Chapter Summaries

Su Yu promised to help Qian Renxue overcome every obstacle, while Dai Mubai and Xue Beng repeatedly visited Tian Chun Pavilion seeking the courtesan Ling Yuan. The chapter left Dai Mubai with Ling Yuan, who hinted that she could not accompany him that day.

• Su Yu comforted Qian Renxue and promised to help clear the obstacles in her path.
• Dai Mubai visited Tian Chun Pavilion, learned Ling Yuan was with another guest, and went upstairs with two women.
• Xue Beng arrived with his entourage, boasted that he would cover their expenses, and went upstairs with a woman after learning Ling Yuan was unavailable.
• Dai Mubai and Xue Beng both spent several days unable to see Ling Yuan, and Xue Beng paid extra to arrange a visit.
• Dai Mubai returned to Tian Chun Pavilion, found Ling Yuan by a second-floor window, and pulled her into his arms.
• Ling Yuan told Dai Mubai she could not accompany him that day, but he held on as she protested that he was bullying her.

Dai Mubai enjoyed Ling Yuan’s company at Tian Chun Pavilion until Xue Beng arrived and learned that she was upstairs with the new Young Master Dai. Xue Beng stormed up to confront his rival, interrupting them just as Dai Mubai’s mood turned cold.

• Ling Yuan flirted with Dai Mubai and led him upstairs, where they drank wine and continued their playful encounter.
• Xue Beng arrived at Tian Chun Pavilion and learned that Dai Mubai had invited Ling Yuan upstairs before him.
• Xue Beng angrily dismissed the women who tried to distract him and led his attendants up the stairs to confront Young Master Dai.
• Dai Mubai stopped when he heard Xue Beng and his attendants approaching, while Ling Yuan tried to draw his attention back.

Dai Mubai was interrupted while with Ling Yuan by Xue Beng, who attacked him with his lackeys. Dai Mubai defeated them, humiliated Xue Beng in front of the crowd, and walked away, leaving Xue Beng furious.

• Xue Beng burst into Dai Mubai and Ling Yuan's room and ordered his lackeys to beat Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai unleashed his White Tiger Martial Soul and Soul Power, blasting the lackeys away.
• Dai Mubai punched Xue Beng through a second-floor window, and the prince crashed into a table below.
• Dai Mubai jumped down and mocked Xue Beng as the crowd laughed, while Xue Beng's lackeys held him back.
• Dai Mubai walked away, and Xue Beng furiously slapped his lackeys across the head.

Dai Mubai fought Xue Beng’s five Soul Grandmaster lackeys after Xue Beng offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to anyone who crippled him. He overwhelmed four of them with his Third Soul Skill and caught the fifth as he tried to flee.

• Xue Beng ordered his five lackeys to attack Dai Mubai and promised a ten-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin reward.
• The five Soul Grandmasters activated their Martial Souls and surrounded Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai released his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and knocked out the Earth Splitting Rhinoceros Soul Master.
• Dai Mubai seized the Gale Wolf and Blazing Tiger Soul Masters, smashed them together, and threw them aside.
• Dai Mubai kicked the Pangolin Soul Master into a pillar, leaving him motionless.
• The Bell Bird Soul Master tried to escape, but Dai Mubai caught his ankle in midair.

Dai Mubai defeated Xue Beng’s five Soul Grandmasters, then brutally beat Xue Beng after the prince threatened him. Dai Mubai came to his senses and realized he had killed Xue Beng.

• Dai Mubai overwhelmed Xue Beng’s five Soul Grandmasters in Tian Chun Pavilion.
• Dai Mubai stopped Xue Beng from sneaking away and kicked him through the pavilion’s wooden door.
• Dai Mubai pinned Xue Beng down and continued beating him as Xue Beng threatened him and his loved ones.
• Dai Mubai stomped Xue Beng until the prince fell silent and died.
• Dai Mubai’s rage faded, and he staggered back in shock when he realized Xue Beng was dead.

Dai Mubai killed Xue Beng in Heaven Dou City after Su Yu secretly amplified Dai Mubai’s violent impulses, then fled the city. Su Yu told Qian Renxue what happened, and she was summoned to the palace as the crisis began to unfold.

• Dai Mubai panicked after killing Xue Beng, threatened the crowd, and fled toward Heaven Dou City’s gates.
• A bystander confirmed that Xue Beng was dead, and the crowd scattered from Tian Chun Pavilion.
• Su Yu revealed that he had used the Immortal Slaying Array Diagram to influence Dai Mubai and had kept Ling Yuan away from him.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Prince’s Mansion, where Su Yu told her that Dai Mubai had beaten Xue Beng to death.
• After Xue Ye summoned Qian Renxue to the palace, Su Yu held her by the waist and asked for a reward.

Su Yu pressed Qian Renxue for a reward, and she kissed him before he kissed her again. She later arrived at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where Xue Beng’s sudden death had left Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing grieving and suspicious.

• Su Yu held Qian Renxue close and asked for the affection he had always wanted.
• Qian Renxue gave Su Yu a quick kiss, and he pulled her back into a deeper kiss.
• On the carriage ride, Qian Renxue scolded herself for letting Su Yu take advantage of her, while privately recalling the kiss.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the palace and found Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing beside Xue Beng’s covered corpse.
• Xue Ye let Qian Renxue into the study, and she asked what had happened.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, concealed her involvement in Xue Beng’s death and secured an empire-wide hunt for Dai Mubai, while Xue Ye ordered Prince Xue Xing to investigate the Crown Prince. Back at the Crown Prince’s Mansion, Qian Renxue revealed herself to Su Yu and kissed him.

• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing that Xue Beng had been beaten to death by Dai Mubai, and Prince Xue Xing questioned the Crown Prince’s suspiciously timed outing.
• Qian Renxue, still disguised as Xue Qinghe, requested a wanted decree for Dai Mubai, and Xue Ye ordered the empire to hunt him down.
• After Qian Renxue left, Prince Xue Xing accused the Crown Prince of benefiting from Xue Beng’s death and asked to investigate; Xue Ye granted his request and promised not to show favoritism if evidence emerged.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Crown Prince’s Mansion, removed her disguise before Su Yu, and kissed him.

Su Yu and Qian Renxue teased each other over their future as emperor and empress before he returned to the academy. The next morning, the Tiandou Imperial Family issued a wanted notice for Dai Mubai, and Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Qian Renxue joked that she would make Su Yu her Male Empress once she became emperor, while Su Yu said he would make her his Empress after unifying the continent.
• Qian Renxue challenged Su Yu to beat her before taking Consorts, then let him leave for the academy.
• After Su Yu left, Qian Renxue privately vowed to become a god and take him away once he unified the continent.
• The Tiandou Imperial Family issued a wanted notice for Dai Mubai the next morning.
• Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with soldiers, and Flender greeted them.

Prince Xue Xing accused Dai Mubai of killing Xue Beng and tried to search Blue Tyrant Academy, but Liu Erlong and Yu Yuandou stopped him. The academy’s investigation revealed that Dai Mubai and Xue Beng had fought over the courtesan Ling Yuan at Tian Chun Pavilion, leaving Xue Beng’s followers seriously injured.

• Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and demanded that Flender hand over Dai Mubai, whom they named the empire’s most wanted criminal for killing Xue Beng.
• Flender said Dai Mubai had not returned to the academy, but Xue Xing ordered his soldiers to search the grounds.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Yuandou intervened, arguing that Dai Mubai had likely fled and that a search of the academy was inappropriate.
• Xue Qinghe persuaded Xue Xing to withdraw the soldiers while ordering the academy to report any information about Dai Mubai.
• Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe ordered a wider investigation, while Liu Erlong sent people to learn what had happened to Xue Beng.
• An investigator told Liu Erlong and Flender that Dai Mubai and Xue Beng had fought at Tian Chun Pavilion over the courtesan Ling Yuan, and Xue Beng’s followers were now seriously injured.

After learning that Dai Mubai had allegedly killed Xue Beng, Flender revealed his identity as the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire to Xue Xing and urged Heaven Dou to search the border. Xue Xing ordered the border sealed and informed Xue Ye, who was shocked to learn the truth.

• A messenger reported that Dai Mubai had beaten Xue Beng to death in public, and Liu Erlong and Flender agreed they had to find him and investigate.
• Flender visited Xue Xing, revealed that Dai Mubai was the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire, and offered to accept punishment to protect Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Xue Xing ordered troops to seal and inspect the border between the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires, then went to inform Xue Ye.
• Xue Xing told Xue Ye that Dai Mubai was the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire and that he might be fleeing toward the border.

Xue Ye ordered Dai Mubai detained if he was found at the border, while Su Yu explained how Dai Mubai’s killing of Xue Beng could force Zhu Qing into danger. The chapter left Zhu Qing facing pressure to break off her engagement to Dai Mubai to avoid becoming a target of the two empires.

• Xue Xing urged Xue Ye to punish Dai Mubai for killing Xue Beng, and Xue Ye ordered Dai Mubai detained if he was found at the border.
• Su Yu told Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing that Dai Mubai had killed Xue Beng during a fight at Tian Chun Pavilion.
• Su Yu explained that the Star Luo Empire might hunt Dai Mubai or hand him over to Heaven Dou to avoid conflict between the empires.
• Su Yu warned that if Dai Mubai stayed hidden, the empires might target Zhu Qing because she was engaged to him.
• Su Yu said Zhu Qing might avoid trouble by breaking off her engagement, leaving her pale and shaken.

Zhu Qing decided to return to the Star Luo Empire and end her engagement to Dai Mubai, with Su Yu accompanying her to beat the royal family’s response. They reached Star Luo City after a day and a half, where the empire’s power rested with the Dai and Zhu families.

• Zhu Qing resolved to return to the Star Luo Empire and end her engagement despite Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan warning her of the danger.
• Su Yu offered to accompany Zhu Qing and explained that they needed to reach the empire before its emperor learned the full story; Zhu Qing accepted.
• Flender and Liu Erlong agreed to let Su Yu and Zhu Qing leave Blue Tyrant Academy, and Su Yu carried Zhu Qing away on his Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Zi Ji and Bi Ji also departed from Blue Tyrant Academy after Su Yu and Zhu Qing left.
• Su Yu and Zhu Qing arrived in Star Luo City after a day and a half, where the Dai and Zhu families ruled the empire and could combine their Martial Souls into a powerful fusion skill.

Su Yu, Zhu Qing, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji entered Star Luo City as Zhu Qing prepared to return to the Zhu Family and dissolve her engagement. After a Zhu Family elder’s son tried to claim the women and fled when he recognized Zhu Qing, the group continued toward the Zhu Family estate.

• Su Yu and Zhu Qing arrived at Star Luo City, where Bi Ji and Zi Ji appeared and joined them.
• The four walked through the city as onlookers admired the women and envied Su Yu.
• Gou Buli, the son of Zhu Family elder Gou Buli, confronted Su Yu and demanded that he leave the three women behind.
• Gou Buli recognized Zhu Qing as the Second Young Lady and hurried away with his servants.
• Zhu Qing said she wanted to resolve her matter with the Zhu Family, and the four continued toward the family estate.

At the Zhu Family’s Soul Power test, Zhu Haotian and Liu Yuerong worried that their daughters Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Qing would be forced to fight over the family inheritance. Zhu Haotian promised to try to have Zhu Qing’s engagement dissolved, while the test highlighted how far the other young descendants lagged behind Zhu Zhuyun.

• Zhu Haotian and Liu Yuerong discussed the Zhu and Dai Families’ rules that could make Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Qing fight for the inheritance.
• Zhu Haotian told Liu Yuerong he would try to persuade the emperor to dissolve Zhu Qing’s engagement after the test.
• Zhu Zhuyun took the Soul Power test and was recorded at Level 42 at age nineteen.
• The remaining tests showed that no other Zhu Family youth aged twelve to twenty had Soul Power above Level 30, leaving Zhu Haotian worried about the family’s future.

Zhu Qing returned to her family with a young man and two women, then astonished the Zhu Family by testing at Soul Power Level thirty-nine at age twelve. Zhu Haotian ended the test, ordered everyone to keep the result secret, and summoned them to his study.

• Zhu Qing entered the square with the young man and the two women, drawing whispers from the crowd.
• Zhu Qing greeted Zhu Haotian and Liu Yuerong, and Liu Yuerong tearfully welcomed her home.
• Zhu Haotian asked Zhu Qing to take the Soul Power test, and the crystal showed that she was Level thirty-nine.
• The elder and Zhu Family disciples questioned the result, while Zhu Haotian ordered the test ended and threatened anyone who revealed it with family law.
• Zhu Haotian invited Zhu Qing and her companions to his study, and Liu Yuerong praised her daughter.

Su Yu persuaded Zhu Haotian that Zhu Qing’s engagement to Dai Mubai threatened her safety and the Zhu Family after Dai Mubai killed a Heaven Dou prince and abused her. He urged Zhu Haotian to dissolve the engagement and betroth Zhu Qing to him, then placed three valuable ten-thousand-year soul bones on the table.

• Su Yu held Zhu Qing close and told Zhu Haotian that he was her boyfriend, while Zhu Qing refused her father’s demand that she leave him and marry Dai Mubai.
• Su Yu revealed that Dai Mubai had killed the Heaven Dou Empire’s Fourth Prince and was wanted, and Zhu Qing confirmed the report.
• Su Yu warned that the Star Luo Royal Family might sacrifice Zhu Qing to settle the conflict with the Heaven Dou Empire if her engagement remained in place.
• Su Yu told Zhu Haotian that Dai Mubai had slapped Zhu Qing in public, and Zhu Qing confirmed it as tears fell.
• Su Yu urged Zhu Haotian to dissolve Zhu Qing’s engagement and betroth her to him, then presented three ten-thousand-year soul bones.

Su Yu gave Zhu Haotian three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and persuaded him to dissolve Zhu Qing’s engagement to Dai Mubai. Alone in Zhu Qing’s room, Su Yu confessed his feelings, but Zhu Qing said they could not be together.

• Su Yu told Zhu Haotian that he loved Zhu Qing and offered the Zhu Family three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Zhu Haotian agreed to go to the Star Luo Imperial Palace and dissolve Zhu Qing’s engagement to Dai Mubai, then accepted the soul bones.
• Liu Yuerong invited Su Yu to stay, and Zhu Qing led him to her room.
• Zhu Qing worried that Su Yu had given away treasures that were too valuable, but he insisted they meant little to him.
• Su Yu confessed his love and asked Zhu Qing to be with him, but she told him they could not be together.

Su Yu comforted Zhu Qing about her insecurities and her loyalty to Liu Yuerong, then the two shared a kiss and grew closer. Liu Yuerong interrupted them at mealtime but realized what was happening and left them alone, while Zhu Qing stayed in Su Yu’s embrace.

• Zhu Qing told Su Yu she felt unable to betray Liu Yuerong and doubted she deserved his affection.
• Su Yu assured Zhu Qing that he would not abandon her, kissed her, and comforted her about her insecurities.
• Zhu Qing gathered her courage and kissed Su Yu, and he deepened the kiss.
• Liu Yuerong called from outside the room, heard a thud, and mistakenly assumed the couple were getting carried away before leaving to keep the food warm.
• Su Yu teased Zhu Qing that Liu Yuerong approved of them, and Zhu Qing hid in his arms without pushing him away.

Su Yu and Zhu Qing shared a warm meal with Liu Yuerong, who hoped he could help her daughter escape the engagement that threatened her family. After returning home, Zhu Haotian revealed that Zhu Qing's engagement to Dai Mubai had been dissolved.

• Su Yu teased Zhu Qing affectionately and took her to dinner after they delayed the meal.
• Liu Yuerong welcomed Su Yu and Zhu Qing, served them dinner, and took Zhu Qing shopping in Star Luo City.
• Liu Yuerong and Zhu Qing returned to the Zhu Family residence with Su Yu and met Zhu Haotian, who had come back from the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
• Zhu Haotian showed Zhu Qing the gold marriage contract and told her that her engagement to Dai Mubai had been dissolved.