Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong gathered information at a tea stall in Aojia City, hearing locals discuss executions, wrongful convictions, and the Soul Masters’ Accountability Crime privilege. Yu Xiaogang decided to use the rule to distance himself from the Empire before returning to hunt Fallen Soul Masters, while acknowledging the Sun Moon Imperial Family’s strength.

• Gu Rong questioned a peddler’s tale about Emperor Xu Hongyuan’s miraculous birth and paid him for the story.
• Yu Xiaogang considered the birth-omen tale unusual as he and Gu Rong continued gathering information at the tea stall.
• Locals discussed the annual executions, the risk of wrongful convictions, and how Accountability Crime let Soul Masters shift blame onto others.
• Gu Rong observed that ordinary people resented being excluded from the privilege more than they opposed the privilege itself.
• Yu Xiaogang said he would use Accountability Crime to show the people he was not allied with the Empire, then return to hunting Fallen Soul Masters.
• Gu Rong agreed and recalled being frightened by the strength of the Sun Moon Imperial Family.

Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong watched Aojia City’s condemned prisoners being paraded through the streets before their executions and condemned the Sun Moon Empire’s openly unequal laws. Gu Rong recounted how survivors driven by blood feuds had struck back on the Douluo Continent, leaving the two to consider how the Sun Moon Continent had avoided such reprisals.

• Yu Xiaogang learned how Aojia City’s executions would proceed while he and Gu Rong continued touring the city.
• A Soul Douluo led soldiers escorting the condemned through the streets, where furious residents cursed and threw objects at fallen soul masters.
• Gu Rong argued that the Sun Moon Empire’s authorities had enabled fallen soul masters such as Blood Fiend, and Yu Xiaogang agreed.
• The crowd fell silent as ordinary people sentenced under the accountability law passed by, followed by criminals convicted of rape, abduction, and pillaging.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized the empire for placing accountability-law prisoners ahead of those convicted of violent crimes.
• Gu Rong recalled blood-feud survivors who had destroyed powerful enemies on the Douluo Continent and said the Sun Moon Continent had not learned to fear such reprisals.

Ning Rongrong and the others discussed the importance of investigating enemies thoroughly before acting, while Tang San vowed to avenge his family against Spirit Hall. As executions of Fallen Soul Masters began in Aojia City, Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong questioned how the Sun Moon Continent had captured them alive so easily.

• Ning Rongrong recalled how her father and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's guardian Douluo taught her not to create irreconcilable enmities lightly and to eliminate threats completely when necessary.
• Ma Hongjun pointed to Shrek Academy's talented students from ordinary families as proof that careful upbringing mattered, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.
• Tang San blamed Spirit Hall for his mother's death and his father's condition, and planned to take revenge through ambushes and assassinations once he grew strong enough.
• In Aojia City, prison guards brought Fallen Soul Masters to the execution ground, where officials read their crimes aloud and grieving relatives cursed and stoned them.
• Gu Rong and Yu Xiaogang wondered how the Sun Moon Continent had captured the notoriously desperate Fallen Soul Masters alive, and Gu Rong suspected a hidden secret.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul-Splitting Staffs absorbed fragments of the souls they shattered during executions. He and Gu Rong suspected the fragments were being collected for the empire’s upper ranks, leaving them to question whether the imperial family’s power came from victims’ souls.

• The Sun Moon Empire executed the Fallen Soul Masters with Soul-Splitting Staffs, causing the condemned to suffer and their victims’ families to cheer.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed that the staffs grew duller with every blow and focused his attention on how they changed when they struck.
• Yu Xiaogang discovered that the Soul-Splitting Staffs absorbed fragments of the shattered souls.
• On the way back to the inn, Yu Xiaogang explained his discovery to Gu Rong and suggested the absorbed fragments went to the empire’s upper ranks.
• Gu Rong suspected the Sun Moon Imperial Family might have built its strength by feeding on death-row prisoners’ souls.

Yu Xiaogang and a mysterious black-robed woman disrupted the execution of people sentenced for Accountability Crime, freeing the prisoners and denouncing the Sun Moon Emperor. Yu Xiaogang suspected that his unexpected accomplice had an unusual connection to the Emperor.

• Yu Xiaogang observed the Soul-Calming Hood being used for the executions and recognized it as another device that could steal souls.
• As soldiers prepared to execute the prisoners, Yu Xiaogang and a black-robed woman with emerald-green Dragon Wings called for the execution to stop.
• Yu Xiaogang and the woman cooperated, immobilizing the soldiers and knocking out many officials before Yu Xiaogang cut the prisoners' chains.
• Yu Xiaogang condemned Accountability Crime and criticized the Sun Moon Emperor, while some spectators silently agreed with him.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed the woman nearly attacked him to defend the Emperor and wondered about her unusual identity.

Yu Xiaogang and the woman in black freed prisoners condemned for Accountability Crimes, then faced Lei Zhen, the strongest fighter in Aojia City's garrison. Lei Zhen recognized Yu Xiaogang as the Bloodlight Dragon-Man and decided to capture him, threatening him to surrender.

• Yu Xiaogang and the woman in black defeated the soldiers and officials at the execution and urged the freed prisoners and their families to flee.
• Lei Zhen arrived in Martial Soul Possession, and the woman in black identified him as an eighty-fifth-rank Soul Douluo with the Violent Mountain Lord Martial Soul.
• The woman in black suggested that she and Yu Xiaogang cooperate and escape, but Yu Xiaogang refused to treat Lei Zhen as a serious threat.
• Lei Zhen's mental attack failed to affect Yu Xiaogang and was blocked by the woman in black's Mental Shield.
• Lei Zhen recognized Yu Xiaogang as the Bloodlight Dragon-Man, judged him an easier target than the woman in black, and demanded that he surrender.

Yu Xiaogang effortlessly defeated Lei Zhen after disrupting an execution in Aojia City, then left before the black-robed woman could learn his true strength. The Sun Moon Emperor ordered the Bloodlight Dragon-Man wanted dead or alive.

• Lei Zhen attacked Yu Xiaogang with his Bloodlust and Tiger Stance skills, but Yu Xiaogang sent him flying with a giant Light Element palm.
• Yu Xiaogang struck Lei Zhen with a Spirit Bomb, knocking him unconscious and ending his ability to fight.
• The black-robed woman asked Yu Xiaogang whether he was a Tier 9 Powerhouse, but he claimed he might only be Tier 7.
• Yu Xiaogang left the execution ground, and the black-robed woman vanished afterward.
• News of the disrupted execution and Lei Zhen's defeat reached the Sun Moon Emperor, who ordered the Bloodlight Dragon-Man listed as a wanted criminal, dead or alive.

Grand Duke Dulan Xu Shouyi read the Empire’s wanted notice for the Bloodlight Dragon-Man and defended the unknown powerhouse’s actions, though he called them reckless. He then questioned Flender’s resistance to Soul Tools, unaware that Flender rejected them more strongly than he admitted.

• Xu Shouyi read the wanted notice and learned that the Bloodlight Dragon-Man had defeated the guards at an execution ground and freed prisoners sentenced under the Accountability Crime.
• Xu Shouyi said the Bloodlight Dragon-Man had been hunting Evil Soul Masters, had spared the officials and soldiers, and was not a bad person.
• Flender told Xu Shouyi that the Bloodlight Dragon-Man’s bold actions suited him better than Xu Shouyi’s cautious approach.
• Xu Shouyi asked Flender why he rarely practiced with Soul Tools, and Flender said he trusted his own strength more than tools that could run out or fail.
• Xu Shouyi accepted that Flender favored the Martial Soul Faction, unaware that Flender strongly rejected treating Soul Tools as part of a Soul Master’s strength.

Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei discussed Yu Xiaogang’s public opposition to the Sun Moon Empire’s Accountability Crime and whether they should intervene. Bibi Dong recounted her battles on the Sun Moon Continent and the ridiculous nicknames she had earned, leaving her furious and reluctant to compete again.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei discussed Yu Xiaogang’s rapid rise to fame and condemned the Accountability Crime as intolerable on Douluo Continent.
• Gui Mei asked Bibi Dong whether they should act, and Bibi Dong reflected on the many ways Soul Masters could grow stronger on Douluo Continent.
• Bibi Dong described how she searched for places to fight on the Sun Moon Continent and found only primitive duels, the Martial Soul Center, and gambling-house matches.
• Bibi Dong disguised her appearance and age before competing, but her spider Martial Soul and ruthless fighting earned her the title Soul-Eating Black Widow.
• Bibi Dong objected to the nickname, then heard even more insulting titles and grew too angry to keep competing for a while.

Yu Xiaogang’s Bloodlight Dragon-Man identity gained fame across the Sun Moon Continent as he hunted Fallen Soul Masters and exposed officials who colluded with them. After the public celebrated one corrupt official’s punishment, Yu Xiaogang expanded his targets to include Soul Masters who abused accountability privileges.

• Information about Yu Xiaogang’s past as an Evil Soul Master hunter leaked, and ordinary people admired the Bloodlight Dragon-Man.
• Yu Xiaogang continued rescuing captives from Fallen Soul Masters, and their gratitude and reverence for him grew.
• Rescued townspeople told Yu Xiaogang that an imperial official had colluded with Fallen Soul Masters, so he infiltrated the official’s residence and found evidence.
• Yu Xiaogang crippled the official and exposed his crimes, and the town lord’s trial sentenced him to death.
• The citizens cheered the Bloodlight Dragon-Man, and Yu Xiaogang felt glad as his Soul Power seemed to circulate faster.
• Yu Xiaogang added officials who colluded with Fallen Soul Masters and Soul Masters who abused accountability privileges to his hunting list.

At an imperial court session in Mingdu, Xu Hongyuan punished an intelligence official for failing to uncover anything about the Bloodlight Dragon-Man and assigned Xu Aotian to hunt him down. Xu Hongyuan then ordered Xu Aolong to bring back the runaway woman in black robes, the Dragon-Man’s accomplice.

• Xu Hongyuan demoted the intelligence official three ranks and exiled him to Frost City for failing to gather information on the Bloodlight Dragon-Man.
• Xu Aotian offered to personally capture the Bloodlight Dragon-Man, and Xu Hongyuan entrusted the hunt to him.
• The princes and ministers stayed silent when Xu Hongyuan asked who would bring back the runaway woman in black robes.
• Xu Hongyuan assigned Xu Aolong to retrieve the woman, and Xu Aolong reluctantly accepted.

Yu Xiaogang continued hunting Fallen Soul Masters on the Sun Moon Continent, while observers anticipated his coming clash with Rank 95 Prince Wuwei. At a Martial Soul Center, Yu Xiaogang briefly met a disguised young woman whose identity remained unknown.

• Ning Rongrong worried that the parallel-world Yu Xiaogang might struggle against Prince Wuwei, and Flender explained that the prince’s resources and elite upbringing could make him stronger than an ordinary Rank 95 Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang continued his hunt and had completed seven of the ten Soul Douluo-level Fallen Soul Masters required for the Angel God's second trial.
• Gu Rong reasoned that Titled Douluo-level Fallen Soul Masters were avoiding Yu Xiaogang because his reputation and ability to suppress them had spread.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong entered a town’s Martial Soul Center to arrange lodging and gather information.
• A young woman removed her disguise at the counter, and Yu Xiaogang noticed her beauty and valuable Storage Soul Tool before politely turning back to his paperwork.
• The young woman wondered at Yu Xiaogang’s brief, restrained response, but the two strangers soon went their separate ways.

Yu Xiaogang watched the Emerald Dragon Princess defeat the Martial Soul Center’s Soul Emperor-tier fighters, then accepted her challenge. His strange transformation summoned Little Dragon, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Yu Xiaogang visited the Martial Soul Center’s training ground after concealing his spirit rings and registering as a level-six soul master.
• He recognized the Emerald Dragon Princess as the woman who had helped him disrupt an execution in Aojia City.
• The Emerald Dragon Princess defeated the Martial Soul Center’s Soul Emperor-tier fighters and asked if anyone else would challenge her.
• Yu Xiaogang stepped forward, and he and the Emerald Dragon Princess agreed to spar under limits on their power.
• Yu Xiaogang transformed amid black mist and summoned Little Dragon, shocking the watching soul masters.

Yu Xiaogang fought the Emerald Dragon Princess with Little Dragon, revealing a rare Dark Attribute Martial Soul and a true domain. The battle continued after the Emerald Dragon Princess realized Little Dragon could fight independently alongside Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang summoned Little Dragon in its Dark Attribute form, surprising the Emerald Dragon Princess and the watching Soul Masters.
• At the start of the battle, Little Dragon spread the Darkness Domain, strengthening Yu Xiaogang and weakening the Emerald Dragon Princess.
• Yu Xiaogang attacked with a staff, while the Emerald Dragon Princess used Martial Soul Possession and blocked his strikes as she tried to close the distance.
• The Emerald Dragon Princess activated her Fourth Spirit Skill, Jade Domain, and sent vines toward Yu Xiaogang.
• Little Dragon destroyed the vines with black rays while Yu Xiaogang kept attacking, leading the Emerald Dragon Princess to realize she faced two coordinated fighters.

Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon fought the Emerald Dragon Princess as she used her plant-based skills and Green Vine Avatar, while Little Dragon grew to match its colossal size. Their clash left the spectators questioning whether this was even a normal battle between Soul Masters.

• The Emerald Dragon Princess strengthened her plants with her Third Soul Skill and sent them after Yu Xiaogang with her Fifth Soul Skill, while Little Dragon attacked her with Dark Rays.
• Yu Xiaogang split his staff into twin blades to cut through the plants as he and Little Dragon fought in coordination.
• The Emerald Dragon Princess summoned her six-meter Green Vine Avatar, and Yu Xiaogang called on Little Dragon to grow to the same size.
• The Emerald Dragon Princess wondered whether Yu Xiaogang was destined to become her sworn rival, then ordered her avatar to attack.
• Little Dragon severed the Green Vine Avatar's arm, but the plants regrew it, and the two colossal creatures began battling.
• The watching Soul Masters recoiled from the spectacle, concluding that Yu Xiaogang and the Emerald Dragon Princess were monsters rather than examples of a normal fight.

Spectators on both continents watched Yu Xiaogang and the Emerald Dragon Princess clash in colossal forms, while Shrek Academy’s students questioned the limits of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass. As the battle continued, the Emerald Dragon Princess’s Soul Power dwindled, but Yu Xiaogang remained nearly unaffected.

• Spectators marveled at the Emerald Dragon Princess’s strength and compared her to Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao.
• Shrek Academy’s students judged Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass inferior to the Emerald Dragon Princess’s plant-based abilities, while Tang San resolved to rely on his second Martial Soul and Tang Sect inheritance.
• The Emerald Dragon Princess realized that maintaining her Green Vine Avatar had consumed more than half her Soul Power, while Yu Xiaogang showed no signs of fatigue.
• Yu Xiaogang attributed his endurance to Little Dragon’s low upkeep, Soul Power stored in its Spirit Rings, the Darkness Domain, and his rapidly recovering Soul Power Vortex.

Yu Xiaogang defeated Ye Aoxin in a spar at the Martial Soul Center, and she vowed to beat him someday. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong encountered her again as they prepared to leave.

• Yu Xiaogang's Little Dragon tore apart Ye Aoxin's Green Vine Avatar, forcing her to concede the match.
• Ye Aoxin asked Yu Xiaogang about his identity, then introduced herself as Ye Aoxin; he gave his name and explained that his Martial Soul was called Dark Giant Dragon.
• Ye Aoxin admitted Yu Xiaogang was the first opponent of her level to defeat her and vowed to reclaim her glory, while Yu Xiaogang wished her luck.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong left their room the next day and met Ye Aoxin at the Martial Soul Center counter as she checked out.
• Gu Rong learned that Yu Xiaogang and Ye Aoxin had met through a spar and guessed that Yu Xiaogang had defeated her.

Yu Xiaogang and Ye Aoxin both wanted the last Soul Power Vehicle to Silver Moon City, but neither wanted to share it. While they considered their options, Gu Rong entertained Yu Xiaogang with stories about Yu Yuanzhen’s admirers and declared that Yu Xiaogang had even greater romantic prospects.

• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Aoxin arrived separately at the rental station and learned that only one vehicle remained for their trip to Silver Moon City.
• The owner warned them that refusing to share the vehicle could mean waiting days for another one or walking, but neither agreed to ride together.
• Gu Rong encouraged Yu Xiaogang to use the coincidence as a chance to get closer to Ye Aoxin, and Yu Xiaogang asked him about his father.
• Gu Rong told Yu Xiaogang that Yu Yuanzhen had attracted many admirers during his travels, including three famous women who followed him and tried to keep others away.
• Gu Rong said Yu Xiaogang’s looks, talent, status, and future as sect master made him an even more desirable match than Yu Yuanzhen had been.

Ye Aoxin and Yu Xiaogang shared a carriage to Silver Moon City and discussed their ages, strength, and the many young geniuses appearing across the continent. Yu Xiaogang wondered whether the Sun Moon Continent had its own path to godhood, leaving him interested in investigating further.

• Ye Aoxin offered to pay double to rent the carriage alone, but Gu Rong objected, and the group agreed to share it to Silver Moon City.
• Gu Rong asked Ye Aoxin her age and praised her for being a Tier 6 soul master at twenty-five, while Ye Aoxin questioned Yu Xiaogang about his age and strength.
• Yu Xiaogang said he was under thirty-five, and Ye Aoxin guessed he was not yet thirty and considered him a genius comparable to herself.
• Ye Aoxin recalled the numerous young talents emerging across the continent, including the Bloodlight Dragon-Man, Xu Shouyi's gifted student, and a Black Widow Spider soul master.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered whether the Sun Moon Continent had ever produced a god and considered investigating for a place like Sea God Island.

Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong heard Ye Aoxin recount secrets of the Sun Moon Continent, including a terrifying being deep in the Evil Demon Forest and the achievements of Tier 9 Soul Engineer Mo Qianji. Yu Xiaogang steered the conversation toward the imperial family, leaving Gu Rong thoughtful about Ye Aoxin’s suspiciously proud reactions.

• Ye Aoxin told Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong that her ancestor had fled the Evil Demon Forest after encountering the father of a hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant.
• Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, powerful beings dismissed the Evil Demon Forest’s strongest creature, though a gentle voice cautioned that the Sun Moon Continent might produce an equal to them.
• Ye Aoxin described Mo Qianji’s role in advancing soul tools and said Tier 9 Soul Tools could overwhelm ordinary Tier 9 powerhouses.
• Yu Xiaogang praised the princes for being able to withstand Tier 9 Soul Tools, and Ye Aoxin responded with pride.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether the Emperor, currently at Tier 9, 8-Star, could reach the 9-Star consummate realm, while Gu Rong considered Ye Aoxin’s reactions.