Chapter Summaries

Luo Li, the seventeen-year-old White Robe God of War, defeated a rebel army and learned that the Third Prince had died, while resolving to focus on his own growth. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue saw Luo Li as a threat to her position but decided she would win him over rather than kill him.

• Luo Li killed the enemy commander with his Life-Consuming Sword Edge and led the White Robe Army to victory.
• Luo Li reflected on how his Moon Devourer had helped him reach Soul Douluo at seventeen and planned to pause campaigning to absorb the life force he had gained.
• A soldier told Luo Li that the Third Prince had died, and Luo Li suspected Qian Renxue was behind it.
• Qian Renxue read a report of Luo Li's latest victory and worried that his military influence could threaten her position as Crown Prince.
• Qian Renxue decided she would conquer Luo Li and bring his talent to her side.

Zhu Zhuqing fled her pursuers and ran into Luo Li and the Heaven Dou White Robe Army. Luo Li intervened when the Star Luo Zhu Family hunted her on Heaven Dou territory, and he killed one pursuer after the others retreated.

• Zhu Zhuqing, exhausted from fleeing, ran toward a white-clad army and stopped before Luo Li and the Heaven Dou White Robe Army.
• Luo Li recognized Zhu Zhuqing but initially decided not to interfere in her affairs.
• A pursuer asked Luo Li to let the Zhu Family handle its private business, but Luo Li reconsidered after his lieutenant pointed out they were using force on Heaven Dou territory.
• Luo Li drew the Sun Eclipse Sword and challenged the pursuers, prompting the White Robe Army to point their weapons at them.
• The Zhu Family pursuers turned to leave, but one threatened Luo Li, who cut off his head with a flash of his sword.

Luo Li saved Zhu Zhuqing from assassins sent by her elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun, and allowed her to travel behind the White Robe Army for safety. After thanking him and promising to repay her life-saving debt, Zhu Zhuqing continued her journey away from the Star Luo Empire.

• Luo Li drove off the remaining Zhu Family assassins and led the White Robe Army away without pursuing them.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed the White Robe Army, and Luo Li let her stay near the troops for protection.
• At camp, Shen Bei teased the squad leaders that Zhu Zhuqing might have fallen for Luo Li.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Luo Li, promised to repay his kindness if they met again, and set off into the night to complete her journey.

Luo Li returned to Heaven Dou City in triumph and attended a banquet where Xue Ye honored his military achievements. The Emperor granted him the title King Frost Extreme and charged him with guarding the Northern Frontier.

• Xue Ye ordered Heaven Dou City decorated to welcome Luo Li and the returning White Robe Army.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, watched Luo Li arrive and wondered why Xue Ye was honoring him so lavishly.
• Xue Ye welcomed Luo Li at the palace, and Qian Renxue joined them before they entered the banquet hall.
• Qian Renxue noticed Xue Beng among the guests, while Luo Li received praise from the ministers.
• Xue Ye awarded Luo Li the title King Frost Extreme and ordered him to guard the Northern Frontier.

Emperor Xue Ye granted Marquis White Robe Luo Li land and the title of King, provoking Imperial Censor Li Boyan to object. Xue Ye refused to reconsider, then announced that he had another matter to reveal.

• Xue Ye granted Luo Li land and the title of King, astonishing the court with the unprecedented honor.
• Li Boyan warned that the grant would make Luo Li too powerful and urged Xue Ye to withdraw it.
• Luo Li dismissed the objection, saying Xue Ye had the authority to decide, while Qian Renxue reflected on how freely he could act.
• Li Boyan repeated his protest, but Xue Ye declared his decision final and rebuked him for challenging the Emperor.
• Xue Ye announced that he had one more matter to disclose.

At the victory banquet, Emperor Xue Ye proposed that Luo Li marry Princess Xue Ke to secure the Xue Family’s place in the succession. Luo Li accepted the engagement, leaving Xue Ke delighted and Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue troubled by their own feelings.

• Xue Ye asked Luo Li whether he had considered starting a family and proposed an engagement to Princess Xue Ke.
• Xue Ye intended the marriage to bind Luo Li to the imperial family and ensure their future children could inherit the throne.
• Luo Li understood the political implications but agreed because he cared for Xue Ke and had no reason to refuse.
• Xue Ye announced that he would draft an edict, while Xue Ke rejoiced at the engagement.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that his daughter would be heartbroken, and Qian Renxue felt unexpectedly unhappy.

After Luo Li became the Prince of Different Surname and was betrothed to Xue Ke, Xue Beng mistakenly thought Luo Li would support him against Xue Qinghe. Prince Xue Xing explained that Emperor Xue Ye had made Luo Li a contender in Heaven Dou's power struggle, leaving Xue Beng bitter and alarmed.

• Luo Li and Xue Ke exchanged congratulations after their engagement, while Qian Renxue approached and received his usual distant response.
• Xue Beng assumed Luo Li's coldness toward Xue Qinghe meant Luo Li would support him, and he tried to ingratiate himself with Luo Li.
• Luo Li showed disgust toward Xue Beng, while Qian Renxue and Xue Ke recognized that he did not intend to support either Prince.
• Prince Xue Xing dragged Xue Beng away before he could further annoy Luo Li.
• Prince Xue Xing explained that Emperor Xue Ye's grant of land, royal title, and Xue Ke's hand meant Luo Li could enter the struggle for power; Xue Beng realized he now faced another rival.

After Xue Beng left, Qian Renxue asked Luo Li whether he intended to interfere with her plans for the Heaven Dou Empire. Luo Li reassured her that he had no interest in the throne, leaving Qian Renxue relieved while Xue Ke remained confused.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited to offer polite congratulations to Luo Li on becoming King Frost Extreme.
• Qian Renxue followed Luo Li and Xue Ke from the hall, frustrating Xue Ke, who wanted time alone with Luo Li.
• Qian Renxue asked Luo Li what he thought, and he said he had no interest in imperial power or interfering in her affairs.
• Luo Li privately considered why Qian Renxue had chosen to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire and decided not to reveal that he knew her identity.
• Qian Renxue, who had feared Luo Li might disrupt her plan to seize the throne, believed his reassurance and felt relieved.
• Xue Ke noticed the changed atmosphere between Luo Li and Qian Renxue but did not understand their conversation.

After learning that Luo Li and Xue Ke were engaged, Ning Rongrong locked herself in her room and grieved over losing her chance with him. Ning Fengzhi told her that Luo Li’s new status as the empire’s only Prince of Different Surname meant she could still pursue him, and she regained her resolve.

• Xue Ye announced Luo Li’s elevation to King and his engagement to Xue Ke, leaving Luo Li’s female admirers heartbroken.
• Ning Rongrong shut herself in her room after hearing about the engagement, while Ning Fengzhi, Sword, and Bone worried outside.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that the engagement did not eliminate her chances with Luo Li, prompting her to open the door.
• Ning Rongrong asked if her father would help her steal the groom, but Ning Fengzhi rejected the idea.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Luo Li’s status as the only Prince of Different Surname gave him exemptions from some rules, and Ning Rongrong resolved to pursue him.

Tang Yuehua struggled with her painful feelings after hearing that Luo Li was engaged to Princess Xue Ke, while Luo Li celebrated his new status with his family at Luo Manor. He planned to pause his campaigns, settle his killing intent, and try to awaken the inheritance in his hands.

• Tang Yuehua heard students discuss Luo Li and Xue Ke’s engagement and withdrew to her pavilion, where she remembered the year she had spent teaching Luo Li and mourned her unspoken feelings for him.
• Luo Manor celebrated Luo Li’s title as King and his engagement to Princess Xue Ke.
• Luo Li returned to the main residence and reunited with his parents, Luo Nan and Chu Wan, and his younger sister, Luo Ling’er.
• Chu Wan asked Luo Li when he would bring home a child, and Ling’er excitedly wondered if she would become an aunt.
• Luo Li said it was too soon for children and planned to pause his campaigns, calm his killing intent, and try to awaken the inheritance in his hands.

Luo Li received the Asura God’s inheritance, gaining powerful rewards and a new trial to reach Titled Douluo within three years. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City, found her runaway fiancé Dai Mubai fighting a boy with Blue Silver Grass, and hid to watch.

• Luo Li activated his Asura inheritance mark, and the Asura God declared the first four trials complete and began the fifth trial.
• Luo Li received increased Asura Affinity, four God-bestowed spirit rings, and a thirty-thousand-year increase to his spirit ring ages, turning his seventh and eighth rings red.
• The Asura God explained that he had observed Luo Li for years before granting the inheritance and had rejected the King of Slaughter as an inheritor.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City and learned that her runaway fiancé was studying at Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai fighting a boy with a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and concealed herself to observe them.

After witnessing Dai Mubai’s defeat and hedonism, Zhu Zhuqing abandoned hope in her fiancé and left Suotuo City determined to resist her fate alone. In Heaven Dou, Qian Renxue continued pursuing Luo Li and arrived with an imperial order concerning Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Tang San fought Dai Mubai with Blue Silver Grass, withdrew his hidden weapons when Dai Mubai stopped the fight, and let him leave.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Dai Mubai depart with twin sisters, resolved not to rely on him, and headed for the city gates.
• Dai Mubai felt a brief pang of loss but ignored it and returned his attention to the twin sisters.
• Qian Renxue visited Luo Manor again, hoping to win Luo Li over despite his cool reception.
• Qian Renxue handed Luo Li an imperial document and said it concerned Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Luo Li accepted Xue Ye’s invitation to become Dean Lord of Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Qian Renxue explained the appointment. At the academy, Yu Tianheng confirmed the news to the Imperial Dou Team, whose members marveled at Luo Li’s extraordinary strength and status.

• Qian Renxue gave Luo Li Xue Ye’s letter asking whether he would become Dean Lord of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue argued that Luo Li’s rank and strength made him qualified and said the Education Committees would handle most academy affairs.
• Luo Li accepted the nominal appointment, and Qian Renxue was pleased that it would give her more chances to see him.
• Yu Feng asked Yu Tianheng whether Luo Li had become the academy’s dean, and Yu Tianheng confirmed the news.
• The Imperial Dou Team praised Luo Li’s achievements, while Yu Tianheng silently acknowledged how far he surpassed them.

Luo Li toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and met the Imperial Dou Team, including Yu Tianheng, whose confidence faltered at the sight of how far Luo Li had surpassed him. After assuring the Education Committee that they could continue managing the academy, Luo Li took responsibility for training the team.

• Bai Baoshan introduced Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and new dean Luo Li to the Imperial Dou Team and Instructor Qin Ming.
• Luo Li recognized Yu Tianheng, recalling their childhood spar, and Yu Tianheng admitted their gap had become insurmountable.
• Luo Li told the Education Committee members to continue handling the academy's affairs, and they agreed.
• Luo Li announced that he would take charge of the Imperial Dou Team's training.

Luo Li took charge of training the Imperial Dou Team, leaving Qin Ming as his assistant. After learning that Qin Ming relied on running and medicinal baths for physical conditioning, Luo Li pointed out the method’s limits and warned of its risks.

• Luo Li offered to personally train Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Dou Team, and the academy’s leaders and students accepted.
• Qin Ming remained with the team as an assistant teacher, while Qian Renxue stayed to observe Luo Li’s instruction.
• Luo Li asked Qin Ming about his training plan and learned that its physical conditioning consisted of running followed by medicinal baths.
• Luo Li explained that running mainly trained endurance, not strength, resistance to attacks, or reaction speed.
• Luo Li warned Qin Ming that pushing students to their limits carried risks.

Luo Li exposed the dangers and flaws in Qin Ming’s training methods, prompting Qin Ming to apologize to his students. He then proposed a battle to assess the seven students, and Yu Tianheng attacked first after Luo Li challenged his clan pride.

• Luo Li warned Qin Ming that pushing students to their limits risked death and lasting damage, and explained that training should be tailored to each student’s role and abilities.
• Qin Ming admitted his mistakes and apologized to Luo Li, then bowed to Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and the others; they forgave him but trusted him less.
• Qian Renxue worried that poor teaching at Heaven Dou Royal Academy had contributed to its students’ unimpressive standards.
• Luo Li canceled training until he understood the students’ circumstances and told the seven to attack him together so he could assess them in battle.
• Luo Li challenged Yu Tianheng not to disgrace the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Tianheng transformed his hand into a dragon claw and charged.

Luo Li effortlessly defeated the Imperial Dou Team without releasing his martial soul, then left Qian Renxue even more captivated by his strength. The team recovered from their minor injuries, while Qian Renxue watched with growing desire for him.

• Yu Tianheng charged at Luo Li, and Osler, Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, the Shi Brothers, and Ye Lingling joined the attack.
• Luo Li stopped Osler’s Panther Shadow Clone and knocked Osler to the arena floor, then blocked Yu Tianheng’s Dragon Claw with two fingers and kicked him into Yu Feng.
• Luo Li flicked Ye Lingling’s forehead to eliminate her, then dodged the Shi Brothers into each other and left Dugu Yan to surrender when her poison failed.
• Luo Li declared the Imperial Dou Team defeated without using his martial soul, and Ye Lingling healed the team’s minor injuries.
• Qian Renxue realized she could not defeat the team as effortlessly as Luo Li and felt an even stronger desire to possess him.

Luo Li asked Dugu Yan to introduce him to her grandfather, Dugu Bo, so he could discuss a matter with him. Dugu Yan agreed to lead Luo Li to Dugu Bo, while Qian Renxue learned that Luo Li was not seeking revenge for their past battle.

• Luo Li reassured Yu Tianheng and the others after testing their abilities and promised to give them targeted training starting the next day.
• Luo Li asked Dugu Yan to stay behind, prompting Qian Renxue and Dugu Yan to wonder about his connection to her.
• Luo Li explained that he had fought Dugu Bo two years earlier but had no personal grudge against him.
• Dugu Yan agreed to act as an intermediary and told Luo Li that Dugu Bo was in Heaven Dou City.

Luo Li met Dugu Bo to negotiate for herbs from his Herb Garden and revealed that the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor poison was ravaging Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo learned that Luo Li could cure them, leaving him with new hope for his granddaughter.

• Luo Li told Dugu Bo he wanted to trade for herbs from the Herb Garden, but Dugu Bo offered to let him take whatever he wanted as an apology for their past conflict.
• Luo Li explained that he wanted a proper transaction and revealed that poison had seeped into Dugu Bo's bones.
• Dugu Bo admitted that his Martial Soul's poison afflicted him and those close to him, and Dugu Yan learned that it had caused her parents' deaths.
• Dugu Bo promised Dugu Yan he would find a way to cure her, even if it cost him everything.
• Luo Li told Dugu Bo he could resolve the poison in both their bodies.

Luo Li revealed that the Sun Eclipse Sword could likely purify the Jade Phosphor Snake Emperor Poison afflicting Dugu Bo and his family. Dugu Bo agreed to try the treatment at his Herb Garden, and Luo Li flew there with Dugu Yan while Dugu Bo struggled to keep up.

• Luo Li summoned the Sun Eclipse Sword and explained that its sacred sunlight power could counter Dugu Bo's poison.
• Dugu Bo eagerly accepted Luo Li's offer to attempt purification, but Luo Li said they needed to do it somewhere safer than Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo set off alone for his Herb Garden, leaving Dugu Yan behind, and Luo Li summoned both swords to carry her after him.
• Luo Li and Dugu Yan raced through the sky on their swords, while Dugu Bo failed to catch up and eventually gave up the chase.