Chapter Summaries

Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao told Tai Tan that their clans would serve a new Titled Douluo, and they argued that his loyalty to the Tang Family was starving his people. Tai Tan rejected their decision and prepared to fight them.

• Yang Wudi told Tai Tan that the Breaking Clan, Speed Clan, and Defense Clan had agreed to serve a new master.
• Tai Tan erupted in anger, defending the Tang Family’s past kindness and accusing the others of betraying their gratitude.
• Bai He and Niu Gao described their clans’ poverty and lack of resources, while Yang Wudi urged Tai Tan to consider the people of the Strength Clan.
• Yang Wudi challenged Tai Tan’s loyalty, arguing that he had no right to endanger the other clans’ futures.
• Tai Tan tore off his outer robe and declared that he would beat sense into the others.

Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao fought Tai Tan in the Main Hall until Lin Qing arrived and killed him. Lin Qing ordered the three clan leaders to wipe out the Strength Clan within five days, and they accepted.

• Tai Tan attacked Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao and Bai He joined the fight against him.
• Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao coordinated their attacks and wounded Tai Tan, who refused to surrender.
• Lin Qing arrived, and Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao knelt and pledged their service to him.
• Tai Tan insulted Lin Qing and invoked Tang Hao, but Lin Qing crushed his head with a golden Dragon Claw.
• Lin Qing ordered the three clan leaders to purge the Strength Clan within five days, and they swore to carry out the order.

After Bai He offered Lin Qing the Speed Clan’s Immortal Herb Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He led their clans against the Strength Clan after Tai Tan refused to surrender. Lin Qing left for Star Luo City, where he intended to meet Zhu Zhuqing, and observed the empire’s heavily militarized atmosphere along the way.

• Bai He presented the Immortal Herb Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng to Lin Qing as a token of the Speed Clan’s loyalty.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He resolved to attack the Strength Clan after Tai Tan rejected surrender and informed the Clear Sky Sect of their movements.
• Yang Wudi ordered the Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans to attack the Strength Clan’s headquarters and block its escape routes.
• Lin Qing set out for Star Luo City, intending to meet Zhu Zhuqing rather than wait for the battle’s outcome.
• Lin Qing traveled through the Star Luo Empire and noted the weapons, patrols, and vigilance that marked its towns and villages.

Wu'er, Rou Rou, Zhu Qing, and Xiao Yan argued over which of them should be the older sister until Xiao Wu suggested that Lin Qing's first hug when he returned would decide. The girls eagerly prepared to win his attention, leaving the dispute to be settled when he came back.

• Wu'er, Rou Rou, and Zhu Qing each argued that she deserved to be the older sister, while Xiao Yan suggested settling it with rock-paper-scissors and the others refused.
• Wu'er asked Xiao Wu to decide, but Xiao Wu could not choose among Lin Qing's four daughters, who had traveled through time from the future.
• Xiao Wu proposed that the first girl Lin Qing hugged upon returning would become the older sister, and all four girls accepted the idea.
• Wu'er practiced sprinting, Rou Rou chose a pretty dress, Zhu Qing worked on her speed, and Xiao Yan picked a spot by the doorway to catch Lin Qing's eye.
• Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu watched the girls prepare and agreed that Lin Qing would settle their dispute when he returned.

Dugu Bo went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and forced the Education Committee to process Dugu Yan’s withdrawal, explaining that he would teach her himself. The news reached Prince Xue Xing, who reacted with disbelief.

• Dugu Bo entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy and confronted the three Education Committee Members about Dugu Yan’s withdrawal.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan tried to persuade Dugu Bo to let Dugu Yan stay, but he refused and released his Poisonous Mist to end the discussion.
• Bai Baoshan retrieved the paperwork, and the committee processed Dugu Yan’s withdrawal.
• A subordinate reported the withdrawal to Prince Xue Xing, who grabbed him by the collar and demanded confirmation.

Prince Xue Xing panicked after learning that Dugu Bo had withdrawn Dugu Yan from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and might leave Heaven Dou City. Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance to investigate Dugu Bo, then entered her hidden chamber, where her daughter Lin Qianxue was staying.

• Prince Xue Xing learned that Dugu Bo had withdrawn Dugu Yan from the academy and rushed to stop him from leaving Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue received the report and considered Dugu Bo's departure a possible advantage in her plan to seize the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue summoned Snake Lance and ordered him to investigate why Dugu Bo was leaving, where he was going, and whether someone was behind it.
• Snake Lance promised to investigate without being discovered and left to carry out Qian Renxue's orders.
• Qian Renxue entered a concealed chamber in the Crown Prince's Mansion, where her daughter Lin Qianxue was staying.

Qian Renxue watched her daughter Lin Qianxue cultivate and comforted her when she asked about her missing father. Lin Qianxue revealed that her father was sixty or seventy years older than Qian Renxue, leaving her stunned and doubting she could ever fall for an elderly man.

• Qian Renxue watched Lin Qianxue cultivate and recalled that the child had absorbed a four-hundred-year First Soul Ring and reached level 14.
• Lin Qianxue woke up, hugged Qian Renxue, and proudly said she hoped her father would praise her.
• Lin Qianxue asked whether Qian Renxue had found her father, and Qian Renxue admitted that her search had failed so far.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Lin Qianxue had remembered her father's details correctly, and Lin Qianxue recalled that he was older than her mother.
• Lin Qianxue said her father was sixty or seventy years older than Qian Renxue, and Qian Renxue froze in shock.

Qian Renxue was devastated to learn that her future husband was sixty or seventy years older than her. Meanwhile, Lin Qing arrived in Star Luo City and found a capital shaped by warfare and reverence for martial strength.

• Qian Renxue rejected Lin Qianxue's claim that her future husband was an old man and collapsed into despair.
• Lin Qianxue tried to reassure Qian Renxue that her father was handsome, but Qian Renxue remained overwhelmed.
• Lin Qing reached the South Gate of Star Luo City and observed its heavily fortified walls and strict guards.
• Lin Qing entered the city and saw its many arenas, martial arts halls, and Soul Masters settling disputes with duels.

Lin Qing learned where the Star Luo Zhu Family lived and decided to go there to find Zhu Zhuqing. At the estate, Zhu Zhuyun faced the painful knowledge that the sisters were destined to become rivals under the Star Luo succession rules.

• Lin Qing paid a teahouse waiter to learn that the Zhu Family residence was in the Noble District in eastern Star Luo City.
• Lin Qing decided to head directly to the Zhu Family residence.
• Zhu Zhuqing sat in the garden, troubled after her mother told her she was betrothed to Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuyun came to see Zhu Zhuqing and struggled to speak to her.
• Zhu Zhuyun realized the sisters were destined to oppose each other as Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai competed for the throne.

Six-year-old Zhu Zhuqing learned that she had been engaged to the Third Prince, Dai Mubai, and sought comfort in the Peach Forest. Zhu Zhuyun explained that the engagement bound Zhuqing to the deadly struggle for the throne, leaving her unable to offer escape and only able to hope her sister would grow strong enough to flee.

• Zhu Zhuqing hid in the Peach Forest after her mother told her she was engaged to the Third Prince, Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuyun came to the forest, grieving because she knew the sisters’ engagements placed them on opposing sides of the royal succession struggle.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhu Zhuyun what a fiancé was, and Zhu Zhuyun gently said she had come to see her.
• Zhu Zhuyun wanted to warn Zhu Zhuqing to reject the engagement but knew the family and royal powers would not let them resist.
• Zhu Zhuyun could only hope Zhu Zhuqing would grow strong enough to escape.

Lin Qing found Zhu Zhuqing and her older sister Zhu Zhuyun in the Zhu Family’s Peach Forest and abducted them before the family’s guards could arrive. The Zhu Family and Star Luo City launched a frantic search, but Lin Qing had already escaped with the girls.

• Zhu Zhuyun urged Zhu Zhuqing to train hard so she could survive the brutal rivalry between the Zhu and Dai families.
• Lin Qing landed in the Peach Forest and questioned Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, who tried to shield her sister and threaten him.
• Sensing the Zhu Family’s approaching guards, Lin Qing grabbed both girls and flew away on his Dragon King Wing.
• A Zhu Family elder reached the Peach Forest too late and smashed a peach tree in fury.
• Star Luo City sounded its alarms, while the Zhu Family Head sealed the routes out of the city and sent men to search for the abducted girls.

Lin Qing carried Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing through the sky and told them he wanted Zhu Zhuqing to become the mother of his future daughter. Elsewhere, Tang San trained obsessively to grow strong enough to rescue Xiao Wu, while Tang Hao watched and saw that his son was safe.

• Lin Qing carried Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing high above the clouds as Zhu Zhuyun asked who he was and where he was taking them.
• Lin Qing told Zhu Zhuyun he did not want money and had taken Zhu Zhuqing because he wanted a reliable mother for his future daughter.
• Tang San practiced throwing Bone-Piercing Needles in the forest behind Nuoding Academy, driven by his failure to stop the man who had taken Xiao Wu.
• Tang San vowed to become strong enough to defeat the man, rescue Xiao Wu, and protect those he cared about.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San from the forest and felt relieved that Xiao San was safe and sound.

Tang Hao watched Tang San secretly and became troubled by his son's unexplained Hidden Weapons and Movement Techniques. He confronted Yu Xiaogang, then entrusted Tang San's education to him before disappearing into the night.

• Tang Hao recalled his injuries, his failed search for Ah Yin and her stolen Soul Bone, and his decision to watch over Tang San.
• After observing Tang San's lethal techniques, Tang Hao wondered where his son had learned them and realized he did not truly understand him.
• Tang Hao visited Yu Xiaogang at night and asked whether he had taught Tang San the Hidden Weapons and Movement Techniques.
• Yu Xiaogang denied teaching them and said Tang San had called them a family inheritance, deepening Tang Hao's doubts.
• Tang Hao asked Yu Xiaogang to teach Tang San and keep him from going astray, then left the academy.

Lin Qing brought Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun from the Zhu Family estate to the Star Dou Great Forest, claiming that Zhu Zhuqing would become his wife and giving her treasures to strengthen her. After raising her Soul Power to Level 10, he set out to find her a First Soul Ring, with Zhu Zhuyun reluctantly following to protect her.

• Lin Qing told Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing that he would marry Zhu Zhuqing in the future and that they would have a daughter named Lin Qingzhu, prompting Zhu Zhuyun to threaten him and defend her younger sister.
• The next morning, Lin Qing led the sisters to a secluded cave near the forest's edge and fed Zhu Zhuqing Whale Rubber and a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Immortal Herb safely, and Lin Qing said it had raised her Innate Soul Power to Level 10 while the Whale Rubber strengthened her body.
• Lin Qing announced that he would find Zhu Zhuqing a suitable First Soul Ring, and Zhu Zhuyun objected because of the danger.
• Lin Qing told Zhu Zhuyun she could either accompany them or find her own way back to Star Luo City, so she took Zhu Zhuqing's hand and followed him.

Lin Qing knocked out a thousand-year Ghost Tiger and guided six-year-old Zhu Zhuqing to claim it as her Soul Ring. Zhu Zhuqing approached the tiger with a Dagger while Zhu Zhuyun watched helplessly, and the chapter ended before Zhu Zhuqing struck.

• Lin Qing knocked the Ghost Tiger unconscious with a wave of Soul Power after it attacked Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Lin Qing gave Zhu Zhuqing a Dagger and explained that she had to kill the Ghost Tiger herself to claim its power.
• Zhu Zhuqing remembered Lin Qing's kindness, overcame some of her fear, and stepped toward the unconscious tiger.
• Zhu Zhuyun tried to pull Zhu Zhuqing back, but Lin Qing stopped her with an imposing glance.

Zhu Zhuqing chose to trust Lin Qing and absorb the Ghost Tiger’s twelve-hundred-year soul ring despite Zhu Zhuyun’s desperate objections. As the dangerous power surged through her body, Lin Qing guided her soul power to help her endure it.

• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Ghost Tiger with Lin Qing’s Dagger, and its purple thousand-year soul ring appeared.
• Zhu Zhuyun pulled Zhu Zhuqing away and warned Lin Qing that a thousand-year first soul ring would kill her.
• Lin Qing insisted the ring was suitable and promised Zhu Zhuqing he would not hurt her, then asked her to trust him.
• Zhu Zhuqing comforted Zhu Zhuyun and decided to absorb the ring so she could become strong enough to protect them both.
• Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing the soul ring, and Lin Qing guided her through its violent power as she endured the pain without crying.

Zhu Zhuqing successfully absorbed a twelve-hundred-year Thousand Year Soul Ring as her First Soul Ring, rising from Soul Power Level 10 to Level 18. She discovered her Soul Skill, Nether Shadow Clone, while Lin Qing insisted he—not Dai Mubai—would be her future husband and dismissed the Dai Family as no threat.

• Zhu Zhuyun tried to reach Zhu Zhuqing during the painful absorption, but Lin Qing stopped her and warned that interrupting could be fatal.
• After an hour, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Soul Ring safely, woke up, and celebrated with Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun realized Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power had risen from Level 10 to Level 18, and Lin Qing told Zhu Zhuqing he was her future husband, not Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuyun defended Zhu Zhuqing's betrothal to Dai Mubai, and Lin Qing said he would destroy the Dai Family if they tried to stop him.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested her First Soul Skill, Nether Shadow Clone, and summoned three independently fighting clones with half her strength.

Lin Qing invited Zhu Zhuqing to leave with him, and Zhu Zhuyun chose to accompany her sister. In Star Luo City, the Emperor and Dai Weisi reacted furiously to the abduction, while Dai Mubai secretly felt relieved that Zhu Zhuqing had disappeared.

• Lin Qing praised Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Skill and invited her to leave with him, promising her freedom from the marriage contract.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Lin Qing's invitation, and Zhu Zhuyun chose to go with them to protect her sister.
• The Star Luo Emperor erupted in anger over Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing's disappearance, while Dai Weisi reported that he had sealed the city gates and ordered searches.
• Dai Mubai concealed his relief at Zhu Zhuqing's disappearance and considered it a chance to leave the dangerous imperial city.

Dai Mubai decided to flee Star Luo City while Dai Weisi led the search for Zhu Zhuqing. At the Breaking Clan stronghold, Lin Qing learned the Strength Clan had been annihilated—except its young heir, Tai Long, whose survival exposed a disastrous oversight.

• The emperor ordered Dai Weisi to find Zhu Zhuqing within three days, while Dai Mubai pretended to be anxious and resolved to escape that night.
• The Defense Clan and Speed Clan helped secure the Breaking Clan stronghold after the three clans' bloody assault.
• Lin Qing arrived with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, and the three clan leaders knelt to greet him.
• Yang Wudi reported that he had killed Tai Tan and Tai Nuo and that the Strength Clan had been wiped out.
• Lin Qing asked whether every member had been eliminated, then named Tai Long, leaving the clan leaders stunned that they had overlooked him.

Lin Qing ordered Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He to finish eliminating the remaining members of the Strength Clan and prepare their clans to move to his territory near Tian Qing Academy. He then brought Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Yan watched four young girls outwork her before Lin Qing arrived.

• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He apologized to Lin Qing for letting Tai Long escape, and Lin Qing told them Tai Long was hiding at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lin Qing ordered the three men to leave no survivors when wiping out a clan, said he would visit Blue Tyrant Academy himself, and directed their clans to prepare to move near Tian Qing Academy.
• Lin Qing comforted Zhu Zhuqing, took her hand, and brought her and Zhu Zhuyun to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Yan complained to Xiao Wu that the four six-year-old girls were cultivating before dawn and making her feel inadequate.
• Dugu Bo sensed someone passing through his Poison Barrier, but welcomed Lin Qing when he saw him arrive with Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun.