Chapter Summaries

After Xue Ke appeared on the Peerless Beauty Ranking, Qian Renxue realized the princess was in immediate danger and rushed to take her to the Dark Night Arena. The chapter left them racing away from the palace while Xue Ke remained unaware of the threat.

• Qian Renxue refused to let Xue Ke accompany her on her planned trip, then promised to take her out another time.
• The Heavenly Curtain named Xue Ke twentieth on the Peerless Beauty Ranking and announced rewards and a special dual-cultivation effect.
• Qian Renxue feared Xue Ye and other factions would target Xue Ke, whose appearance on the list had made her vulnerable.
• Qian Renxue grabbed Xue Ke and ordered the carriage to take them to the Dark Night Arena.
• As the carriage sped away, Xue Ke thought Qian Renxue had changed her mind to show off her ranking, while Qian Renxue worried the ranking would disrupt her plans.

Tang Yuehua worried that Princess Xue Ke was in danger inside the Imperial Palace, while the Clear Sky Sect elders demanded medicine and a woman from the Dark Night Arena. You refused them, and the elders threatened the arena, leaving her eager to confront them.

• Tang Yuehua warned He Ying that Princess Xue Ke’s ranking made her a target for people seeking to extend their lives, and feared the emperor might harm her.
• Tang Yuehua suspected the Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder had gone straight to the Dark Night Arena instead of visiting Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Xun and Tang Wei asked You to sell them the Divine Medicine and one of the women on the Peerless Beauty Ranking, but she refused both requests.
• Tang Xun and Tang Wei warned You that powerful factions might target the arena and implied the Clear Sky Sect could become an enemy if she refused.
• You smiled at their threat and asked whether they were threatening her.

You overpowered Tang Xun and Tang Wei after they tried to force her to cooperate, then trapped them in her Life and Death Arena. She killed Tang Wei and turned her attention to Tang Xun.

• You repelled Tang Xun's aura and refused to cooperate with the Clear Sky Sect, revealing her overwhelming power.
• You transported Tang Xun and Tang Wei into her Life and Death Arena, a vast plaza covered in bones.
• Tang Xun and Tang Wei activated their Martial Soul Avatars and attacked You with their Ninth Soul Skills, but her Evil God's Protection blocked them.
• You transformed into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and wounded both men with Dark Demon Evil Thunder.
• You pierced Tang Wei's chest with Evil God's Hook and devoured his life force, killing him.
• You transformed back into human form and fixed her gaze on the terrified Tang Xun.

Qin Chen arranged for Qian Renxue and Xue Ke to be received at the Duel Arena, while Xue Wu despaired at being left behind until Qin Chen reassured her. As Qin Chen went to check on the guests, Yu Luo Mian realized that Evil Steward carried the aura of a Titled Douluo.

• Xue Wu broke down when Ice Empress told her that Qin Chen had left with Eldest Sister, and she feared he no longer favored her.
• Qin Chen told Xue Linglong to bring Qian Renxue to the frozen Spirit Hall Venerables and have Xue Wu lead Princess Xue Ke away.
• Xue Linglong told Qin Chen that Xue Wu wanted to see him, and Qin Chen reassured her before leaving to check on the guests.
• Xue Wu received Qin Chen's voice transmission and immediately shifted from despair to delight, while Ice Empress and Steward Tai remained unfazed.
• Evil Steward led Yu Luo Mian and two Soul Emperor disciples toward the reception hall, and Yu Luo Mian recognized Evil Steward as a Titled Douluo-level expert.

Yu Luo Mian met with the Evil Steward to negotiate for the Duel Arena’s Divine Medicine and women on the Peerless Beauty Ranking. Their discussion ended with the Evil Steward sarcastically echoing Yu Luo Mian’s offer of vacant elder positions, while the maid recognized the absurdity of the deal.

• The Evil Steward welcomed Yu Luo Mian and his companions and asked what business the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan wanted to discuss.
• The Evil Steward mistook Yu Luo Mian’s request for people and medicine as an offer to supply arena fighters and healing medicines.
• Yu Luo Mian clarified that he wanted to buy Divine Medicine that could regrow severed limbs and women on the Peerless Beauty Ranking.
• When the Evil Steward asked what the clan would offer, Yu Luo Mian proposed vacant elder positions rather than actual elders.
• Yu Luo Mian explained that the clan would offer one elder position for each item, and the Evil Steward sarcastically calculated that four women meant four positions.
• The Evil Steward shared his sarcastic reaction with the maid, who echoed him with a twitching mouth.

Evil Steward drove the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan envoys out after they tried to recruit him with elder positions, then had them imprisoned for Liu Erlong to handle. In the Endless Prison, You killed Tang Wei and revealed herself as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to Tang Xun, who warned that the Clear Sky Sect would seek revenge.

• Evil Steward asked Yu Luo Mian whether he had touched the tea or pastries, then unleashed his Evil Eyes and ordered the three clan envoys to leave.
• Yu Luo Mian and the other two fled Evil Steward's room in terror.
• A maid told Liu Erlong that Evil Steward had thrown out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan envoys and imprisoned them, and Liu Erlong went to confront them.
• Tang Xun found Tang Wei dead in the Bone Arena after You killed him with a single unexpected strike.
• Tang Xun recognized You as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and warned that the Clear Sky Sect would avenge them.
• You welcomed the prospect of the Clear Sky Sect sending more powerful humans for her to eat.

You defeated Tang Xun by using Life and Death Arena to turn him into a child, but Qin Chen interrupted her before she could attack him further. Tang Xun was left terrified as You acted affectionately toward Qin Chen and Qin Chen questioned him about the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Xun shattered his Soul Rings with Great Sumeru Hammer · Exploding Ring and attacked You with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• You opened Life and Death Arena, reducing Tang Xun to a six- or seven-year-old with almost no Soul Power.
• You approached the helpless Tang Xun, but Qin Chen emerged from the darkness and stopped her by grabbing her wrist.
• You dropped her fierce act and clung to Qin Chen, who scolded her for nearly eating everyone.
• Qin Chen asked Tang Xun whether he was an elder of the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xun nervously confirmed it.

Qin Chen restored Tang Xun’s adult body, then altered his soul with Gray Mists so his life depended on Qin Chen’s will. At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Ye learned Xue Ke had gone with Crown Prince Qinghe to the Dark Night Arena and, following Ning Fengzhi’s advice, decided not to send troops after her.

• You restored Tang Xun’s adult body, and Qin Chen sent Gray Mists into him to make him subject to Qin Chen’s will.
• You clung to Qin Chen and licked his face while Tang Xun lay helpless nearby.
• Xue Ye ordered a guard to fetch Xue Ke after she appeared on the Peerless Beauty Ranking.
• The guard reported that Xue Ke had left the palace in Crown Prince Qinghe’s carriage for the Dark Night Arena.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that the Arena was safer than the Imperial Palace, and Xue Ye agreed not to send troops after Xue Ke.

On the way to the Duel Arena, Qian Renxue questioned Xue Ke about a fox mask she had received from a friend before a new memory appeared on the Heavenly Curtain. The memory showed how Xue Ke, hoping to sneak out during a palace celebration, met a mysterious man in the Imperial Palace who claimed to be a friend of her Big Brother.

• Qian Renxue warned Xue Ke to stay close at the Duel Arena, then asked where she had gotten her fox mask and who had given it to her.
• The Heavenly Curtain activated a memory of fifteen-year-old Xue Ke being kept in the palace courtyard while the city celebrated the Lantern Festival.
• Xue Ke decided to ask her Big Brother to help her get permission to leave the palace and slipped away toward the Crown Prince's eastern palace.
• Xue Ke encountered a Vague Man drinking in a secluded garden, and he claimed that her Big Brother had invited him to wait there.
• Xue Ke challenged the Vague Man for calling her a child and failing to bow to her.

Vague Man left the palace after refusing to wait for Xue Ke’s brother, but Xue Ke followed him and persuaded him to take her out to see the fireworks. They passed the palace gates with a golden token, leaving Xue Ke wondering what special privilege her brother had given Vague Man.

• Vague Man claimed he had become a puppy by barking, so he no longer had to keep his promise to wait for Xue Ke’s brother.
• Xue Ke followed Vague Man and offered to accompany him, eventually admitting she wanted to go out and have fun.
• Xue Ke worried that the palace guards would recognize her, so Vague Man gave her a half-face fox mask to wear.
• Vague Man showed a golden token at the palace gates, and the Imperial Guards let them pass without questioning them.
• Vague Man told Xue Ke that the token represented a privilege her brother had given him, prompting her to wonder about their relationship.

Qian Renxue watched the Heavenly Curtain reveal Qin Chen’s playful outings with Xue Ke and realized he had secretly been meeting her sister. A year later, Xue Ke waited for him at the palace, and he appeared to take her out again, beginning a pattern that continued for years.

• Xue Ke rejoined Qin Chen at the Night Market and spent the evening playing with him, while he won her a sugar rabbit and a porcelain doll.
• Qian Renxue watched the scenes and grew angry that Qin Chen had secretly wooed her sister; Xue Ke admitted she knew little about him, and Qian Renxue told her to ask him next time.
• Qin Chen escorted Xue Ke back to the palace and told her to keep their outing secret from her big brother.
• A year later, Xue Ke waited alone for Qin Chen during the Celebration Festival until he appeared on the rockery.
• Qin Chen took Xue Ke out to play again, and their outings continued for the next several years.

Xue Ke learned that the Heaven Dou court was considering marrying her to the Star Luo Empire, then turned to Brother Chen for comfort and got drunk on his fruit wine. As a crowd watched, she leaned in to kiss him, and the scene ended before revealing what happened next.

• Xue Ke asked Xue Qinghe what noble rank Brother Chen would need to marry a princess, making Qian Renxue realize her sister had feelings for him.
• A scene showed Heaven Dou ministers debating a marriage alliance with the Star Luo Empire using Xue Ke.
• Xue Ke told Brother Chen that her father and the ministers planned to marry her off without asking what she wanted.
• Xue Ke snatched Brother Chen's fruit wine and drank until she was drunk, despite his warnings.
• Xue Ke stumbled while dancing, fell into Brother Chen's arms, and leaned in to kiss him as audiences across the continent watched.

Xue Ke’s drunken memory showed her kissing Vague Man and asking him to marry her, shocking the continent and embarrassing her in front of Qian Renxue. As Shrek Academy traveled toward Heaven Dou City, Bibi Dong decided not to target Xue Ke because the imperial palace was likely on alert.

• Xue Ke drunkenly kissed Vague Man, then asked him not to let her enter a political marriage and to marry her before falling asleep.
• The memory’s broadcast stunned the continent, and Xue Ke blushed and insisted to Qian Renxue that she had been drunk and remembered nothing.
• As Shrek Academy’s carriage continued toward Heaven Dou City, Ma Hongjun bragged about winning over Princess Xue Ke, while Dai Mubai and Oscar mocked him.
• Bibi Dong rejected Yue Guan’s suggestion to seize Xue Ke, reasoning that Xue Ye had likely sought help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the palace was guarded.

Qian Daoliu rejected a plan to abduct Xue Ke, while Bo Saixi explained that ranking rewards alone could not make someone a god. Xue Ke received her reward at the Dark Night Arena and was led away by Xue Wu as Qian Renxue went to meet Qin Chen.

• Qian Daoliu refused Mighty Lion Douluo’s proposal to kidnap Xue Ke, fearing it would expose Qian Renxue and disrupt their plan to take the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bo Saixi reassured the Sea God Seven Sacred Pillars Guardians that reaching Level 100 without a God Position and God Trial would not allow someone to ascend to godhood.
• Xue Ke’s reward arrived outside the Dark Night Arena, raising her Soul Power by one level and advancing her two yellow soul rings to purple.
• Qian Renxue brought Xue Ke into the arena, where Xue Linglong and Xue Wu met them in a quiet corridor.
• Xue Wu offered to show Xue Ke around while Qian Renxue followed Xue Linglong to meet Qin Chen.

Ning Rongrong was forced to accompany Chen Xin and Gu Rong to guard the Imperial Palace instead of searching for her brother at the Dark Night Arena, while Dai Yutian ordered the Speed Clan threatened. In the Endless Prison, Qin Chen summoned Liu Erlong, who coldly rejected her father Yu Luo Mian and left him behind.

• Gu Rong joined Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong, then escorted her toward the Imperial Palace despite her protests that she wanted to find her brother at the Dark Night Arena.
• Dai Yutian ordered troops to surround the Speed Clan residence and threatened to kill ten Bai Family members each day unless Bai He appeared within three days.
• Qin Chen ordered Tang Xun to carry away Tang Wei's corpse and sent You to escort him out of the Endless Prison.
• Qin Chen opened a spatial vortex before Yu Luo Mian and his two disciples, and Liu Erlong stepped out.
• Yu Luo Mian begged Liu Erlong to save him, but she ignored him, nodded to Qin Chen, and disappeared back through the vortex.

Qin Chen spared Yu Luo Mian but punished his disciples, then comforted Liu Erlong as she grieved over her father. Liu Erlong and Qin Chen became intimate, and several hours later she begged him not to leave.

• Qin Chen confronted Yu Luo Mian, accusing him of failing Liu Erlong and warning that he was spared only because he was her biological father.
• Qin Chen unleashed Gray Mist on Yu Luo Mian’s two disciples, who suffered as it eroded their souls.
• Qin Chen reassured Liu Erlong that the confrontation was over, and she wept in his embrace while explaining her complicated feelings about her father.
• Liu Erlong initiated an intimate encounter with Qin Chen, and they went to bed together.
• Several hours later, Liu Erlong clung to Qin Chen and begged him to stay instead of returning to his other matters.

Qian Renxue retrieved Demon Subduing Douluo and Thousand Jun Douluo after Xue Linglong explained they would awaken in three days, then went looking for Qin Chen. Meanwhile, You used Qin Chen’s mark to immobilize and humiliate Zi Ji, while Qin Chen continued his private encounter with Liu Erlong.

• Xue Linglong told Qian Renxue that Demon Subduing Douluo and Thousand Jun Douluo were alive but frozen in suspended death, and Qian Renxue stored their ice sculptures in her Storage Soul Tool.
• Qian Renxue asked Xue Linglong where Qin Chen was, learned You was on the third floor, and went to find her.
• You visited the injured Zi Ji and activated the mark in her soul, leaving the Hell Demon Dragon King unable to move.
• You tore Zi Ji’s damaged armor and taunted her as she cried and pleaded for her to stop.
• Qin Chen sensed You’s mark activating but chose not to intervene, while Liu Erlong urged him to continue their intimacy.

Tang Xiao agreed to search for Ah Yin and helped Tang Hao set out for the Dark Night Arena to seek Divine Medicine. At the Arena, Qin Chen prepared to face the major powers’ interest in his organization while planning a reshaping of the continent, and a new Heavenly Curtain ranking began to appear.

• Tang Xiao promised to use the Clear Sky Sect’s intelligence network to investigate Blue Silver Grass and gave Tang Hao a sect token to seek help from the Fourth and Fifth Elders at the Dark Night Arena.
• Tang Hao thanked Tang Xiao and rushed through the snow toward the mountain’s foot to seek Divine Medicine for Ah Yin.
• Qian Renxue confronted Qin Chen about spending the day with Liu Erlong, then warned him that powerful factions across the continent were focusing on the Dark Night Arena.
• Qin Chen told Qian Renxue to restrain the Spirit Hall and said he intended to use the upheaval to reshape the continent’s order.
• Qin Chen told Qian Renxue to give Xue Ye life-restoring herbs from Ah Yin, but only enough to help him recover slightly.
• The Golden Heavenly Curtain trembled and began gathering light for a new ranking list.

Tang Xiao agreed to help Tang Hao search for a way to revive Ah Yin, while Qin Chen prepared for the major powers to converge on the Dark Night Arena and announced his intention to reshape the continent's power structure. As a new Heavenly Curtain ranking began to appear, the next upheaval was about to start.

• Tang Xiao gave Tang Hao a sect token and promised to investigate Blue Silver Grass, while Tang Hao set out to seek Divine Medicine at the Dark Night Arena.
• Qin Chen returned to his office, where Qian Renxue confronted him about spending the day with Liu Erlong before turning their discussion to the threats facing the arena.
• Qin Chen told Qian Renxue to control Spirit Hall and revealed that he planned to use the coming upheaval to reshape the continent's power structure.
• Qin Chen ordered Qian Renxue to give Xue Ye enough life-rich herbs or juice from Ah Yin to help him recover, so Heaven Dou would avoid falling into chaos.
• The Golden Heavenly Curtain began gathering light for a new ranking, drawing the continent's attention once again.

The Heavenly Curtain ranked Purple Pearl nineteenth, exposing her history as a pirate and the city she built on Cloud Sea Island. At the Dark Night Arena, Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Qin Chen about his connection to Purple Pearl, while Qian Renxue wondered how many more women the ranking would reveal.

• The Sea God Island guardians recognized Purple Pearl and discussed how she had left the Sea God Trial before establishing Purple Pearl City on Cloud Sea Island.
• In Purple Pearl City, Zhang Huchen and the other pirates celebrated Purple Pearl's ranking, but she silenced them and admitted she missed Boss, who had not visited in nearly a year.
• Qin Chen realized the ranking had exposed Purple Pearl City, his secret overseas base and resource hub.
• Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing questioned Qin Chen about Purple Pearl, and he claimed she managed the arena's overseas branch.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know whether the remaining ranked women were also connected to Qin Chen, then challenged him to see how many more women the Heavenly Curtain would expose.