Chapter Summaries

Li Yue asked Meng Shu to repay his favor by helping Grandmaster hunt a thousand-year Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Meng Shu agreed, and Meng Yiran was delighted at the prospect of traveling with Li Yue.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang praised Ma Hongjun for his devotion to Li Yue, leaving him pleased and dazed.
• Li Yue asked Meng Shu whether his promised favor still counted, and Meng Shu reaffirmed his willingness to help.
• Li Yue requested that Meng Shu assist Grandmaster in hunting a thousand-year Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Meng Yiran urged her grandfather to accept, hoping the hunt would let her spend time with Li Yue.
• Meng Shu agreed to help and privately judged Meng Yiran a better match for Li Yue than Xiao Wu.

Li Yue's group camped in the Star Dou Forest, where the Peerless Dragon Snake couple used a luxurious residence-type Soul Tool. Meng Shu invited Flender, Li Yue, and the others to stay with them, while privately hoping to bring Li Yue into his family by marrying him to Meng Yiran.

• Li Yue, Flender, and the Peerless Dragon Snake couple set up camp for the night in the Star Dou Forest.
• The Peerless Dragon Snake couple activated their jade Soul Tool and revealed a small palace for shelter.
• Flender and Meng Shu exchanged compliments as they discussed their reputations and backgrounds.
• Meng Shu invited Flender, Li Yue, and the others to stay in the palace after Meng Yiran urged him to do so.
• Meng Shu hoped to make Li Yue Meng Yiran's husband and gain access to his stronger cultivation methods for the family.

Flender accepted Meng Shu’s invitation to stay in his Soul Tool, and Meng Shu arranged for Meng Yiran, Li Yue, and Xiao Wu to share Meng Yiran’s room. Xiao Wu chose to sleep on the floor with Li Yue, thwarting Meng Yiran’s hopes of sharing the bed with him.

• Meng Shu repeatedly invited Flender and his group to stay in his palace-like Soul Tool, appealing to Flender’s courtesy and mentioning Meng Yiran’s admiration for Li Yue.
• Flender accepted Meng Shu’s invitation after deciding he could no longer refuse.
• Meng Shu arranged for Meng Yiran, Li Yue, and Xiao Wu to stay in Meng Yiran’s room, which had a large jade bed and a washroom.
• Xiao Wu took bedding from Li Yue’s Storage Spirit Device belt and asked to make a bed on the floor so she could sleep beside him.
• Meng Yiran inwardly resented Xiao Wu for ruining her plans, then urged Xiao Wu and Li Yue to sleep on the spacious bed instead.

Xiao Wu challenged Meng Yiran over where they would sleep, then changed the arrangement to keep Meng Yiran away from Li Yue while planning to make her jealous. The group ate Chao Tianxiang’s meat soup before turning in for the night.

• Xiao Wu demanded that Meng Yiran sleep on the floor while she and Li Yue took the bed, and Meng Yiran grudgingly agreed.
• Xiao Wu realized Meng Yiran was pleased at the prospect of using blankets Li Yue had slept under, so she changed the plan and arranged for Meng Yiran to sleep alone under a separate set of blankets.
• Xiao Wu planned to sleep between Li Yue and Meng Yiran and be affectionate with Li Yue to make Meng Yiran jealous.
• Li Yue said they should eat before sleeping, and the group joined Chao Tianxiang, who had prepared meat soup with wild vegetables.
• Meng Yiran praised Chao Tianxiang’s cooking, and Xiao Wu admitted the soup tasted good.

During dinner, Meng Shu asked how Yu Xiaogang had broken through to rank thirty, and Ma Hongjun revealed that Li Yue’s Great Sun Netherworld Meditation was involved. Li Yue agreed to give Meng Shu a copy of the technique, warning that ordinary cultivators would need Yu Xiaogang’s shortcut to avoid injury.

• Meng Shu asked Yu Xiaogang how he had crossed the rank-thirty threshold, prompting Flender to rebuke Ma Hongjun when he blurted out the technique’s name.
• Yu Xiaogang said he had benefited from his disciple’s talent, while Meng Shu expressed interest in Li Yue’s research and its value to his family.
• Li Yue offered to copy the Great Sun Netherworld Meditation for Meng Shu.
• Li Yue warned Meng Shu that ordinary cultivators could suffer internal injuries without the shortcut Yu Xiaogang had devised, and said Yu Xiaogang could explain it.

Li Yue gave Meng Shu the Great Sun Netherworld Meditation, warning him that it could cause internal injuries if practiced. Meng Shu was captivated by the method, tried to cultivate it, and suffered an injury, while Li Yue’s system confirmed that Meng Shu had incurred great karma.

• Li Yue handed Meng Shu two copies of the Great Sun Netherworld Meditation and warned him not to practice it.
• Meng Shu became absorbed in the method and praised it as the most profound cultivation technique in the world.
• Meng Shu unconsciously circulated his Soul Power according to the method, lost control, and spat blood.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran worried over Meng Shu, who dismissed his injury as minor but regretted being unable to practice the technique.
• Meng Shu considered forcing the Theory Master to reveal the method’s shortcut so he could become a Titled Douluo.
• Li Yue learned that Meng Shu had incurred great karma and asked the system to settle part of it without making Meng Shu suspect tampering.

Yu Xiaogang privately revealed to Meng Shu that castration removed the bodily flaw preventing ordinary people from cultivating the Great Sun Netherworld Meditation. After confirming Yu Xiaogang had undergone the operation himself, Meng Shu faced the choice of sacrificing his manhood for a chance to become a Titled Douluo.

• Yu Xiaogang took Meng Shu to a private room in the camp’s Soul Tool to explain the Great Sun Netherworld Meditation’s shortcut.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the technique burned the body and caused internal injuries when cultivated without the shortcut, and Meng Shu agreed from experience.
• Yu Xiaogang demonstrated that the shortcut required removing both the penis and testicles, leaving Meng Shu shocked.
• Meng Shu pulled down Yu Xiaogang’s pants to verify his claim and saw that Yu Xiaogang had truly undergone the operation.
• Meng Shu weighed whether to sacrifice his manhood to cultivate the Great Sun Netherworld Meditation and pursue the Titled Douluo realm.

Xiao Wu pulled Li Yue away to sleep and took over Meng Yiran’s washroom to bathe. Left alone with Li Yue, Meng Yiran got him to autograph her copies of Nine Great Theories of Martial Souls with a personal message, then treasured them.

• Xiao Wu said she was sleepy and pulled Li Yue toward Meng Yiran’s room, ignoring Meng Yiran.
• Li Yue followed Xiao Wu and left Meng Yiran behind with an apologetic smile.
• Xiao Wu took over Meng Yiran’s washroom and began bathing while Meng Yiran followed them into the room.
• Meng Yiran asked Li Yue to autograph her copies of Nine Great Theories of Martial Souls and requested a personal message.
• Li Yue signed the books with Meng Yiran’s requested words, and she stored them away and grinned over the keepsakes.

Xiao Wu grew jealous after finding Meng Yiran chatting with Li Yue and warned her to stay away from him. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu cuddling Li Yue in bed while Meng Yiran went to bathe, pleased that she could share an intimacy Meng Yiran could not.

• Xiao Wu returned from bathing, saw Meng Yiran and Li Yue talking happily, and wedged herself between them.
• After Li Yue went to bathe, Xiao Wu warned Meng Yiran not to pursue him, while Meng Yiran politely claimed she only admired his Martial Soul theories.
• Li Yue returned from bathing, and Meng Yiran went to the washroom as Xiao Wu pulled him into bed.
• Xiao Wu hugged Li Yue beneath the covers and felt reassured, while Li Yue held her and drifted toward sleep.

Meng Yiran saw Xiao Wu sleeping in Li Yue's arms and grew jealous. Xiao Wu deliberately kissed Li Yue loudly enough for Meng Yiran to hear, leaving Meng Yiran unable to sleep and determined to take revenge someday.

• Meng Yiran returned from bathing and saw Xiao Wu asleep in Li Yue's arms, making her intensely jealous.
• Xiao Wu sensed Meng Yiran was awake and deliberately shifted closer to Li Yue.
• Xiao Wu kissed Li Yue while he opened his eyes and helplessly watched her.
• Meng Yiran heard the kiss and lay awake, tormented by jealousy and imagining Xiao Wu's actions.
• Meng Yiran vowed to kiss Li Yue someday while Xiao Wu watched and bitterly considered attacking Xiao Wu with her Soul Breaking Blades.

Meng Yiran challenged Xiao Wu to a duel after seeing Li Yue covered in Xiao Wu’s kiss marks, but Flender and Meng Shu redirected them to a contest. They agreed to see who could hit a distant tree leaf, setting up a contest between Meng Yiran’s Soul Breaking Blade and Xiao Wu’s Vortex Cannon.

• Meng Yiran woke after a sleepless night and smelled Li Yue’s scent on the bedding he had used.
• Meng Yiran saw the kiss marks on Li Yue’s face and neck, then watched Xiao Wu add another one to provoke her.
• Meng Yiran challenged Xiao Wu to a duel, and Xiao Wu accepted while Flender tried to stop them.
• Flender and Meng Shu persuaded the two to replace the duel with a contest to hit a leaf on a distant tree.
• Meng Shu knew Meng Yiran could use the Soul Breaking Blade, while Xiao Wu relied on the Vortex Cannon Li Yue had taught her.

Xiao Wu and Meng Yiran agreed to settle their rivalry with a contest whose winner could impose one condition on the loser. They began a leaf-hitting challenge in the Star Dou Forest, with Meng Yiran offering her throwing knives and Xiao Wu refusing them.

• Xiao Wu proposed that the winner of the contest could make the loser agree to one condition, and Meng Yiran accepted.
• Xiao Wu planned to make Meng Yiran stay ten meters away from her and Li Yue, while Meng Yiran intended to use her win to claim Li Yue for herself.
• Xiao Wu and Meng Yiran chose a tree in the Star Dou Forest as their target.
• Meng Yiran brought out thirty-six Soul-Breaking Blades and offered Xiao Wu eighteen for the contest.
• Xiao Wu rejected the knives and prepared to compete without them.

Xiao Wu refused Meng Yiran’s Soul Breaking Blades and agreed to compete using any method, confident that Li Yue’s Vortex Cannon would secure her victory. Meng Yiran went first and used her Snake Body Soul Skill to throw ten blades at a distant tree, cutting down leaves and leaving Xiao Wu to take her turn.

• Meng Yiran offered Xiao Wu her Soul Breaking Blades and proposed that they each take one attempt to cut down leaves, but Xiao Wu refused the weapons.
• Xiao Wu accepted Meng Yiran’s flexible rules and planned to use the Vortex Cannon, a Self-Created Soul Skill taught by Li Yue.
• Xiao Wu told Meng Yiran to go first, dismissing her warnings about the difference between a Soul Master and a Soul Grandmaster.
• Meng Yiran planted her Snake Head Crutch in the soil, activated her Snake Body Soul Skill, and threw ten Soul Breaking Blades at a distant tree.
• Meng Yiran’s blades cut down leaves, and she turned proudly toward Xiao Wu, confident in her technique.

Xiao Wu demonstrated Li Yue's Vortex Cannon and stunned Meng Yiran and Meng Shu with its power. Meng Shu grew covetous of Li Yue and considered bringing him into his clan as Meng Yiran's husband, with Xiao Wu as a concubine.

• Xiao Wu mocked Meng Yiran's Soul-Breaking Throwing Knives technique, and Meng Yiran angrily challenged her.
• Xiao Wu fired the Vortex Cannon without using Martial Soul Possession and blasted apart a distant tree.
• Xiao Wu revealed that Li Yue had created the Vortex Cannon especially for her, shocking Meng Yiran.
• Meng Shu admired the technique's power and began considering taking Li Yue into his clan as Meng Yiran's husband.
• Meng Shu decided Xiao Wu could be brought along as Li Yue's concubine, while Meng Yiran would be his principal wife.

Xiao Wu defeated Meng Yiran with the Vortex Cannon and used her victory to demand that Meng Yiran stay at least ten meters away from Li Yue. Meng Yiran was devastated by the condition, while Xiao Wu insisted she keep her word.

• Xiao Wu's Vortex Cannon destroyed a tree, decisively winning her contest with Meng Yiran.
• Meng Yiran admitted defeat and promised to grant any condition Xiao Wu requested.
• Xiao Wu rejected Meng Yiran's offer of Gold Soul Coins and Soul Breaking Blades, demanding instead that Meng Yiran stay at least ten meters from Li Yue.
• Meng Yiran pleaded for Xiao Wu to change the condition, but Xiao Wu reminded her that she had promised to honor the winner's request.

Meng Yiran pleaded with Xiao Wu to shorten the distance she had to keep from Li Yue, and Xiao Wu eventually reduced it from ten meters to one. The chapter left Meng Yiran agreeing to Xiao Wu’s conditions while secretly intending to win Li Yue over.

• Meng Yiran repeatedly called Xiao Wu her sister and begged her to reduce the ten-meter restriction from Li Yue.
• Xiao Wu enjoyed Meng Yiran’s submission and agreed to lower the distance to five meters.
• Meng Yiran continued pleading, and Flender supported her after Dragon Duke Meng Shu gave him a black card and asked him to look after her.
• Xiao Wu reduced the restriction to one meter, provided Meng Yiran promised not to kiss Li Yue or pursue him as her sister’s boyfriend.

Meng Yiran pretended to become Xiao Wu’s little sister so she could get closer to Li Yue, while Xiao Wu believed they had made up. Li Yue sensed Meng Yiran’s romantic interest and worried that her powerful grandparents might force him into a relationship.

• Meng Yiran praised Xiao Wu and agreed to keep her distance from Li Yue, but privately resented Xiao Wu for claiming him as her boyfriend.
• Xiao Wu welcomed Meng Yiran as her little sister, and Meng Yiran pulled her along to breakfast to stay near Li Yue.
• Li Yue reflected that the two women’s apparent sisterhood seemed strange and realized through Xuanxin Gong that Meng Yiran wanted to pursue him.
• Li Yue sensed Meng Yiran’s continuing hostility toward Xiao Wu and worried that Meng Yiran might force him to accept her feelings with the backing of the Peerless Dragon Snake.

Meng Yiran asked about the Vortex Cannon, and Xiao Wu agreed to teach her after Li Yue gave his approval. Xiao Wu struggled to explain the skill, so she turned to Li Yue for help.

• Meng Yiran praised the Vortex Cannon and told Xiao Wu she envied her for having Li Yue as her boyfriend.
• Xiao Wu offered to teach Meng Yiran the Vortex Cannon and asked Li Yue if he agreed.
• Li Yue said Xiao Wu could decide, and Meng Yiran thanked them both enthusiastically.
• After breakfast, Xiao Wu tried to teach Meng Yiran but could not make her understand the Vortex Cannon.
• Xiao Wu gave up and asked Li Yue to help teach Meng Yiran.

Xiao Wu failed to teach Meng Yiran the Vortex Cannon, so Li Yue took over and invited Ma Hongjun to learn it too. The lesson began with Ma Hongjun eagerly embracing his strange doglike devotion to Li Yue despite being told they were brothers.

• Xiao Wu asked Li Yue to teach Meng Yiran the Vortex Cannon after she could not explain it herself.
• Li Yue teased Xiao Wu for being a poor teacher, and Xiao Wu kissed him repeatedly to stop him from speaking.
• Meng Yiran watched the kissing jealously, then clenched her fists again when Xiao Wu covered Li Yue's face with kiss marks.
• Li Yue began teaching the Vortex Cannon to Meng Yiran and invited Ma Hongjun to listen so he could gain an offensive skill.
• Ma Hongjun excitedly thanked Li Yue, barked, and asked to be his dog, so Li Yue told him to act like a brother instead.

Li Yue taught Ma Hongjun and Meng Yiran the Vortex Cannon, and Ma Hongjun quickly learned to use it. Meng Yiran pretended she could not learn so Li Yue would guide her personally, while Xiao Wu grew increasingly wary of her as a rival.

• After Ma Hongjun explained his barking and sincere wish to be Li Yue's dog, Li Yue reassured him and began teaching him and Meng Yiran Vortex Cannon.
• Ma Hongjun learned Vortex Cannon and fired a crimson blast that exploded against a tree, earning Li Yue's praise.
• Meng Yiran pretended she had failed to learn the technique, so Li Yue guided her Soul Power through its route by hand.
• Meng Yiran interpreted Li Yue's personal guidance as proof that he loved her and imagined Xiao Wu was keeping them apart.
• Xiao Wu worried that Meng Yiran had not learned Vortex Cannon and recognized her as a much greater threat to her place beside Li Yue than the other girls around him.