Chapter Summaries

The Upper Three Sects gathered at the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House to investigate reports of a complete set of Soul Bones. After Francis revealed six Soul Bones in the Treasure Chamber, Gu Rong struck Tang Lie as he tried to grab them, and Tang Yue challenged Gu Rong over the attack.

• Tang Yue and Yu Yuanzhen confronted each other outside the auction house before Ning Fengzhi arrived with Chen Xin and Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi and the two sect masters entered the auction house, where Gude Bai said he knew nothing about the Soul Bones and directed them to wait for Francis.
• Francis returned and led the sect leaders to the Treasure Chamber to verify the consigned item.
• Francis opened a Jade Box and revealed six Soul Bones, including a Trunk Bone and a Head Soul Bone that radiated especially deep light.
• Tang Lie reached for the Soul Bones, but Gu Rong struck him and sent him into the metal wall.
• Tang Yue shielded Tang Lie and demanded to know whether Gu Rong intended to start a war with the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Yue and the other sect leaders tested a set of six Soul Bones and discovered that most caused their users to explode, while the Trunk Bone appeared safe. After one test subject survived absorbing the Trunk Bone and then died absorbing another bone, a new subject successfully fused with the Trunk Bone and Head Soul Bone in that order, revealing a possible secret in the sequence.

• Tang Yue, Gu Rong, and Yu Luomian agreed to test the Soul Bones using low-level Soul Masters brought by Gu Rong.
• Five Soul Masters exploded while absorbing the Head and limb Soul Bones, but the Soul Master absorbing the Trunk Bone survived and gained increased vitality, strength, and defense without a Soul Bone Skill.
• Tang Yue ordered the surviving Soul Master to absorb a Right Arm Bone, and the man exploded and died.
• Tang Yue ordered a new test subject to absorb the Trunk Bone first and the Head Soul Bone afterward, and both fusions succeeded.

Tang Yue explained that the Soul Bones formed a set and the group discovered the order needed to absorb them, revealing powerful combined effects. The rival factions agreed to wait seven days and compete for the set at auction, while Yu Luomian secretly drew Yu Yuanzhen into a secluded chamber.

• Tang Yue claimed the Soul Bones were a set that required a specific absorption order, convincing the others to continue testing them.
• Over two days and nights, the Soul Masters found that the Trunk Bone had to be absorbed first, and a successful test subject gained increased attributes and a powerful combined skill.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, and Tang Yue nearly clashed over who would claim the set before Francis persuaded them to follow the auction house rules.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Yue agreed to wait seven days for the auction and remain stationed at the chamber to guard the Soul Bones.
• Late at night, Yu Luomian cautiously led Yu Yuanzhen into a secluded chamber.

Yu Luomian persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to exploit the Soul Bone auction as cover for a secret attack on the Clear Sky Sect’s younger generation. At the auction house, Tang Yuehua arrived to visit her father and overheard a marriage alliance proposal from the Star Luo Empire’s envoy.

• Yu Luomian argued that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect should avoid competing for the Soul Bones and let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect clash.
• Yu Luomian urged Yu Yuanzhen to secretly hunt the Clear Sky Sect’s promising young disciples after the auction, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed.
• Yu Luomian suggested framing Spirit Hall if the covert operation needed a scapegoat, and the brothers left their meeting room separately.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian learned that Prince Xue Xing and Dai Junhua had arrived at the auction house but seemed uninterested in bidding.
• Tang Yuehua reached the auction house to visit Tang Yue, and Francis led her to wait outside the room where he was meeting the Star Luo envoy.
• Tang Yuehua overheard the envoy propose a marriage alliance, including a Clear Sky Sect woman becoming the Crown Prince’s secondary consort and Tang Hao marrying a princess, in exchange for help securing the Soul Bones.

Tang Yuehua overheard Tang Yue and Tang Lie agree to marry her off to the Star Luo Empire as a secondary consort, then fled in grief. At the auction, Chen Xin warned Ning Fengzhi that Ice Empress was overwhelmingly powerful, while Zhao Linchuan and Snow Empress watched from a hidden room and discussed Gu Rong.

• Tang Yuehua overheard Tang Lie approve her marriage alliance with Star Luo and Tang Yue agree to keep the plan from her, so she ran away in tears.
• Tang Yue sent Tang Lie back to the sect to finalize the rendezvous with the Star Luo Empire, while Spirit Hall made no move over the Soul Bone incident.
• Xue Ye informed Immortal Spirit Pavilion about the auction, and Snow Empress sent Ice Empress to attend.
• Zhao Linchuan told Snow Empress that Gu Rong still had value and should be left alive for now.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that Ice Empress was at least a rank ninety-seven Super Douluo and that even several Titled Douluo might struggle to defeat her.
• Ning Fengzhi worried about Immortal Spirit Pavilion's strength, then noticed cold sweat on Gu Rong's forehead and asked if he felt unwell.

At the auction’s finale, the Clear Sky Sect won six Soul Bones after bidding six hundred million Gold Soul Coins, then stole them instead of paying. Ning Fengzhi sent Chen Xin and Gu Rong in pursuit while the Ice Empress flew off after the thieves, and Yu Yuanzhen secretly headed toward the Clear Sky Sect.

• Gu Rong felt a sudden, terrifying presence watching him, while the Ice Empress silently dismissed the factions’ ambitions.
• The factions bid on six matching Soul Bones until the price reached six hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and Tang Zhen claimed them for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yue knocked Francis unconscious backstage, and he and Tang Qing helped Tang Zhen escape with the Soul Bones toward the Star Luo Empire’s border.
• The Ice Empress flew through the auction house’s dome before Ning Fengzhi could speak with her.
• Francis revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had stolen the Soul Bones, so Ning Fengzhi ordered Chen Xin and Gu Rong to pursue them.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian left with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Yu Yuanzhen secretly headed for the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Yue, Tang Qing, and Tang Zhen were intercepted by Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin while fleeing with the Soul Bones. Tang Yue attacked after Gu Rong insulted Tang Chen, but Gu Rong blocked his hammer strike and Chen Xin sent him flying with a sword slash.

• Tang Yue, Tang Qing, and Tang Zhen raced toward the border with the Soul Bone set but were stopped by Chen Xin’s sword strike.
• Ning Fengzhi demanded that Tang Yue return the Soul Bones, claiming the Heaven Dou Auction House had not received proper payment.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Qing threatened Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, and Gu Rong mocked Tang Chen and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yue used Clear Sky True Body and struck Ning Fengzhi, but Gu Rong blocked the hammer with Bone Dragon’s Defense.
• Chen Xin activated Seven Kill True Body and slashed Tang Yue, sending him flying backward.

Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi overwhelmed Tang Yue and his brothers while demanding the Soul Bone, leaving Tang Qing captured and Tang Zhen mortally wounded. As Tang Yue faced a choice between surrender and his brothers’ lives, the Star Luo Empire’s army arrived.

• Ning Fengzhi strengthened Chen Xin and Gu Rong with six boosts, allowing Chen Xin to drive back Tang Qing and Tang Zhen.
• Tang Yue attacked Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi, but Gu Rong and Chen Xin countered; Chen Xin then stabbed Tang Zhen when he intercepted a strike meant for Tang Yue.
• Gu Rong seized Tang Qing and threatened to hurt him unless Tang Yue handed over the Soul Bone.
• The Star Luo Empire’s army approached, forcing Chen Xin to defend Ning Fengzhi and startling Gu Rong.

Tang Yue escaped with Tang Zhen as Gu Rong killed Tang Qing, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin withdrew before the approaching Star Luo army. At the Clear Sky Sect camp, an unseen attacker killed A Wei, leaving Xiao Zhang to discover his body.

• Tang Yue carried the gravely wounded Tang Zhen toward the Star Luo army, and Chen Xin stopped Gu Rong from pursuing them.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Tang Qing killed, and Gu Rong tore the captive apart before leaving with Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi.
• At the Clear Sky Sect camp, A Wei and Xiao Zhang discussed the Sect Master's mission to retrieve a legendary Soul Bone Set.
• A Wei sensed something watching him, but Xiao Zhang dismissed his fears and walked away.
• An unseen attacker pierced A Wei's head with a bolt of lightning, and Xiao Zhang turned to find him dead.

Yu Yuanzhen infiltrated the Clear Sky Sect's camps and killed two disciples, while Ghost Charm secretly recorded and followed him. At the border, Tang Zhen survived the Soul Bone fusion and neared a breakthrough to Titled Douluo, but Tang Yue urged caution about seeking revenge on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Yu Yuanzhen killed Xiao Zhang and A Wei with lightning and dissolved their bodies to erase the evidence.
• Yu Yuanzhen continued sneaking toward the Clear Sky Sect's outlying camps to kill more disciples.
• Ghost Charm revealed that he had recorded Yu Yuanzhen's actions and prepared to follow and cover up the killings.
• At a military tent on the Star Luo Empire border, Tang Yue helped Tang Zhen fuse a Soul Bone set and stabilize his grave injuries.
• Tang Yue told Tang Lie that Tang Zhen's life was no longer in danger and that he should soon break through to Titled Douluo.
• Tang Lie called for an immediate attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tang Yue said revenge required careful planning.

Tang Zhen recovered his strength and resolved to avenge the Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder after obtaining a Ninth Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Xue Ye and Xue Xing discussed how they had concealed their role in the border incident and used it to deepen the feud between the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Tang Zhen’s Titled Douluo aura stabilized, and he vowed to kill Gu Rong to avenge Third Elder.
• Tang Yue agreed to let Tang Zhen take revenge and ordered their group to return to the Clear Sky Sect to secure a Ninth Soul Ring for him.
• Xue Xing told Xue Ye that the officials and witnesses involved in the border affair had been killed and that he had prepared a cover story blaming the breach on enemy strength.
• Xue Ye and Xue Xing celebrated how the incident had pushed the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into conflict and would make Ning Fengzhi rely more heavily on the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Ye dismissed concerns that Spirit Hall’s Douluo Daily could damage him, saying public opinion could not threaten his empire.

Xue Ye ordered Xue Xing to impose another tax to suppress public criticism, then gave in to the pleasures of imperial power. Days later, reports of a scandal and mass killings at the Clear Sky Sect spread across Douluo Continent, while Yu Yuanzhen realized the deaths far exceeded the damage he had caused and tightened security at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Xue Ye ordered Xue Xing to levy a temporary tax, especially targeting merchants and town commoners who criticized the court.
• After Xue Xing left, Xue Ye reflected on his loss of public support, then hurried to the inner palace to meet a young consort.
• The Douluo Daily accused Tang Yue of seizing a Soul Bone and injuring Francis, and Ning Fengzhi funded the paper's distribution to spread the scandal.
• The Douluo Daily reported that nearly eight hundred Clear Sky Sect disciples had been assassinated, prompting Tang Lie to demand vengeance while the sect closed its gates and avoided retaliation.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Luomian that he had killed fewer than two hundred Clear Sky Sect disciples and had not caused the reported deaths of several hundred more.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to recall its direct descendants, strengthen patrols, and prepare for possible attacks.

Yu Luomian learned that Er Long had joined the Immortal Spirit Pavilion and cut off her old butler, while Yu Xiaogang finished his book of martial soul theories and tried to get it published. The Spirit Hall rejected the manuscript as misleading, leaving Yu Xiaogang furious and vowing to prove himself.

• Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Luomian about Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Luomian said Xiaogang was safely writing a book in a remote village.
• Yu Luomian learned that Er Long had passed the Immortal Spirit Pavilion's assessment and joined it, then paid Old Wang to retire and stop handling her affairs.
• Yu Xiaogang completed Ten Core Theories of Martial Soul, which mixed basic facts with unsupported claims, and planned to submit it to the Douluo Daily.
• After a local Spirit Hall Sub-Hall could not publish the book, Yu Xiaogang took it to Heaven Dou City's Martial Soul Main Hall.
• A young Spirit Hall Deacon told Yu Xiaogang that Hua Ying had rejected his manuscript as utter nonsense that would mislead the younger generation, and Yu Xiaogang angrily vowed to make them regret it.

After Spirit Hall rejected Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Theories of Martial Soul as nonsense, he turned to his elder brother Yu Lingfeng for help publishing it. Yu Lingfeng arrived and began reading the manuscript, whose claims visibly disturbed him.

• The young Deacon advised Yu Xiaogang to calm down and explained that his manuscript contradicted common understanding, prompting Yu Xiaogang to leave Spirit Hall in humiliation.
• At a Heaven Dou City hotel, Yu Xiaogang wrote to Yu Lingfeng asking him to help spread Ten Core Theories of Martial Soul, then delivered the letter to one of his brother’s shops.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to his countryside home and waited anxiously for five or six days until Yu Lingfeng arrived in a carriage bearing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect emblem.
• Yu Xiaogang eagerly welcomed Yu Lingfeng inside and presented his manuscript, while Yu Lingfeng read its claims and found them increasingly absurd.

Yu Lingfeng agreed to publish Yu Xiaogang’s book and paid Bi Weng Pavilion to print an expensive first batch. Seven days later, Bibi Dong worked in the Saintess Hall as infant Qian Renxue urgently needed her attention.

• Yu Lingfeng reassured Yu Xiaogang that he would arrange to publish the manuscript, while warning that it might bring public scorn.
• Yu Xiaogang watched his elder brother leave and celebrated, imagining that the book would make him a renowned master of Soul Master theory.
• Yu Lingfeng gave Zhang Huafeng two million Gold Soul Coins to print an initial batch of the book using fine materials.
• Zhang Huafeng ordered the book printed with premium paper and ink, setting a low price because Yu Lingfeng had already paid.
• Seven days later, Bibi Dong handled documents in the Saintess Hall while Qian Renxue, lying in her cradle, silently called for her mother because she needed to pee.

Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong discovered that Yu Xiaogang's book was spreading dangerous Soul Ring absorption limits and planned a public campaign to stop its harm while damaging the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's reputation. Bibi Dong and Hua Ying set out to carry out the plan, leaving Zhao Linchuan with Qian Renxue.

• Zhao Linchuan helped Qian Renxue relieve herself after Bibi Dong forgot while handling official business.
• Hua Ying reported that Yu Xiaogang had published Ten Core Theories of Martial Soul through Bi Weng Pavilion, and Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong condemned its dangerous claims about Soul Ring absorption limits.
• Zhao Linchuan told Bibi Dong to ban and destroy the book, visit and aid its victims' families, and document the visits for publication in the Douluo Daily.
• Zhao Linchuan directed Hua Ying to organize the victims' families to demand answers from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hua Ying to accompany her and set out to begin the campaign.

Zhao Linchuan comforted Qian Renxue, while Spirit Hall and Douluo Daily turned the deaths caused by Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Theories of Martial Soul into a public scandal that targeted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. The chapter left Yu Yuanzhen confronting his kneeling son Yu Lingfeng over the scandal.

• Zhao Linchuan held Qian Renxue and reassured her that he would help prevent her mother’s despair and Spirit Hall’s decline.
• Soul Masters across the continent died after following the false guidance in Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Theories of Martial Soul, and grieving families denounced the book.
• Douluo Daily, with Deputy Editor-in-Chief Hua Ying’s report and an image of Bibi Dong comforting a bereaved girl, blamed Yu Xiaogang and exposed his connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Douluo Daily revealed that Yu Lingfeng had funded the book’s printing and distribution, and public anger against the sect surged.
• Spirit Hall shut down Bi Weng Pavilion branches, confiscated their assets, and publicly punished Zhang Huafeng.
• Yu Yuanzhen confronted Yu Lingfeng in Thunder Hall and demanded an explanation.

Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian decided to expel Yu Xiaogang and seek allies to wrest control of the Douluo Daily from Spirit Hall. As Yu Yuanzhen hurried to Heaven Dou City, Bibi Dong oversaw the construction of a cemetery for Soul Masters who had died because of the Ten Core Theories of Martial Soul.

• Yu Luomian urged Yu Yuanzhen to sever ties with Yu Xiaogang and form a coalition to pressure Spirit Hall over the Douluo Daily.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Xiaogang expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and instructed Yu Luomian to arrange a secluded life for him.
• Yu Luomian told Yu Lingfeng to compensate families harmed by the Evil Book and arrange Yu Xiaogang's marriage away from public attention.
• Yu Yuanzhen set off for Heaven Dou City to contact potential allies.
• Bibi Dong directed the construction of a cemetery for Soul Masters who had died because of the Ten Core Theories of Martial Soul, with twelve bronze statues erected around it.

Public outrage over Yu Xiaogang’s crimes turned his statues into filthy objects of ridicule, and the Douluo Daily spread the spectacle across the continent. Yu Xiaogang broke down after reading the reports, swore vengeance on Spirit Hall, and collapsed as Yu Lingfeng and Huang Yingying arrived.

• Families of Yu Xiaogang’s victims and other visitors covered his bronze statues with filth, and Hua Ying recorded the scene.
• The Douluo Daily published a front-page report declaring Yu Xiaogang infamous for all eternity, prompting more people to visit and defile the statues.
• Bibi Dong had twelve replacement statues erected away from the cemetery, but the public covered them with animal manure as well.
• Hua Ying published a mocking follow-up report, while Yu Xiaogang read it in a remote cottage and raged at the news.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Spirit Hall, vowed to destroy it, and collapsed after vomiting blood.
• Yu Lingfeng rushed into the cottage with Huang Yingying and found Yu Xiaogang unconscious.

Yu Lingfeng found Yu Xiaogang collapsed after his disgrace and revived him, while Huang Yingying mourned the fate that had bound her to marry him. Yu Lingfeng arranged their wedding under their father's orders, and Yu Xiaogang reluctantly agreed as the ceremony was set for that night.

• Yu Lingfeng gave Yu Xiaogang a pill and used his Soul Power to stabilize him after finding him unconscious and coughing blood.
• Huang Yingying recalled that her parents had urged her to escape to the Immortal Spirit Pavilion, but she endured her fear because their freedom and survival depended on her.
• Yu Lingfeng promised Huang Yingying that her parents would be freed from slavery and given an estate after she married Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang woke and feared Yu Lingfeng had come to take him back to answer for his crimes, but Yu Lingfeng instead introduced Huang Yingying as his chosen bride.
• Yu Xiaogang objected to marrying because he wanted to prove his theories, but he yielded when Yu Lingfeng said their father had ordered the marriage.
• Yu Lingfeng announced that he would oversee the wedding that night and told Yu Xiaogang to speak with Huang Yingying.