Chapter Summaries

After Xuan Hao eased the girls’ anger by making them worry about the strain he endured, he brought Tang Yuehua and everyone else to his hotel suite for the night. There, Tang Yuehua grew anxious about her secret intimacy with Xuan Hao, while Na'er quietly reassured her that he would handle whatever happened.

• Xuan Hao persuaded the girls to feel guilty for the pressure he bore while managing their relationships and his other responsibilities.
• After their late-night meal, Xuan Hao decided that Tang Yuehua and the girls would all stay at his hotel suite rather than travel separately.
• The group reached the suite near dawn, and Xuan Hao sent everyone to wash up and sleep.
• Tang Yuehua felt guilty as she remembered her intimate encounter with Xuan Hao earlier that day, while the girls still regarded her as an elder.
• Na'er took Tang Yuehua to share her room and reassured her that Xuan Hao would take care of whatever happened.

After Xuan Hao approved Tang Yuehua's plan to meet her nephew, Ning Rongrong proposed a way to make Tang San seek her out naturally. The group settled on using Old Titan to reveal Tang Yuehua's identity and let Tang San initiate the reunion.

• Xuan Hao served lunch to the girls and Tang Yuehua, who was reassured by Na'er that the group's casual home life had clear boundaries.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang Yuehua to help support Tang San after Yu Xiao Gang's image had collapsed, and Xuan Hao gave her permission to meet him.
• Dugu Yan pointed out that directly inviting Tang San would make their plan look deliberate.
• Ning Rongrong proposed having Xuan Hao prompt Old Titan to tell Tang San about his aunt, Tang Yuehua, so Tang San would seek her out himself.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the reunion could give Tang San a new source of family support and reduce friction between him and the group.

Xuan Hao agreed to alert Old Titan so Tang Yuehua could meet Tang San privately, while the women prepared a separate reception suite. As they waited, Na'er warned Tang Yuehua to keep a careful distance from Tang San to avoid provoking Xuan Hao's jealousy.

• After hearing Ning Rongrong's plan, Xuan Hao agreed to visit the Strength Clan and discreetly alert Old Titan, then left for the clan's residence.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan decided Tang San should meet Tang Yuehua in a separate suite, so Ning Rongrong took Xiao Wu downstairs to book one.
• Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling began meditating while Na'er stayed with the nervous Tang Yuehua.
• Na'er explained Xuan Hao's fierce possessiveness and warned Tang Yuehua that he would resent excessive warmth or intimacy toward Tang San.
• Na'er urged Tang Yuehua to treat Tang San only with measured concern befitting an elder and to maintain clear physical and verbal boundaries.

Tang San reconsidered his loyalty to Yu Xiao Gang after recognizing that his teacher had little left to offer him and that opposing Xuan Hao could ruin his future. He weighed whether to abandon his teacher’s pride to preserve his chance of building a force, even wondering if he would have to flee to the Star Luo Empire.

• Tang San recalled the girls’ criticism of Yu Xiao Gang and admitted that his teacher’s theories no longer helped him much.
• Tang San compared his Blue Silver Grass with powerful spirits such as Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and imagined how different things might be if he cultivated the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San judged that Xuan Hao’s strength and rapid advancement had left him with little hope of catching up through cultivation alone.
• Tang San concluded that Yu Xiao Gang had not solved the Twin Martial Souls problem despite six years of effort and that his teacher’s value was nearly exhausted.
• Tang San considered the political cost of opposing Xuan Hao and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then wondered whether he would have to build his Tang Sect in the Star Luo Empire.

Tang San decided that reviving the Tang Sect mattered more than his jealousy or wounded pride, and resolved not to make Xuan Hao an enemy. Old Titan then revealed that Tang San’s aunt, Tang Yuehua, lived in Heaven Dou City and could offer powerful connections to support his plans.

• Tang San rejected serving the Star Luo Empire and recognized Heaven Dou as the better place to establish the Tang Sect.
• Tang San reconsidered his resentment toward Xuan Hao and accepted that Xiao Wu had only ever regarded him as a friend.
• Old Titan urgently found Tang San and said he had remembered another blood relative living in Heaven Dou City.
• Old Titan identified Tang Yuehua as Tang San’s aunt and explained that she led Moonlight Pavilion and had influence among the empire’s nobles.
• Old Titan urged Tang San to seek Tang Yuehua’s help, since her connections could support his plans while shielding the Strength Clan from Spirit Hall.

Tang San learned that his aunt Yue Hua might provide the noble connections and resources he needed to establish Tang Sect, but he doubted her intentions and agreed to meet her with Titan. As they approached the Heaven Dou Royal Hotel, he worried he might encounter Xiao Wu and the others there, leaving him unsettled about seeing her with Xuan Hao.

• Titan told Tang San that Yue Hua, his father's sister, had connections and resources that could help him establish Tang Sect.
• Tang San questioned whether Yue Hua would truly help him, recalling Tang Hao's lack of care and doubting that blood ties guaranteed kindness.
• Titan urged Tang San to meet Yue Hua in person and explained that she was safe to approach, so Tang San agreed.
• Titan learned that Yue Hua was handling business at the Heaven Dou Royal Hotel, and he and Tang San went there together.
• As they neared the hotel, Tang San feared encountering Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others, especially seeing Xiao Wu with Xuan Hao.

Tang San went to the Heaven Dou Royal Hotel to meet his aunt, Yue Hua, but was caught hiding outside by Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong. Old Titan led him upstairs to meet her, while mistaking the two girls for his girlfriends.

• Tang San asked Old Titan to check whether Yue Hua was available and waited nervously outside the hotel.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu spotted Tang San, then Xiao Wu startled him and pulled him into the lobby.
• Old Titan confirmed that Yue Hua was upstairs, and Tang San concealed her identity from Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu invited Tang San to join her and Ning Rongrong at the Heaven Dou Auction House after his meeting, and he hurried upstairs with Old Titan.
• Old Titan teased Tang San about the two girls and said they suited him, but Tang San changed the subject and asked about Yue Hua.
• Old Titan pointed Tang San toward the room where Miss Yue Hua was waiting.

Tang San met his aunt Tang Yuehua, who welcomed him with tears but learned that Old Titan had not told him about his father or the Clear Sky Sect. Upstairs, Na'er used her Space Power to let the others eavesdrop on their reunion.

• Tang San entered the reception room and froze when he saw Tang Yuehua waiting for him.
• Tang Yuehua recognized Tang San as her second brother's child, and Old Titan confirmed his identity.
• Tang San recoiled from Tang Yuehua's attempt to touch him, then awkwardly called her his aunt.
• Tang Yuehua questioned Old Titan for keeping Tang San ignorant, and Old Titan explained that Tang San's father had concealed the past and that the boy was too young to bear its painful truths.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu found Na'er and Dugu Yan eavesdropping upstairs, and Na'er explained how she used a tiny spatial crack to carry the room's sounds through the floor.

Tang Yuehua learned about Tang San’s difficult childhood and grieved over how Tang Hao had treated him. Tang San finally broke down in her embrace, while Old Titan watched them weep together.

• Tang Yuehua heard Tang San and Old Titan describe Tang San’s upbringing in Holy Spirit Village and his studies at Nuoding Academy.
• Tang Yuehua questioned why Tang Hao had left Tang San in poverty instead of bringing him to Heaven Dou City or providing for him.
• Tang San remembered fending for himself from age four and reconsidered his belief that Tang Hao’s neglect had been necessary or loving.
• Tang San could no longer suppress his hurt and began crying in Tang Yuehua’s arms.
• Tang Yuehua held Tang San and wept with him as Old Titan watched, moved by the reunion.

After hearing Tang San’s account of his childhood, the girls pitied him and judged Tang Hao even more irresponsible than Yu Xiao Gang. Xuan Hao then entered Tang Yuehua’s reception room despite Old Titan’s attempt to stop him, leaving Tang San stunned that Xuan Hao and Tang Yuehua knew each other.

• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling discussed Tang San’s hardships and agreed that Tang Hao had treated him worse than Yu Xiao Gang had.
• Tang San finished venting his long-suppressed grievances and began to calm down in the reception room.
• Xuan Hao arrived, and Old Titan blocked the doorway, insisting that he could not disturb the guests inside.
• Xuan Hao used Teleportation to pass Old Titan and enter the room, then scolded him for risking damage to the hotel’s expensive furnishings.
• Tang Yuehua told Old Titan to let Xuan Hao in, and Xuan Hao noticed Tang San, who was shocked that the two knew each other.

Xuan Hao interrupted Tang Yuehua and Tang San’s reunion to summon them to the Heaven Dou Auction House, leaving Tang San suspicious of his relationship with his aunt. Tang Yuehua described Xuan Hao as a useful ally, while Old Titan explained his contradictory reputation among Heaven Dou City’s commoners and powerful elites.

• Xuan Hao came into the reception room and urged Tang Yuehua to join the others at the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• Tang San asked Tang Yuehua about her relationship with Xuan Hao, and she claimed they shared a half teacher-student bond from his visits to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Yuehua invited Tang San to the auction and encouraged him to seek Xuan Hao’s help, though she concealed her private closeness with him.
• Old Titan advised Tang San that Xuan Hao could be a valuable friend but would turn hostile if anyone tried to pressure or lecture him.
• Old Titan told Tang San that commoners praised Xuan Hao for helping them, while nobles and powerful Soul Masters feared his willingness to punish bullies.

Tang San joined Tang Yuehua and Xuan Hao’s group on their way to the Heaven Dou Auction House, while Xuan Hao sent Old Titan away to avoid rumors that the Strength Clan had become his subordinate. At the auction house, Tang San learned that Xuan Hao owned half of it and was stunned by the scale of his wealth.

• Tang San met Xiao Wu and the others in the hotel lobby, where Xiao Wu explained that she had met Tang Yuehua the night before.
• Xuan Hao told Old Titan not to follow the group, warning that others might think the Strength Clan had joined his Heaven Dou Self-Improvement Association.
• Tang Yuehua persuaded Old Titan to leave, and Xuan Hao restrained his anger after she stopped him from confronting the old man.
• Xuan Hao led the group to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Xiao Wu marveled at the building.
• Tang San asked Ning Rongrong whether Xuan Hao owned the auction house, and she revealed that he held fifty percent of its shares.

Ning Rongrong told Tang San how Xuan Hao used force, influence, and the law to destroy slave-trading networks and pressure Heaven Dou nobles into accepting reforms. Tang San ended the conversation with a newly complicated view of Xuan Hao’s reputation as the Devil King.

• Ning Rongrong explained that Heaven Dou Auction House was backed by powerful noble, imperial, and Spirit Hall interests, and that she and Xuan Hao had once discovered a secret slave auction there.
• Ning Rongrong recounted how Xuan Hao demolished much of the auction house, killed several Spirit Emperors, and injured a Soul Sage while freeing the slaves.
• Ning Rongrong said the Pope ordered an investigation, the two empires began cracking down on slave trading, and Xuan Hao gained half of the auction house’s controlling rights after the conflict.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Xuan Hao used the auction house’s intelligence network and large assassination bounties to break up slave-trading networks across the empires.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that Xuan Hao supported Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s reforms by confronting nobles who opposed them, and Tang San fell silent as he reconsidered Xuan Hao.

Ning Rongrong explained to Tang San why Xuan Hao could act without regard for powerful clans, then urged Tang San to stop resisting him and live more freely. Tang San recognized that Xuan Hao’s freedom came from strength and backing he himself lacked, leaving him resolved to keep advancing cautiously under the weight of his obligations.

• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that Xuan Hao’s allies and strength made powerful families afraid to retaliate against him.
• Ning Rongrong warned Tang San that Xuan Hao had nearly flattened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s mountain gate and would become even harder to oppose as he grew stronger.
• Ning Rongrong urged Tang San to put aside his feelings about Xiao Wu, look ahead, and enjoy life; Tang San discovered she was repeating Xuan Hao’s words.
• Tang San concluded that freedom required overwhelming strength and that, unlike Xuan Hao, he had to endure and proceed carefully because of his secrets, ambitions, and Clear Sky Sect troubles.

Ning Rongrong urged Tang San to abandon his pride and use powerful allies and other shortcuts, arguing that luck and privilege shaped success and that rules were designed to restrain the weak. Tang San recognized the argument in his own history and ended the chapter consumed by resentment toward the rules and people who had kept him down.

• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that his talent, hidden weapons, and poison skills could carry him far if he relied on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or Xuan Hao's Heaven Dou Self-Improvement Association.
• Ning Rongrong argued that luck mattered more than hard work and that moral rules and self-reliance were tools used by the powerful to keep ordinary people in place.
• Tang San connected her argument to his former life as an outer disciple of the Bashu Tang Sect, where he had secretly entered the scripture pavilion to learn forbidden techniques.
• Tang San recalled creating the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus despite the privileges enjoyed by the inner disciples and the Tang Sect's direct descendants.
• Tang San clenched his fists and accepted Ning Rongrong's view that the world's rules were shackles meant to restrain the weak, while his resentment intensified.

After Tang San left, Xuan Hao questioned Ning Rongrong about what she had told him and realized she had shared only half of his philosophy. Ning Rongrong admitted Tang San had embraced its harshest logic, leaving Xuan Hao to insist she find a way to correct his thinking.

• Tang San returned to Blue Tyrant Academy alone, and Xuan Hao noticed that his demeanor had changed into open ambition.
• Ning Rongrong said she had repeated Xuan Hao’s principles to Tang San, prompting Xuan Hao to suspect she had left out their conclusion.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she had stopped explaining when Tang San seemed enlightened by the idea that the weak were prey to the strong.
• Xuan Hao warned Ning Rongrong that Tang San might use the distorted principle to cause harm and told her to help change his thinking.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that Xuan Hao beat Tang San, but Xuan Hao explained that doing so would reinforce Tang San’s belief in the law of the jungle.

Ning Rongrong left Tang Yuehua to guide Tang San while Xuan Hao learned that the Star Luo Empire was threatening Zhu Zhuqing over her association with him. He promised to help Zhu Zhuqing settle the matter that night, prompting teasing and a suggestive misunderstanding among the women.

• Ning Rongrong recruited Tang Yuehua, Na'er, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu to help persuade Tang San, while Xuan Hao declined to get involved and planned another cultivation retreat.
• Xuan Hao asked Zhu Zhuqing about her situation and discovered that the Star Luo Empire had ordered her to return or face assassination for associating with men from other factions.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her family still expected her to assist Dai Mubai, unaware that he had been crippled and had lost his claim to the throne.
• Xuan Hao apologized for being too busy to notice her trouble and promised to make a plan with her that night.
• Ye Lingling teased Xuan Hao and Zhu Zhuqing about their private meeting, and Tang Yuehua blushed as she recalled her previous massage therapy with Xuan Hao.

Tang Yuehua grew jealous after Xuan Hao brought Zhu Zhuqing to Moonlight Pavilion, then discovered Na'er knew about her feelings and explained the girls’ intimate relationship with him. Inside a private barrier, Xuan Hao began easing Zhu Zhuqing’s defenses as she prepared to rely on him against the Star Luo Empire.

• Ning Rongrong told Tang Yuehua that she and the other girls had accepted Xuan Hao’s relationships with them.
• Tang Yuehua stayed at Moonlight Pavilion and, unable to sleep, crept to Xuan Hao’s guest room to listen at the door.
• Na’er caught Tang Yuehua eavesdropping and teased her about being jealous before showing her the soundproof barrier around Xuan Hao and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Na’er told Tang Yuehua that jealousy was normal at first and that the girls’ intimate experiences with Xuan Hao had changed how they felt about him.
• Xuan Hao gave Zhu Zhuqing a massage inside the barrier, hoping to help her let go of her pride and rely on him against the Star Luo Empire.

Xuan Hao and Zhu Zhuqing became intimate, and he kept her in bed into the following morning. Zhu Zhuqing eventually joined the others for lunch, where the women recognized what had happened and chose not to tease her.

• Xuan Hao patiently helped Zhu Zhuqing relax, and she offered to use what Rongrong and the others had taught her to please him.
• Xuan Hao and Zhu Zhuqing spent the night together, and he resumed teasing her when she woke the next morning.
• Zhu Zhuqing resisted Xuan Hao's attempts to carry her and stubbornly walked with him to Moonlight Pavilion's dining hall.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Na'er silently understood Zhu Zhuqing's condition and refrained from teasing her.
• Tang Yuehua welcomed Xuan Hao and Zhu Zhuqing to lunch while privately feeling jealous.

Xuan Hao told the girls he would enter seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and invited Zhu Zhuqing to join the Imperial Dou Team for the tournament. After lunch, he went to inform Qian Renxue before leaving, startling her with a sudden appearance.

• Xuan Hao announced that he would cultivate in seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well until shortly before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Xuan Hao invited Zhu Zhuqing to join the Imperial Dou Team, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to compete with them.
• Xuan Hao planned for Yu Tianheng and the original team to enter the finals while his new Imperial Dou Team 2 fought through the qualifiers and advancement matches.
• Xuan Hao assured the girls that he would suppress his Bloodline Power if he joined a match, while Dugu Yan warned that his physical strength would still overwhelm opponents.
• Xuan Hao used Teleportation to enter the Crown Prince's Mansion and pulled Qian Renxue into his embrace, startling her before she recognized him.