and the hostess presented eighty-thousand-year Golden Lion essence blood that Li Yuan had consigned.
• Luon Cheng recognized the blood’s value to his Golden Lion Martial Soul and bid one million before telling others not to compete.
• Li Yuan became angered by Luon Cheng’s attempt to intimidate the bidders and raised the offer to two million.
• The hostess encouraged further bidding as Fatty Jin watched with an unpleasant expression.

Li Yuan forced Luon Cheng to pay 2.1 million Gold Soul Coins for the Golden Lion blood essence, then used his golden eyes to provoke Luon Cheng into releasing his Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Fatty Jin confronting Luon Cheng for causing a disturbance at the Heaven Dou Auction House.

• Fatty Jin tried to settle the dispute, and Li Yuan agreed not to disrupt the auction unless someone else broke the rules.
• The auction house warned bidders against threatening one another, and Luon Cheng bought the Golden Lion blood essence for 2.1 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Yuan regretted not pushing the price higher and declared that the Luon Family owed him one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Luon Cheng glared at Li Yuan, who met his gaze with his golden eyes and overwhelmed him with a thunderous voice.
• Luon Cheng activated his Golden Lion Martial Soul, and Fatty Jin confronted him while displaying his own Martial Soul and six spirit rings.

Li Yuan revealed that his changing eyes could trap opponents in an illusion, frightening Luon Cheng and strengthening Fatty Jin’s belief that Li Yuan was a hidden powerhouse. The auction resumed and sold Li Yuan’s items before presenting its final grand item.

• Li Yuan’s illusion made Luon Cheng complete Martial Soul Possession in fear, and Luon Cheng retreated without challenging him.
• Fatty Jin noticed Li Yuan’s pupil change and became even more convinced that Li Yuan was a powerful expert in disguise.
• Li Yuan reflected that his eyes could cast illusions after changing from the treasures and spring water at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, though the technique required eye contact and preparation.
• The auction sold Li Yuan’s Purple Gold Jade Face Fox essence blood to Prince Xue Xing for 1.1 million Gold Soul Coins, along with his other items to wealthy buyers.
• After more than an hour, the auction reached its closing stage and brought out its final grand item.

Li Yuan watched the Heaven Dou Auction House auction his Thousand-Year Wind Demon Wolf Left Arm Bone, which drew intense competition among the wealthy bidders. The price reached 4.8 million Gold Soul Coins, with only the three red VIPs left in contention.

• The auction house displayed a Thousand-Year Wind Demon Wolf Left Arm Bone, and Li Yuan considered which of the red VIPs might buy it.
• The host explained the bone’s wind attribute, speed-enhancing effects, and soul skill before opening bidding at three million Gold Soul Coins.
• A bidder in the black VIP section started the bidding, and around a dozen wealthy bidders drove the price up to 4.5 million.
• Most bidders dropped out, leaving Prince Xue Xing, Xue Qinghe, and Luon Cheng as the remaining contenders.
• The red VIP in private room number eight bid 4.8 million, and the remaining bidders hesitated.

At the auction, Prince Xue Xing tried to intimidate Marquis Luon into abandoning his bid on a soul bone, but the auction house enforced its rules. Just as Xue Xing continued bidding, Xue Qinghe joined the contest and drove the price higher.

• Luon Cheng bid five million for the soul bone, prompting Prince Xue Xing to accuse him of opposing him.
• Fatty Jin warned Prince Xue Xing to stop threatening bidders or lose his bidding privileges, and Xue Xing returned to his seat.
• Prince Xue Xing raised the bid to 5.1 million, and Luon Cheng stopped competing.
• Qian Renxue, in private room number four, bid 5.5 million, and Prince Xue Xing answered with six million.
• Xue Qinghe followed with a bid of 6.5 million.

Li Yuan’s auctioned goods earned him nearly ten million Gold Soul Coins after Prince Xue Xing bought the soul bone for an inflated price. Back at the inn, Li Yuan celebrated his sudden wealth with Juhua, while hiding how much he had really made.

• Prince Xue Xing raised the soul bone bid to six million six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Xue Qinghe let him have it.
• Li Yuan collected nine million nine hundred seventy thousand Gold Soul Coins from Fatty Jin after the auction house took its commission.
• Li Yuan returned to the inn, where Juhua was waiting, and announced that he would buy them food and move them to a more luxurious room.
• Li Yuan told Juhua that their goods had sold for only five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, though he had earned far more.
• Juhua realized that five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins could buy more than ten thousand cows and concluded that they would not need to worry about money.

Li Yuan weighed three possible paths: attending an academy, traveling across the continent, or joining Tang San’s group, but chose to enjoy Heaven Dou City before deciding. A clone then returned with memories that left him grim-faced.

• Li Yuan and Juhua decided to spend a few days enjoying Heaven Dou City before choosing where to go next.
• Li Yuan considered enrolling at an academy, traveling to dangerous places, or joining Tang San’s group, and joked about working at Skywater Academy.
• Li Yuan compared Tang San favorably with Xiao Yan and resolved that befriending Tang San could benefit him.
• Li Yuan prepared to go out for food with Juhua when a bird transformed into crystalline light and merged its clone’s memories into him.
• Li Yuan became grim after receiving the clone’s memories, since he could only access them when a clone dissipated.

After Xue Beng ordered the Royal Guards to hunt down Li Xiaoyao on a false charge, Li Yuan learned of the threat through his bird clone and decided to retaliate. He planned to leave Heaven Dou City that night after confronting Xue Beng and Luon En.

• A bird clone reported that Luon En had told Xue Beng about his beating by Li Yuan.
• Xue Beng ordered the Royal Guards to search Heaven Dou City for Li Xiaoyao and kill him under the pretense that he had attacked the prince.
• Li Yuan learned of the order and grew furious at Xue Beng and Luon En.
• Li Yuan told Juhua to help him with a nighttime attack, while staying back unless experts intervened.
• Li Yuan prepared to leave Heaven Dou City that night, expecting the city to be placed under martial law.