Chapter Summaries

The Vague Man spent a tender evening feeding Shen Liuyu cookies before telling her he would leave Heaven Dou City for an unknown length of time. Heartbroken, Shen Liuyu chased after him, but tripped and fell before reaching him.

• The Vague Man told Shen Liuyu that Doudou had been called to overtime and that he had waited for her, then fed her cookies as they sat together.
• Shen Liuyu grew comfortable beside the Vague Man and enjoyed the private moment as he watched her eat and ruffled her hair.
• The Vague Man said he was leaving Heaven Dou City and arranged for Jiang Zhu or Doudou to keep Shen Liuyu company and help her if needed.
• The Vague Man gave Shen Liuyu a box of cookies and said goodbye, then started walking away.
• Shen Liuyu began crying, chased after the Vague Man, caught her foot on a raised stone slab, and fell to the ground.

Shen Liuyu feared that Qin Chen would leave and never return, so he invited her to travel with him. The next morning, he departed Heaven Dou City with Shen Liuyu, while Jiang Zhu and Doudou stayed behind for work at the Duel Arena.

• Vague Man helped Shen Liuyu up, and her uniform came open after its buttons broke.
• Shen Liuyu clung to Man and admitted she feared she would never see him again; Qin Chen invited her to come with him.
• The next morning, Jiang Zhu and Doudou protested when they saw Shen Liuyu preparing to travel with Vague Man.
• Vague Man explained that Jiang Zhu and Doudou could not come because they had work at the Duel Arena, and they reassured Shen Liuyu that they had only been joking.
• Vague Man and Shen Liuyu left Heaven Dou City and traveled east by carriage.

The Vague Man and Shen Liuyu traveled toward the mysterious Linlang Valley, whose deadly reputation was revealed by a drunkard in Heaven Dou City. When they stopped for the night, Shen Liuyu nervously offered to share the carriage with the Vague Man.

• The Vague Man told Shen Liuyu about Linlang Valley and fed her snacks during their journey.
• People watching the Heavenly Curtain in Douluo Continent learned from a drunkard that Linlang Valley was a bottomless rift where strange sounds lured people to their deaths.
• Shen Liuyu fell asleep leaning against the Vague Man, then woke embarrassed when their carriage stopped in the wilderness.
• The Vague Man arranged for Shen Liuyu to sleep in the carriage while he meditated outside.
• Shen Liuyu overcame her hesitation and told the Vague Man that there was enough space for them both to sleep inside the carriage.

Vague Man and Shen Liuyu grew closer as they traveled, eventually entering a mist-filled mountain valley. When a giant emerald python ambushed them, Vague Man pulled Shen Liuyu into his embrace to protect her.

• Vague Man agreed to sleep in the carriage with Shen Liuyu, who cuddled against him in her sleep.
• Shen Liuyu woke sprawled across Vague Man and felt embarrassed, but over the following nights she grew accustomed to sleeping in his arms.
• Vague Man and Shen Liuyu left their carriage at the mountain range and continued into a valley filled with strange purple mist.
• Vague Man explained that the mist came from spiritual herbs and reassured Shen Liuyu as they walked deeper into the valley.
• Vague Man sensed danger and pulled Shen Liuyu close just as a gigantic emerald python burst from the bushes and lunged at them.

The Vague Man killed a Ten Thousand Year Jade Scale Snake with one slap and carried the frightened Shen Liuyu deeper into a purple-misted valley. They descended into a great rift and found its floor covered in bones arranged in eerie, prayerful poses.

• The Vague Man killed the Ten Thousand Year Jade Scale Snake with a single slap and comforted Shen Liuyu.
• Shen Liuyu pretended her legs were too weak to walk, so the Vague Man carried her farther into the valley.
• At the edge of a great rift, an eerie bell-like sound frightened Shen Liuyu, and the Vague Man descended into the abyss with her using black wind.
• The Vague Man and Shen Liuyu landed on a floor covered in bones and crossed it through thick purple mist.
• Shen Liuyu noticed that the bones grew more numerous and lay in consistent poses of prayer and worship.

Vague Man and Shen Liuyu discovered that a strange Illusionary Realm had drawn people and Soul Beasts into worshipping a god, while draining white mist from them. Although frightened, Shen Liuyu chose to stay with Vague Man as he entered the glowing cave, where they found a hidden world and a towering pavilion.

• Vague Man and Shen Liuyu passed corpses in worshipful poses and found a dying woodcutter kneeling in prayer.
• They discovered a crowd of living humans and Soul Beasts trapped in an Illusionary Realm, with white mist streaming from their heads toward a cave.
• Vague Man identified the unseen object of their worship as a god and explained that faith could be used to increase a Soul Master's strength.
• Vague Man offered to take Shen Liuyu to safety before returning to investigate, but she insisted on accompanying him because she feared losing him.
• Vague Man protected Shen Liuyu with his Soul Power as they entered the glowing cave and discovered a hidden world containing a magnificent pavilion.

The Vague Man and Shen Liuyu entered the divine palace, where an eerie sound caused Shen Liuyu’s Evil Fire to flare and overwhelm her. He extracted a strange purple mist from her body, leaving her conscious again as he examined it.

• The Vague Man and Shen Liuyu found thousands of believers kneeling beneath the palace and entered without being stopped.
• A mysterious ringing inside the palace caused Shen Liuyu to become feverish and lose control of herself.
• The Vague Man tried to steady Shen Liuyu, but she kissed him while caught in a hallucination.
• The Vague Man drew purple mist from Shen Liuyu’s ear, suppressing her Evil Fire and restoring her senses.
• Shen Liuyu noticed her unzipped battle suit and hurriedly covered herself while the Vague Man studied the trapped mist.

Vague Man explained that the valley’s purple mist contained Gu Insects activated by a bell, which drew out a victim’s deepest desire and trapped them in a dream. Shen Liuyu learned he had removed every insect from her and, embarrassed by what her own behavior had revealed, asked about the people and Soul Beasts outside.

• Shen Liuyu thanked Vague Man and admitted she did not mind his taking advantage of her, while he told her that the wilderness was too dangerous for intimacy.
• Vague Man showed Shen Liuyu tiny Gu Insects hidden in the purple mist and explained that he had forced them all out of her body with Soul Power.
• Vague Man said the bell chime activated the insects, which released gas that paralyzed the brain and nerves and trapped victims in dreams of their deepest desires.
• Shen Liuyu realized her earlier advances reflected her own desires and became deeply embarrassed.
• Vague Man explained how Shen Liuyu had nearly succumbed to the dream, and she changed the subject to ask about the kneeling people and Soul Beasts outside.

The Vague Man explained how the bell and parasitic Gu Insects trapped people in a repeating cycle of dreams, drawing concern and debate across the Douluo Continent. He carried Shen Liuyu deeper into the palace, where the Faith Power overhead had gathered into dense, oppressive clouds.

• The Vague Man explained that the insects repeatedly returned their hosts to dreams until they lost themselves and were guided toward the bell.
• People across the Douluo Continent argued over whether the dream ritual was a blessing or a horrific path to death.
• Qian Daoliu decided to wait and watch the Vague Man, while Bibi Dong resolved to uncover hidden secrets after unifying the continent.
• Shen Liuyu asked the Vague Man to carry her, and he lifted her and continued deeper into the hall.
• The Vague Man and Shen Liuyu entered an increasingly spacious chamber beneath thick clouds of Faith Power.

The Vague Man protected Shen Liuyu from waves of deadly Gu Insects and confronted the hidden mastermind behind the sacrificial site. He discovered the mastermind was a Soul Beast seeking godhood through faith, and as she unleashed a vast insect tide, he summoned his dark power again.

• A swarm of Gu Insects attacked, but the Vague Man consumed them with a black vortex.
• More than a dozen Ten-Thousand-Year Gu Insects surrounded them, and the Vague Man destroyed them with a dark sea of Soul Power while Shen Liuyu clung to him.
• The Vague Man called out the hidden presence and identified her as a Soul Beast using human faith to pursue godhood.
• The female voice declared that the Vague Man knew too much and threatened to kill him and Shen Liuyu.
• Tens of millions of Gu Insects poured from the hall's walls, ceiling, and floor, and the Vague Man summoned his dark sea once more.

Vague Man defeated the Female Insectoid after she fused with Faith Power and became an eight-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. When the voice in the darkness surrendered and offered to free the people being sacrificed, Vague Man revealed he had not come to save them or claim her Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, leaving her wondering what he wanted.

• Vague Man carried Shen Liuyu through the Gu Insect swarm, which vanished beneath the black sea around his feet.
• The voice in the darkness fused the remaining Gu Insects with Faith Power to create a powerful Female Insectoid.
• The Female Insectoid attacked Vague Man, but he stopped her sickle, kicked her through a wall, and repeatedly beat her down.
• Vague Man slammed the Female Insectoid to the ground and pinned her beneath his foot.
• The voice offered to free the people outside and surrender her cultivation and Spirit Bone in exchange for a remnant of her soul.
• Vague Man said he had not come to save the people or claim her treasures, prompting the voice to ask what he wanted.

Vague Man confronted the Gu Insect Empress and asked how she learned to gather faith and become a god. She explained that she had eaten a powerful spiritual-type human whose memories and abilities inspired her methods, and began describing how he and his companions died in her nest.

• The Gu Insect Empress revealed her enormous, grotesque true form, frightening Shen Liuyu, who clung to Vague Man.
• Vague Man asked who had taught the Empress to gather the power of faith, and she said she had eaten a powerful human.
• The Empress recounted how, tens of thousands of years earlier, a human hunter followed her insect swarm to her nest with several powerful companions.
• Her insect sea exhausted and killed the humans, whose bodies her children brought back for her to devour.
• The Empress said consuming the group gave her strength, let her breed Gu Insects with their Martial Soul traits, and transferred the leader's memories to her.
• She revealed that the spiritual-type leader had wounded her soul and used his power to control her children before he died.

The Mother Empress explained how she learned to gather faith and tried to ascend to godhood, only for the God Realm to reject her as a Soul Beast and destroy her accumulated power. After she revealed that the Vague Man had forced her to spend nearly all her remaining faith, he suggested his arrival was another calamity in her long life.

• The Mother Empress told the Vague Man she killed the human expert by evolving Gu Insects immune to his mental attacks, then used his memories, palace, and followers to pursue godhood.
• The Vague Man questioned how the Mother Empress controlled humans, and she explained that she combined the Soul-Absorbing Bell with Parasite Gu to manipulate their desires and make them offer faith.
• The Vague Man deduced that the Mother Empress had already accumulated enough faith to attempt an ascent, and she admitted the God Realm rejected her Soul Beast identity and struck her with Divine Punishment.
• The Mother Empress said she now gathered faith to repair her injured foundation and prepare for another Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation, but had spent nearly all her reserves fighting the Vague Man.
• The Vague Man laughed and suggested that his appearance was another life-or-death calamity for the Mother Empress.

Vague Man offered Mother Empress a chance to reach the God Realm in exchange for leaving the canyon with him, and she accepted. After absorbing Mother Empress’s massive body and transforming into a beautiful woman, she flirted with Vague Man, leaving Shen Liuyu shocked and jealous.

• Vague Man offered Mother Empress a possible path to the God Realm and told her to dispel her dreamscape, conceal her aura, and follow him.
• Mother Empress weighed his offer and agreed to trust him and leave the canyon.
• The Female Insectoid absorbed Mother Empress’s enormous body, which transformed into a tall, beautiful woman.
• Mother Empress teased Vague Man about her appearance, then offered to mate with him in her true form.
• Shen Liuyu was stunned by Mother Empress’s advances and felt jealous and possessive.

The Vague Man arranged for the humans trapped in the Mother Empress’s dream to choose whether to return to reality, while most remained in their blissful illusion. After the journey to Linlang Valley ended, Shen Liuyu asked whether he liked her, and his answer that he liked her as an adorable little sister left her frozen.

• Shen Liuyu clung jealously to the Vague Man, who reassured her that he had only been teasing her.
• The Vague Man asked the Mother Empress to reveal to the sleeping humans that their lives were a dream and let willing people awaken.
• About a dozen humans woke, chose to return to reality, and staggered toward the canyon exit, while thousands stayed in the dream.
• The Vague Man explained to Shen Liuyu that people might refuse to wake if reality meant losing someone they loved, and she tearfully said she never wanted to wake up if they became strangers.
• People watching the Heavenly Curtain reevaluated the Vague Man’s strength and abandoned their desires toward the women of the Duel Arena.
• In the carriage that night, Shen Liuyu asked the Vague Man if he liked her, and he called her an adorable little sister, leaving her stunned.

Shen Liuyu confessed her romantic feelings to the Vague Man, who accepted her and took responsibility for her at the Duel Arena. After the Heavenly Curtain exposed her intimate memory to the continent, it awarded her enough energy to break through to level seventy-five.

• Shen Liuyu confessed that she wanted to spend her life with the Vague Man and have his children, and he promised to take care of her at the Duel Arena.
• Shen Liuyu and the Vague Man kissed and grew intimate in the carriage before the memory faded out.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er realized that a Snow Lotus Cookie had helped change Shen Liuyu's fate and lamented how rarely they saw the person they missed.
• Shen Liuyu blushed in shame at the Dark Night Arena after the Heavenly Curtain exposed her memory, while Zhu Zhuqing wondered why the Monarch had not accepted her advances.
• A golden light enveloped Shen Liuyu and broke her level-seventy-four bottleneck, raising her to level seventy-five.

Shen Liuyu received a Heavenly Ranking reward that upgraded her Soul Rings, while Zhu Zhuqing stopped her from going to see Qin Chen. Qin Chen reached First-Level God after gaining power from several women, and Qing Luan Douluo returned to the Worship Hall with the gravely weakened Guang Ling Douluo.

• The Heavenly Ranking's reward upgraded Shen Liuyu's Soul Rings and strengthened the Mother Empress, who teased her about seeking Qin Chen's attention.
• Zhu Zhuqing, jealous of Shen Liuyu's closeness to Qin Chen, asked her to stay and keep her company, and Shen Liuyu agreed.
• Qin Chen realized that his combined rewards and cultivation with Hua Xi, Doudou, Jiang Zhu, and Bai Chenxiang had raised him to First-Level God.
• Qin Chen stayed in the Dark Night Arena suite with Hua Xi and Jiang Zhu while Bai Chenxiang and Doudou slept nearby.
• Qing Luan Douluo entered the Worship Hall supporting the pale and weakened Guang Ling Douluo.

Guang Ling Douluo reported encountering a powerful dragon-shaped Fierce Beast in the Star Dou Forest, while Qing Luan Douluo warned Spirit Hall that the Dark Night Arena was guarded by formidable experts. As Hu Liena, Spirit Hall, and the Shrek group headed toward the arena, Yu Xiaogang condemned its master and Ma Hongjun envied his success with women.

• Guang Ling Douluo told Qian Daoliu and the other Venerables that a dragon-shaped Fierce Beast with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation had forced him to flee the Star Dou Forest.
• Qing Luan Douluo described the powerful experts at the Dark Night Arena, and Qian Daoliu ordered Spirit Hall to wait for Qian Renxue's next message rather than act rashly.
• Hu Liena recalled someone from her past during the journey to Heaven Dou City and rebuked Yan for calling her Nana.
• Flender worried that Yu Xiaogang would provoke the Dark Night Arena Master, while Yu Xiaogang criticized the man's character for leaving people trapped in the Illusionary Realm.
• Ma Hongjun envied the Arena Master's apparent ability to win over beautiful women with biscuits.

After witnessing the Dark Night Arena Master’s overwhelming strength, Tang San drew confidence from Xiao Wu’s praise, while the Heaven Dou and Star Luo rulers feared the consequences of provoking him. The chapter ended with both empires recognizing that their survival depended on avoiding his anger.

• Dai Mubai rebuked Ma Hongjun for underestimating the Dark Night Arena Master, and Xiao Wu insisted that Tang San would become just as powerful, renewing Tang San’s determination to surpass the man.
• Xue Ye feared the Dark Night Arena Master could destroy the Heaven Dou Empire and agreed with Ning Fengzhi that Xue Xing should beg forgiveness and Xue Ke should remain at the Duel Arena.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the Dark Night Arena Master was likely the person Xue Ke had confessed to in the Heavenly Curtain’s memory.
• Dai Yutian learned that Chen Ying had vanished and the Bai Family had escaped Luode City, and he felt relieved that they had fled before the Star Luo Empire provoked the Dark Night Arena Master.

Dai Yutian ordered his forces to withdraw from Luode City and resolved to treat any Star Luo beauty shown on the Heavenly Curtain with care, hoping to gain the Arena Master’s favor. Meanwhile, Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillars traveled to Cloud Sea Island to investigate the Dragon Palace ruins and seek answers about Sea God Poseidon, but Evil Tiger and Zi Zhenzhu confronted them on the way.

• Dai Yutian ordered the troops surrounding Luode City to withdraw and threatened anyone who leaked news of Chen Ying seeking Bai He.
• Dai Yutian decided that he would treat any stunning woman from the Star Luo Empire shown on the Heavenly Curtain well and send her to Heaven Dou City if the Arena Master took an interest.
• Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillars flew toward Cloud Sea Island, struggling with the revelation that Sea God Poseidon had secretly harmed his brother.
• Evil Tiger blocked their way and taunted them about their god’s exposure, while Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Star Douluo prepared to fight until Bo Saixi stopped them.
• Zi Zhenzhu accused Bo Saixi of coming to silence those who knew the truth, and Bo Saixi asked her to take them to the Dragon Palace ruins so they could judge for themselves.