Chapter Summaries

Seahorse Douluo tried to win Dugu Bo’s support by claiming he had come to the mainland with his people seeking a place to settle and make friends. Dugu Bo accepted his offer of friendship while remaining wary, and sent a disciple to show him around the Righteous Unity Sect.

• Dugu Bo recognized that Seahorse Douluo’s attempt to join the Righteous Unity Sect was likely a scheme, and decided to meet him himself.
• Seahorse Douluo introduced himself as Ou Ya, titled Seahorse, and gave Dugu Bo a detailed account of his supposed life and lost childhood friends.
• Dugu Bo noticed the flaws in Seahorse Douluo’s story and asked what he wanted from the sect.
• Seahorse Douluo said he hoped to find a way to support his people, but Dugu Bo refused to prioritize outsiders over the Righteous Unity Sect’s disciples.
• Seahorse Douluo insisted that he only wanted to make a friend of Dugu Bo, who agreed and accepted his gift of dried fish.
• Dugu Bo had Xiao Niu show Seahorse Douluo around the sect and instructed him to give the guest local specialties when he left.

Wu Qi recovered in the Extreme North Land and returned to Icebound Town, where he learned that Seahorse Douluo was still in Heaven Dou City negotiating with the Righteous Unity Sect. He sent Dugu Bo and the elders instructions to delay killing Seahorse Douluo unless a clear opportunity and justification arose, then headed toward Spirit City.

• Dugu Bo and the elders discussed how to deal with Seahorse Douluo without revealing their ties to Spirit Hall or jeopardizing Wu Qi's position.
• Tang Shang advised Seahorse Douluo to remain in Heaven Dou City and make the Righteous Unity Sect believe they had other options, and Seahorse Douluo accepted.
• Wu Qi recovered, left Qiangu Changkong and the others in the Extreme North Land, and returned to Icebound Town.
• Wu Qi learned that Spirit Hall had remained quiet and that Seahorse Douluo was still in Heaven Dou City, unaware that the Righteous Unity Sect was watching him.
• Wu Qi told the sect to kill Seahorse Douluo only if a suitable opportunity and justification appeared, sent a Speed Hall disciple to deliver the message, and said he would next appear in Spirit City.

Seahorse Douluo realized the Righteous Unity Sect had not been eager to recruit him and returned to Dugu Bo to mend their relationship. Dugu Bo arranged for him to transport medicinal herbs, using the job to test his character and draw him closer to the sect.

• Seahorse Douluo and Tang Shang concluded that the Righteous Unity Sect showed little interest in recruiting him, so Tang Shang advised him to explain his dealings with Heaven Dou City's nobles and gauge Dugu Bo's attitude.
• Seahorse Douluo visited Dugu Bo, apologized for associating with the nobles, and asked him for a way to support his group from Sea God Island.
• Dugu Bo said he had found a job for Seahorse Douluo within the sect's businesses, though he had not yet informed the disciples.
• Seahorse Douluo offered to serve Dugu Bo, and the two spoke warmly before Dugu Bo summoned Yang Ben to discuss a delivery job.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Ben arranged for Seahorse Douluo and his companions to transport medicinal herbs, with Dugu Bo promising the sect's future transport work if they handled the job well.

Wu Qi crossed the sea from Vast Sea City and reached Luèhǎi City on the Sun Moon Continent, where he began looking for a way to exchange medicinal herbs for local currency. He left off heading to a pawnshop after learning the city’s Auction Houses were closed unless an auction was underway.

• Chai Rong warned Wu Qi that ships sent to explore beyond the sea had never returned, but Wu Qi said he had reliable intelligence and continued west alone.
• Wu Qi flew across the sea and reached a coastline he identified as the eastern shore of the Sun Moon Continent.
• Wu Qi learned that the city was Luèhǎi City, a border city of the Blazing Sun Empire, and discovered that the continent used gold, silver, and copper coins.
• Wu Qi asked stall owner Old Zhang for directions to an Auction House or pawnshop and received guidance to the nearest pawnshop.
• Wu Qi set out for the pawnshop after learning that local Auction Houses only operated during auctions and required proof of assets.

Wu Qi sold ten high-grade medicinal herbs at a pawnshop in Luèhǎi City and learned about Changde Academy’s Soul Tool courses. After the innkeepers realized he might make a large procurement there, they decided to use the opportunity to build ties with the academy.

• Wu Qi sold ten high-grade medicinal herbs to He Chen and two other innkeepers for twenty-one thousand Gold Coins.
• A pawnshop clerk told Wu Qi that Changde Academy taught Soul Tool courses and that its Soul Tool Department vice dean was reportedly a Sixth-Rank Soul Master.
• Wu Qi planned to visit Changde Academy to assess its Soul Tool technology and eventually bring it back to the Douluo Continent.
• He Chen told his fellow innkeepers that Wu Qi was a mysterious Count interested in Soul Tool technology.
• The three innkeepers agreed to offer Changde Academy intelligence about Wu Qi’s potential large-scale procurement to strengthen their business ties.

Wu Qi recruited the falsely accused Wu Qingtian after exposing the real thief who had framed him. Wu Qingtian arrived at Wu Qi’s hotel room dressed as a steward, where Wu Qi asked about his Soul Power and lack of a Soul Ring.

• Wu Qi summoned a clever youth from the street and stopped the City Guard Captain from whipping him.
• Wu Qi exposed a thief in the crowd, and the man confessed to framing Wu Qingtian for his thefts.
• Wu Qingtian cleared his name, introduced himself, and accepted Wu Qi’s Gold Coin and offer to serve as his steward.
• Wu Qingtian changed into respectable clothes and arrived early at Wu Qi’s hotel room.
• Wu Qi learned that fourteen-year-old Wu Qingtian had been stuck at Soul Power Level Ten without obtaining a Soul Ring.

Wu Qi sent Wu Qingtian to Changde Academy with a letter to arrange an inspection, hoping to assess the academy and its Soul Tool technology. Principal Ma Benming visited Wu Qi with Zhao Chenggong, and Wu Qi began questioning Zhao about offensive Soul Tools and their use in combat.

• Wu Qingtian told Wu Qi that his Innate Soul Power was rank eight and revealed his Mysterious Eagle Martial Soul, and Wu Qi tasked him with buying a luxurious carriage and delivering a letter to Changde Academy.
• Wu Qi considered Wu Qingtian's suspicious past and talent while secretly tracking him as he commissioned a carriage and delivered the letter to Principal Ma Benming.
• Ma Benming convened academy leaders, who discussed the possibility that Wu Qi wanted to buy advanced Soul Tool technology and whether selling academy secrets for funding was worthwhile.
• Two days later, Ma Benming and Zhao Chenggong visited Wu Qi at his hotel, and Wu Qi asked Zhao about offensive Soul Tools, Soul Master compatibility, and practical combat experience.

Wu Qi visited Changde Academy after weighing his negotiations with Ma Benming and Zhao Chenggong, then inspected its Soul Tool research facilities and learned about Zhao Chenggong’s unfinished Ultimate Weapon. He asked the academy to sell him comprehensive Soul Tool knowledge and blueprints, leaving the price and terms to be negotiated.

• Ma Benming and Zhao Chenggong left Wu Qi’s hotel after testing his strength, and Ma urged Zhao to serve Wu Qi in hopes of returning to the Royal Academy.
• Wu Qi explained to Wu Qingtian that he had refused their invitation to avoid losing leverage, then said they would visit Changde Academy when the time was right.
• After visiting the Auction House, Wu Qi traveled to Changde Academy, where Ma Benming and other Teachers welcomed him.
• Wu Qi toured the Soul Tool Department, and Zhao Chenggong showed him an unfinished Tower-type Soul Tool called the Ultimate Weapon while hinting that he needed funding and rare metals.
• Wu Qi asked Ma Benming to name a price for comprehensive First- to Sixth-Rank Soul Tool technology and said they could evaluate higher-rank blueprints individually.

Wu Qi bought Soul Tool techniques and blueprints from Changde Academy and recruited Zhao Chenggong to help him find higher-rank designs in Mingdu. Zhao Chenggong asked Wu Qi to protect him during his Seven-Rank Soul Master assessment, and they prepared to leave for Mingdu the next morning.

• Ma Benming persuaded Zhao Chenggong to sell the academy's seventh-rank Soul Tool blueprints to Wu Qi, and Zhao Chenggong brought out all of them.
• Wu Qi offered two high-rank medicinal herbs and asked Zhao Chenggong to find sellers of higher-rank blueprints, promising him a share.
• Zhao Chenggong offered to introduce Wu Qi to his first teacher in Mingdu and asked for protection and assistance with his Seven-Rank Soul Master assessment; Wu Qi agreed.
• Zhao Chenggong refused Ma Benming's request to accompany them to Mingdu, warning him that the journey could be dangerous.
• Wu Qingtian told Wu Qi that the city lord's manor had sent a Visit Card and a map, and asked whether he would meet them.

Wu Qi learned the truth about Wu Qingtian’s past, helped him obtain his First Soul Ring, and set out with him and Zhao Chenggong for Mingdu. In Heaven Dou City, Dugu Bo brought Seahorse Douluo to the annual Grand Court Meeting so he could witness officials reporting to the Emperor.

• Wu Qingtian told Wu Qi that a local gentry had trafficked children and abused him, and that righteous men had later killed the gentry’s family.
• Wu Qi verified Wu Qingtian’s account, asked him to call him Brother Wu, and took him to hunt a Soul Ring.
• Wu Qi found a dark-attribute Sea Soul Beast for Wu Qingtian, who absorbed its Soul Ring and reached Soul Power Level seventeen.
• Wu Qi warned Wu Qingtian to keep his Soul Skills secret, then traveled with him and Zhao Chenggong toward Mingdu.
• Dugu Bo summoned Seahorse Douluo to Chángníng Street and explained that the gathered officials were attending the annual Grand Court Meeting.

Dugu Bo introduced Seahorse Douluo to Xue Qinghe, who offered him an imperial assignment while secretly testing his loyalty. Meanwhile, Wu Qi and his companions reached Mingdu, where Zhao Chenggong brought him to meet his revered teacher, who recognized Zhao at the door.

• Dugu Bo brought Seahorse Douluo to the imperial palace and introduced him to Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi reassured Xue Qinghe about Seahorse Douluo, and Dugu Bo suggested that the Sea Soul Master serve the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe offered Seahorse Douluo an important task, and Seahorse Douluo pledged to serve the empire.
• After a month of travel, Wu Qi and his companions arrived in Mingdu and entered the city without a search.
• Zhao Chenggong led Wu Qi to his teacher's residence, where the old man opened the gate and asked if Zhao was Little Zhao.

Wu Qi bought high-rank Soul Tool blueprints from Lu Mingcheng and identified a Ninth-Rank design as the control brain for complex Soul Tools. After the trade, Zhao Chenggong warned that researching and miniaturizing it would require a Ninth-Rank Soul Master and costly repeated failures.

• Zhao Chenggong introduced Wu Qi to Lu Mingcheng, who warned that returning to Mingdu for a Soul Master assessment could put Zhao in danger.
• Wu Qi offered to buy Lu Mingcheng's blueprints and help Zhao Chenggong complete the Seventh-Rank Soul Master assessment.
• After Zhao Chenggong persuaded him, Lu Mingcheng agreed to trade copied Eighth-Rank blueprints and an original Ninth-Rank blueprint.
• Wu Qi recognized the Ninth-Rank design as a Soul Tool control brain and explained how it could operate complex Soul Tools autonomously.
• At an inn, Zhao Chenggong questioned the blueprint's value and warned that developing and miniaturizing it would be difficult, expensive, and prone to failure.

Wu Qi protected Zhao Chenggong as he applied for a seventh-rank Soul Engineer assessment despite threats from officials who opposed his ties to Lu Mingcheng. At the Royal Academy, with assassins waiting, Zhao Chenggong asked whether joining Wu Qi’s faction would keep him safe.

• Wu Qi dismissed a group of rich youths sent to probe them and urged Zhao Chenggong to register for his assessment.
• Zhao Chenggong refused the nobles’ offers, citing his gratitude to Lu Mingcheng, and asked Wu Qi to protect him until he could return to Changde Academy.
• Wu Qi kept Zhao Chenggong in the hotel as officials investigated him and arranged assassins.
• Wu Qi used his spiritual power to stop the assassins following them to the materials market, and Zhao Chenggong bought what he needed for the assessment.
• At the Royal Academy, Wu Qi warned Zhao Chenggong that officials had replaced the Soul Tool Department’s students with their subordinates and might kill him if he refused to yield.
• Zhao Chenggong asked to join Wu Qi’s faction for protection, and Wu Qi agreed while warning him never to betray him.

Zhao Chenggong accepted Wu Qi’s offer after realizing the Blazing Sun Empire’s officials meant to kill him, and began his assessment to become a Seven-Rank Soul Master. Wu Qi faced down the officials and Elder Huo, who left after their tense exchange, while Zhao Chenggong’s assessment continued.

• Zhao Chenggong decided to join Wu Qi after Wu Qi explained that the officials were conspiring against him, and Wu Qi promised to take him away safely.
• At the Royal Academy’s Soul Tool Department laboratory, Wu Qi incapacitated Li Yao’s guards with spiritual power after Li Yao challenged his right to sit in the front row.
• Elder Huo intervened by throwing Li Yao out of the venue, then took a seat as the assessment began.
• Wu Qingtian privately insulted Elder Huo, and Wu Qi warned him that the Title Douluo could hear him.
• Wu Qi told Elder Huo through Sound Transmission that he would not serve the Crown Prince and warned the Royal Family against obstructing his departure with Zhao Chenggong.
• Elder Huo questioned whether Wu Qi was from the New Moon Empire, then left the assessment venue after Wu Qi refused to back down.

Wu Qi watched Zhao Chenggong complete his Seventh Rank Soul Tool examination in Mingdu while learning that Evil Soul Masters were joining forces with nobles. After Zhao Chenggong passed, Wu Qi prepared to break out with him and return to Douluo Continent using Hunter’s spatial methods.

• Elder Huo told Crown Prince Xu Chen that Wu Qi’s strength was impossible to discern and might reach the level of an Ultimate Douluo, so Xu Chen warned him not to offend Wu Qi.
• A leader gathered Evil Soul Masters in Mingdu and urged them to cooperate with influential figures for power and prey.
• Wu Qi sensed the Evil Soul Masters arriving at the Royal Academy and contacted the God of Destruction to send Hunter, planning to use Hunter’s spatial abilities to return with Zhao Chenggong to Douluo Continent.
• Zhao Chenggong completed his backpack-like Seventh Rank Soul Tool, and two Soul Saints tested it in combat at the Royal Academy examination grounds.
• After the chief examiner certified Zhao Chenggong as a Seven-Rank Soul Master, Zhao Chenggong rebuffed several nobles, while Wu Qi told him to put on the Soul Tool and prepare to break out.

Wu Qi destroyed the Evil Soul Masters and Assassins at the Royal Academy, then left the Sun Moon Continent with Wu Qingtian and Zhao Chenggong. In Heaven Dou City, Seahorse Douluo promised Duke Conna his support while learning that the Hanhai Situation Cover might be in the Royal Family’s Treasure Vault.

• Wu Qi revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and drowned the Evil Soul Masters and Assassins at the Royal Academy with his Tidal Wave Soul Skill.
• Wu Qi sent Wu Qingtian ahead and Zhao Chenggong followed as they departed Mingdu.
• Wu Qi invited Wu Qingtian to join him, and Wu Qingtian agreed to go wherever he went.
• Wu Qi recognized that Zhao Chenggong could help Spirit Hall develop Soul Tool experts and planned to wait with his companions for a friend in a nearby city.
• Duke Conna confronted Seahorse Douluo over his growing influence at court, and Seahorse Douluo promised to support him unconditionally.
• Duke Conna mentioned the Royal Treasury, prompting Seahorse Douluo to suspect the Hanhai Situation Cover was in the Royal Family’s Treasure Vault.

Seahorse Douluo learned from Duke Conna that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was in the Royal Treasury and planned to steal it, but he remained suspicious of reports that Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo would leave Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Seahorse Douluo wondering whether the intelligence was a trap.

• Duke Conna pretended to be drunk and revealed that the Royal Family guarded the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while concealing that he was deliberately feeding Seahorse Douluo information.
• Seahorse Douluo left Duke Conna's residence and told Tang Shang that he intended to infiltrate the Royal Treasury and obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Tang Shang warned Seahorse Douluo that the Treasury was heavily guarded and that he would have to act alone, then advised him to move before Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo left for the front lines.
• Seahorse Douluo questioned whether Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo were truly leaving Heaven Dou City and suspected that the opportunity might be suspicious.

Tang Shang eased Seahorse Douluo’s suspicions, and Seahorse Douluo prepared to steal the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou treasury. Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi had never truly left Heaven Dou City, and they watched from the Imperial Study as Seahorse Douluo walked into their trap.

• Tang Shang persuaded Seahorse Douluo that his unease came from his guilty conscience, and Seahorse Douluo ordered his men to watch Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo.
• Wu Qi asked Hunter to transport Zhao Chenggong and Wu Qingtian to Douluo Continent, and Hunter reluctantly agreed to take them toward Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo pretended to leave Heaven Dou City, convincing Seahorse Douluo that the city’s powerful defenders were gone.
• Seahorse Douluo waited two days, arranged for the Sea God Island Soul Masters to leave, and headed to the supposed second entrance of the imperial treasury.
• Xue Qinghe, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and the others monitored Seahorse Douluo from the Imperial Study, and Ning Fengzhi advised Xue Qinghe not to reveal himself.

Seahorse Douluo’s attempt to rob the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasure vault was exposed as a trap, while Yang Wudi’s forces ambushed the Sea God Island group sent away from the city. Seahorse Douluo fled into an encirclement and was killed by Sword Path Chen Xin.

• Seahorse Douluo broke into a hidden passage beneath a collapsed house, believing it led to the treasure vault, while Yang Wudi confronted Tang Shang and his group on a country road.
• Yang Wudi revealed that Seahorse Douluo was robbing the vault and led Righteous Unity Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect experts in killing the Sea God Island group.
• Seahorse Douluo discovered the passage ended in a natural cavern, realized Duke Conna had tricked him, and rushed back toward Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi and the Royal Knights confronted Seahorse Douluo in the city, and he escaped the encirclement after Ning Fengzhi ordered Sword Path Chen Xin to wait until he left the city.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had uncovered Seahorse Douluo’s identity and arranged the trap, then Sword Path Chen Xin sealed the battlefield and killed Seahorse Douluo.

Chen Xin killed Seahorse Douluo after he attacked Heaven Dou Empire soldiers, while warning Dugu Bo not to underestimate Sea God Island. Wu Qi returned to Heaven Dou City with Zhao Chenggong and Wu Qingtian, then met the elders of the Righteous Unity Sect and called for a Sect Assembly.

• Chen Xin killed Seahorse Douluo and took his body back to Heaven Dou City to justify the execution publicly.
• Hunter brought Wu Qi, Zhao Chenggong, and Wu Qingtian back to Douluo Continent before leaving to conserve his Soul Power.
• Wu Qi explained Douluo Continent's Soul Master strength and Spirit Hall's influence, then offered Zhao Chenggong elder-level treatment and support for his Soul Tool research.
• Three days later, Wu Qi arrived in Heaven Dou City and saw notices announcing Seahorse Douluo and the others had been executed.
• Wu Qi met Dugu Bo and the Righteous Unity Sect elders, rewarded their work, and asked them to gather the new elders for a Sect Assembly.