Chapter Summaries

Qin Chen reunited with Bai Chenxiang, who tearfully clung to him after three years apart, while Bai He realized Qin Chen was the powerful man from the Heavenly Curtain. Ice Empress returned with Zi Ji captured as a mount, and Qin Chen welcomed Bai Chenxiang to his territory.

• Bai Chenxiang rushed into Qin Chen's arms, cried over his leaving, and begged him not to disappear again.
• Qin Chen promised Bai Chenxiang could stay by his side, and she eagerly agreed.
• A Black Hole appeared above Green Garden, and Ice Empress threw the frozen Zi Ji onto the grass.
• Ice Empress reported to Qin Chen that she had brought back Zi Ji as a mount, shocking Bai He.
• Zi Ji threatened Qin Chen and invoked Di Tian, but Qin Chen's glance suppressed her and silenced her.
• Qin Chen welcomed Bai Chenxiang to his territory.

Qin Chen reunited with Bai Chenxiang in Green Garden, where they reconciled after three years apart. Meanwhile, the Peerless Beauty Ranking named Xue Wu twenty-first, and the Dark Night Arena crowd erupted as she saw her name while dancing.

• Qin Chen sent Ah Yin to take Bai He to the treatment room and had the Ice Empress drag Zi Ji away for discipline.
• Qin Chen comforted Bai Chenxiang beneath the Keling Fruit tree, and she kissed him to confirm he had returned.
• The Golden Heavenly Curtain announced Xue Wu as the twenty-first beauty, revealing her identity as the Dark Night Arena Dance Troupe lead and granting a special reward and ability.
• Xue Wu noticed the crowd's changed cheers, looked up at the ranking, and realized she had made the list.
• The Dark Night Arena audience erupted in cheers as Xue Wu continued to stand at the center of their attention.

Bibi Dong learned that Ghostly had found Dark Night Arena in Heaven Dou City but had hesitated to enter after sensing its formidable gatekeeper. Meanwhile, the Arena’s stewards noticed other intruders, and the three affiliated clan patriarchs guarded the Bai residence after Bai He fled with Bai Chenxiang.

• Bibi Dong criticized Qian Renxue and Ghostly after Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Ghostly had located Dark Night Arena but had gone to seek Qian Renxue’s advice.
• Ghostly watched Steward Tai guard Dark Night Arena and sensed that the gatekeeper possessed power comparable to his own, so he left for the Crown Prince’s Mansion.
• Steward Tai noticed Ghostly’s departure, while Evil Steward told Xue Linglong that other intruders had entered the Arena and praised her disciple Xue Wu’s Martial Soul.
• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi found that Bai He had fled with Bai Chenxiang and decided to guard the Bai residence in his absence.

After reuniting with Bai Chenxiang in the Green Garden, Qin Chen promised he would no longer leave her and the two became intimate beneath the tree. The chapter ended with the night concealing them as they stayed together among the flowers.

• Shrek's students reacted with envy to the beautiful women associated with the mysterious Duel Arena's Master.
• Bai Chenxiang clung to Qin Chen and told him she had thought about him throughout their three years apart.
• Qin Chen promised Bai Chenxiang he would appear whenever she wanted to see him.
• Bai Chenxiang asked whether intimacy could improve Soul Power and told Qin Chen she wanted to give herself to him.
• Qin Chen and Bai Chenxiang kissed and became intimate beneath the ancient tree in the Green Garden.

Ah Yin healed Bai He and introduced him to the Dark Night Arena, where he discovered the protection and power surrounding Bai Chenxiang. After returning to Green Garden, Ah Yin unexpectedly interrupted Qin Chen and Bai Chenxiang, then stood watch while they continued in a nearby house.

• Ah Yin healed Bai He's injuries with her Blue Silver Emperor life energy and told him that the Monarch ruled the Dark Night Arena.
• Bai He watched Xue Wu dance before the arena crowd and felt relieved that Bai Chenxiang had found powerful protection.
• Ah Yin returned to Green Garden and found Qin Chen and Bai Chenxiang entwined beneath the Keling Fruit tree.
• Bai Chenxiang noticed Ah Yin watching, so Qin Chen moved them into a nearby wooden house with his darkness ability.
• Ah Yin stayed outside and kept watch for four hours.

Xue Wu agreed to dance more for the Dark Night Arena crowd after Evil Steward invoked the Monarch, and the Heavenly Curtain began showing a memory of her childhood. The memory opened on six-year-old Xue Wu practicing dance with her Martial Soul.

• Bai Chenxiang fell asleep in Qin Chen's arms after the storm passed.
• The crowd demanded another dance from Xue Wu after her performance at the Dark Night Arena.
• Evil Steward agreed to the audience's request and encouraged Xue Wu to continue for the Monarch.
• Xue Wu resolved to dance for the chance that the Monarch might notice her and began another performance.
• The Heavenly Curtain activated Xue Wu's memory, showing her as a six-year-old practicing dance in a courtyard.

The chapter revealed how Qin Chen’s purchase of land in Heaven Dou City helped Xue Wu’s family afford her education at Moonlight Pavilion, changing her path. As Tang Yuehua and He Ying watched the events on the Heavenly Curtain, Tang Yuehua defended Xue Wu’s life as her own way of finding a home.

• Xue Wu trained her Slender Dance Snow Silk Martial Soul by dancing while her parents encouraged her.
• Xue Wu overheard Father Xue agree to sell the family’s abandoned southern land to Marquis Xu for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Father Xue used the proceeds to enroll Xue Wu at Moonlight Pavilion, where she studied noble etiquette and music.
• Qin Chen reflected that his request for Qian Renxue to buy the land had changed Xue Wu’s family’s fate.
• He Ying lamented that Xue Wu had become a dancer at the Dark Night Arena, and Tang Yuehua replied that people found warmth in different ways of living.
• He Ying began speaking to Tang Yuehua with renewed curiosity.

Tang Yuehua admitted that she enjoyed visiting the Dark Night Arena because she could relax there, while eight-year-old Xue Wu grew curious about its dances despite her parents forbidding her to go. At Moonlight Pavilion, Xue Wu saw an older student imitate one of the arena’s wild dances, but she still resolved not to visit.

• Tang Yuehua told He Ying that the Dark Night Arena was enjoyable because she did not have to keep up appearances there.
• Two years later, Xue Wu heard noble girls gossip about the arena and its energetic Beauty Dance Troupe.
• Xue Wu asked her parents to take her to the arena, but they refused and urged her to focus on her court dancing.
• At Moonlight Pavilion, an older girl imitated the arena dancers’ provocative movements for a curious crowd.
• Xue Wu watched the dance in fascination but decided she would not disappoint her parents by visiting the arena.

After the Xue Family lost its wealth and status in the wake of the princes’ deaths and Marquis Xu’s arrest, young Xue Wu struggled to support her sick mother with Spirit Hall’s monthly Gold Soul Coin. The Heavenly Curtain’s portrayal of Spirit Hall’s aid pleased its leaders, angered Dai Yutian, and gave Flender information about the Dark Night Arena’s location.

• After Emperor Xue Ye’s second and third princes died, Marquis Xu was arrested, stripped of his title, and implicated along with his relatives.
• Father Xue sold the family’s property to clear their name and pay fines, forcing Xue Wu to leave Moonlight Pavilion and the family to move into a small house.
• Xue Wu cared for her sick mother, collected her monthly Gold Soul Coin from Spirit Hall, and sought odd jobs to support her family and repay debts.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo praised the Heavenly Curtain for publicizing Spirit Hall’s support, while Lion Venerable wondered whether Old Five had caught up to Bai He.
• Dai Yutian complained that the empires funded Spirit Hall’s subsidies and asked about Chen Ying’s missing report on Bai He.
• Flender told Grandmaster that the Dark Night Arena was in the southern part of Heaven Dou City, in an area that had once been the slums.

Yu Xiaogang decided to take the Shrek students to a deadly Underground Black Fist arena in Heaven Dou City to test and strengthen them. Tang San and the others agreed to go at dawn, while Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar left for a brothel and Tang San stayed behind.

• Yu Xiaogang announced that the group would rest for the night and travel to Heaven Dou City at dawn to train at the deadly arena.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai objected, but Yu Xiaogang challenged Tang San to say whether he was afraid.
• Tang San declared that he was not afraid, and Yu Xiaogang rebuked the hesitant students and told anyone unwilling to go to return to Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu pledged to follow Tang San, and Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar also agreed to go to the arena.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar left for a brothel, while Tang San declined to join them.

After the Xue family fell into poverty, Xue Wu began dancing at a tavern to help pay for her mother’s medicine, but she refused to perform lewdly. The chapter leaves her frozen onstage after her disgraced father is dragged in and sees her dancing.

• Over six months, Mother Xue's illness worsened, Father Xue was rejected when he begged for loans, and Xue Wu took exhausting work washing dishes.
• After seeing a dancer earn a Gold Soul Coin, Xue Wu returned to the tavern and asked the boss to let her dance.
• Xue Wu performed an elegant dance but earned only a few Copper Soul Coins, and another dancer told her that the tavern rewarded lust rather than artistry.
• Xue Wu kept dancing and gradually gained a few regular viewers, though she earned little.
• Half a month later, a middle-aged man dragged Father Xue into the tavern and mocked him while pointing out Xue Wu onstage.
• Xue Wu recognized her father's voice, stopped dancing, and stared at him in shock.

Xue Wu watched her father, the fallen Xue Family Patriarch, endure Consul Wang’s humiliation as he demanded repayment of a loan. Qin Chen arrived at the tavern with an unidentified Peerless Beauty Ranking entrant on his arm, leaving viewers across the continent furious and curious.

• Xue Wu fled backstage after recognizing Father Xue in the tavern, where Consul Wang dismissed his request to discuss the thousand Gold Soul Coins he had lent him two years earlier.
• A flashback showed Father Xue lending Consul Wang the money without asking for an IOU when Wang had been struggling.
• The tavern Boss caught Xue Wu hiding, docked her tips, and ordered her back to work; she watched in tears as Consul Wang mocked Father Xue and demanded he drink one bowl of liquor for every Gold Soul Coin.
• Qin Chen entered the tavern with a mysterious woman holding his arm, and he said he had come to see a young girl's spirited dancing.
• Golden annotations revealed that the woman was a highly ranked entrant on the Peerless Beauty Ranking, prompting viewers across the continent to protest Qin Chen’s apparent closeness to another future beauty.

At a tavern, Consul Wang forced Father Xue to drink for medicine money, then refused to pay him after he vomited. When three men tried to touch the Vague Woman, the Vague Man killed them with black mist, and Father Xue disappeared from the tavern unconscious.

• The Vague Man and Vague Woman entered the tavern and sat quietly while the patrons watched them.
• Consul Wang pressured Father Xue to drink bowls of liquor in exchange for Gold Soul Coins meant for his wife's medicine.
• After Father Xue vomited, Consul Wang slapped away his hand and refused to pay him.
• A black mist engulfed the tavern as three Big Men reached for the Vague Woman, and the Vague Man strangled them with ghostly claws.
• The lights returned to reveal the three men dead, while Father Xue had vanished from his seat.
• On a rainy night, a petite figure struggled along a path while supporting the unconscious Father Xue.

Xue Wu caught the attention of a mysterious man at the tavern, who recruited her to the Dark Night Arena and helped restore her family’s fortunes. She began training there, eager to become a dazzling dancer, and asked the Monarch to watch her latest dance.

• Xue Wu danced at the tavern, and the mysterious man rewarded her with gold soul coins and invited her to work for him.
• Xue Wu accepted the offer and followed the man to the Dark Night Arena, where he promised to help resolve her difficulties.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe retried the Xue Family’s case, cleared them of the charges, and restored their confiscated property.
• Father Xue rejected the relatives and officials who had abandoned the family, while an Arena healer cured Mother Xue’s chronic illness.
• Xue Wu trained in revealing dance attire at the Arena and asked the Monarch to watch her performance.

Xue Wu’s memories showed how the Vague Man had become the center of her life, ending with her accepting him as her Monarch. After her memories faded, the Heavenly Ranking transformed her Soul Rings, and she curtsied toward the Vague Man’s private window.

• Xue Wu became Dark Night Arena’s star attraction, kept only two Gold Soul Coins from her earnings, and gave away the gifts from her suitors.
• At dinner, Father Xue rejected a marriage proposal on Xue Wu’s behalf and told her she could decide for herself.
• At a private banquet, Xue Wu performed the Invitation to the Monarch Dance for the Vague Man, who accepted her hand after Jiang Zhu explained the gesture.
• The Heavenly Ranking’s reward changed Xue Wu’s Soul Rings from yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black to purple, purple, black, black, black.
• Xue Wu ignored the cheering crowd and performed a devout curtsy toward the Vague Man’s window.

Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Ye that the Dark Night Arena had at least two Titled Douluo, but Xue Ye still wanted to seize its Divine Medicine and the women on the Peerless Beauty Ranking. Xue Ye agreed to let Xue Qinghe negotiate again, and Qian Renxue left to warn Grandpa Azure Luan and the others before returning to the arena.

• Ning Fengzhi hurried to Xue Ye's bedchamber and warned him that the Dark Night Arena had at least two Titled Douluo.
• Xue Ye questioned Xue Qinghe, and Qian Renxue, still disguised as Xue Qinghe, explained that she had not sensed the hidden experts.
• Xue Ye insisted he needed the arena's Divine Medicine and women from the Peerless Beauty Ranking, despite Ning Fengzhi warning that war could endanger Heaven Dou.
• Ning Fengzhi persuaded Xue Ye to let Xue Qinghe try negotiating again, and Xue Ye promised to accept any conditions, even ceding territory or granting a kingship.
• Xue Qinghe left to return to the Crown Prince Hall first and warn Grandpa Azure Luan and the others not to act rashly.

Xue Wu learned that the Monarch had not summoned her and worried he did not like her, while Xue Linglong urged her to visit him herself. Elsewhere, Qin Chen found the Ice Empress whipping Zi Ji and interrupted her as she was about to strike again.

• Xue Linglong told Xue Wu that Doudou had gone to the Monarch without a summons and Hua Xi had already been in his room.
• Xue Wu feared that visiting the Monarch uninvited would make him dislike her, and Xue Linglong encouraged her to go anyway.
• Qin Chen entered a black-mist room in the Duel Arena and found the Ice Empress whipping the restrained Zi Ji.
• Zi Ji threatened that Di Tian would take revenge, but the Ice Empress struck her again with the Divine Artifact Long Whip.
• Qin Chen coughed to get the Ice Empress's attention, and she stopped whipping Zi Ji and greeted him shyly.

Qin Chen subdued Zi Ji by planting a mark in her soul, then turned his attention toward the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yue Na. At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Qian Renxue and four Titled Douluo feared that the missing Sixth and Seventh Grandfathers had been captured or killed.

• Qin Chen dismissed the Ice Empress's plan to train Zi Ji and declared that Zi Ji would become his possession.
• Qin Chen used black mist to plant a mark in Zi Ji's soul, making her life and death subject to his will.
• Qin Chen ordered the Ice Empress to take Zi Ji away, then said he would soon meet the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yue Na.
• Ghostly told Qian Renxue and the three Titled Douluo that approaching the Dark Night Arena had filled him with dread, and he had seen no sign of the missing Sixth and Seventh Venerables.
• Qian Renxue refused to reveal the details of her agreement with the Arena Master but warned that something may have happened to the Sixth and Seventh Grandfathers.

Qian Renxue convinced Spirit Hall’s leaders to avoid provoking the Dark Night Arena while she learned more about its hidden strength. As two cloaked visitors began investigating the arena, Xue Wu fretted over whether the Monarch had forgotten her, until a voice from the suite interrupted her.

• Qian Renxue warned Qing Luan Douluo and Ghostly that powerful Titled Douluo protected the Duel Arena and persuaded them to halt any rash action while she contacted its people.
• Ghostly left to report to the Pope, and Qing Luan Douluo departed for Worship Hall after telling Snake Lance and Pufferfish to protect Qian Renxue.
• Two cloaked men entered the Duel Arena to find its Arena Master and assess whether they could buy the arena without fighting.
• Xue Wu cried to Steward Tai because the Monarch had summoned others but not her, and the Ice Empress learned that the Monarch had been busy handling a female dragon.
• Xue Wu took comfort in hearing the Monarch had been occupied, but a domineering female voice emerged from the suite and complained that she was too noisy.

You, the Dark Night Arena’s prison warden, went to receive two Clear Sky Sect elders while Xue Qinghe prepared to visit the arena for divine medicine. The chapter ended with Xue Ke asking to accompany her nominal brother.

• You agreed to entertain two guests and promised Xue Wu she would take her to see Monarch afterward.
• You sensed the captured female dragon’s presence and said she would visit and take care of her once her business was done.
• You appeared before Tang Xun and Tang Wei in a dark corridor, introduced herself as the Dark Night Arena’s prison warden, and invited them to follow her.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, told Xue Ke that she was heading to the Dark Night Arena to seek medicine for the Emperor.
• Xue Ke asked Xue Qinghe to let her accompany him to the Dark Night Arena.