Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi explained why the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was detouring toward the Black Rock Mountain Range to investigate rumors of a mysterious expert. The carriages continued toward the range as he considered how to recruit the expert if they found him.

• Ning Xin questioned why Ning Fengzhi had diverted the journey to investigate uncertain rumors about a battle near the Black Rock Mountain Range.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the sect needed a new peak expert to replace the protection lost with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that personally recruiting the rumored expert could earn the sect lasting loyalty, unlike hiring him through the Mercenary Guild.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Xin and Elder Ning that the detour was a low-risk opportunity to investigate reports of an unusual battle while traveling toward Gengxin City.
• Ning Xin accepted Ning Fengzhi's reasoning, and the carriages continued toward the Black Rock Mountain Range.

Kraken sold a high-quality Soul Bone at the Gengxin City Mercenary Guild to fund his search for information about powerful Soul Masters. He grew wary when Ning Fengzhi arrived and appeared to assess him, leaving Kraken to wonder whether the sect master had come for him.

• Kraken offered a thirty-thousand-year fire-attribute left arm Soul Bone to the guild for an immediate purchase.
• Kraken agreed to the guild's price and requested payment in unregistered Gold Soul Cards and large-denomination cash.
• Kraken reflected on the flood of unreliable leads generated by his bounty for information about powerful Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi entered the guild with attendants, and Kraken sensed that his glance carried an intent to assess him.
• Ning Fengzhi went to a VIP room, while Kraken stayed on guard and weighed whether to wait for his payment or leave Gengxin City.

Kraken sold a Fire-Attribute Left Arm Bone, then accepted Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to meet him in the guild’s VIP room. Ning Fengzhi offered the Soul Bone back as a gift to form a friendship, leaving Kraken wary and undecided about whether to accept it.

• The guild steward gave Kraken an anonymous Gold Soul Card and a Storage Soul Guidance Ring, then told him Ning Fengzhi wanted to meet him.
• Kraken weighed the risks of refusing or meeting Ning Fengzhi and chose to follow the steward to the VIP room.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced himself, identified Kraken as “Mister Kela,” and explained that he had bought the Fire-Attribute Left Arm Bone from the guild.
• Ning Fengzhi offered the Soul Bone back to Kraken as a meeting present, saying he hoped they would become friends.
• Kraken refused the gift at first and questioned Ning Fengzhi’s motives, but Ning Fengzhi reassured him and continued holding out the Soul Bone as Kraken considered what to do.

Kraken refused Ning Fengzhi’s fire-attribute Soul Bone and rebuffed his offers of friendship, but reconsidered when Ning offered to introduce him to a solitary Title Douluo. Kraken accepted the Soul Bone and agreed to travel with Ning Fengzhi to Sunset Forest, where he suspected they might find Dugu Bo.

• Kraken declined Ning Fengzhi’s Soul Bone and explained that he did not want to become entangled with factions.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that he knew Kraken was seeking information about powerful solitary Soul Masters and offered to introduce him to a solitary Title Douluo.
• Kraken suspected Ning Fengzhi wanted to recruit him as a powerful ally for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Kraken accepted the Soul Bone and asked when Ning Fengzhi could arrange the introduction.
• Ning Fengzhi said the senior was staying in Sunset Forest and proposed they travel there together that afternoon.
• Kraken agreed to leave with Ning Fengzhi and waited alone in the guild’s VIP room.

After an assassin attacked Ning Fengzhi in Gengxin City, Ning Xin told Kraken that the Sect Master could not accompany him to Sunset Forest and gave him a token to contact Dugu Bo. Kraken left for the forest alone, suspecting either the Star Luo Empire or Spirit Hall remnants had ordered the attack.

• Ning Xin told Kraken that an unknown assassin had attacked Ning Fengzhi and seriously wounded Elder Bai, though Ning Fengzhi had escaped unharmed.
• Ning Xin gave Kraken Dugu Bo’s token and explained that he could activate it in Sunset Forest to request a meeting.
• Kraken accepted Ning Fengzhi’s apology and decided to travel to Sunset Forest by himself.
• Kraken considered the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall remnants as the likeliest forces behind the assassination attempt.
• Kraken left the guild hall and disappeared into Gengxin City’s crowds.

Kraken returned to the Mercenary Guild and canceled his high-level bounty mission after checking that rumors about Ning Fengzhi’s assassination had not implicated him. As he left Gengxin City, he heard that Shrek Academy had gained another Title Douluo, a report that left him questioning what had happened.

• Kraken listened in a tavern near the Mercenary Guild and confirmed that rumors about Ning Fengzhi’s assassination had spread, but no one had mentioned his mission or Ning Fengzhi’s secret meeting.
• Kraken sneaked back into the Mercenary Guild and ordered the clerk to cancel his high-level bounty mission, intimidating him into processing the request.
• Kraken destroyed the invalidated mission token and left the guild without caring about the lost deposit and fees.
• Kraken overheard mercenaries say that the Heaven Dou Empire had sent gifts and honors to Shrek Academy after it gained another Title Douluo.
• Kraken wondered how Shrek Academy could have gained another Title Douluo when he thought he had killed them all.

Dugu Bo sensed Kraken activating Ning Fengzhi’s token near Sunset Forest and recalled Ning Fengzhi’s request to receive him, though he remained suspicious and postponed meeting him until he finished making medicinal powder. Kraken waited at the forest’s poisonous-miasma border, but received no response and wondered whether his method was wrong or Dugu Bo was absent.

• Dugu Bo noticed the emerald token resonating and realized someone other than Ning Fengzhi was using it near Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo remembered Ning Fengzhi’s message describing Kela as a powerful lone Soul Master who might be vital to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Bo agreed to meet the visitor for Ning Fengzhi’s sake but decided to finish his batch of Bilin Seven Absolutes Powder first.
• Kraken stopped channeling Soul Power into the token after waiting about a quarter of an hour without a response.

Kraken waited outside Sunset Forest until Dugu Bo appeared and recognized that Kela was not an ordinary human Soul Master. Dugu Bo remained wary as Kela presented Ning Fengzhi’s token and prepared to explain his request.

• Kraken waited three days outside Sunset Forest and repeatedly tried to use the Jade Snake-Scale Token to contact Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo appeared at the passage entrance and sensed that Kela possessed an inhuman, powerful aura.
• Kraken emerged from hiding, introduced himself as Kela, and said he had come at Ning Fengzhi’s request with a token.
• Dugu Bo recalled Ning Fengzhi’s message, abandoned his initial contempt, and cautiously questioned Kela’s purpose.
• Dugu Bo warned that Ning Fengzhi’s token would not guarantee his help if Kela’s request was too troublesome or involved matters too deeply.

Kraken followed Dugu Bo through the poison miasma toward Dragon Fall Basin, aware that Dugu Bo was leading him into a trap. At the basin’s outskirts, Dugu Bo confronted Kraken about his identity and intentions, and Kraken launched a gray attack at his chest.

• Kraken accepted Dugu Bo’s offer to guide him to Dragon Fall Basin, hiding his awareness that Dugu Bo intended to ambush him.
• Dugu Bo led Kraken through the poison-mist region while monitoring his ability to resist the poison.
• Kraken quietly surveyed the route and kept Dan-Devour ready as they reached the basin’s dark red outskirts.
• Dugu Bo stopped among the rocks, spread poisonous mist around Kraken, and demanded to know who he was and what he was plotting.
• Kraken revealed a point of gray light on his fingertip and sent it shooting toward Dugu Bo’s chest.

Kraken’s lethal Dan-Devour nearly struck Dugu Bo, who dodged and made an explosion to signal for help. Dugu Bo tried to hold Kraken off with his poison domain and Ninth Soul Skill, but Kraken resisted the poison and warned that the reinforcements would not come.

• Dugu Bo narrowly dodged Kraken’s Dan-Devour, which burned through his robe and wounded him with its passing.
• Dugu Bo blasted the ground to spread his poison mist and create a commotion that might alert Zhao Wuji and the others.
• Kraken recognized Dugu Bo’s attempt to stall for reinforcements and watched as Dugu Bo prepared a stronger poison formation.
• Dugu Bo attacked with his Ninth Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus Divine Light, and swarmed Kraken with poison-mist creatures.
• Kraken’s Soul Power field kept the poison from reaching him, and he told Dugu Bo that his expected reinforcements probably would not arrive.
• Dugu Bo dismissed Kraken’s warning but grew uneasy and reached toward special existences deep within Dragon Fall Basin.

Kraken convinced Dugu Bo that Zhao Wuji, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wushuang would not come to help, and implied that he had caused their disappearance during the Earth Dragon Lizard hunt. Dugu Bo realized he was isolated and trapped, while Kraken prepared to settle their conflict.

• Dugu Bo noticed that no reinforcements were approaching and feared Zhao Wuji and the others had been wiped out.
• Kraken taunted Dugu Bo about waiting for help and revealed he knew about the group’s hunt for the Earth Dragon Lizard.
• Dugu Bo accused Kraken of causing Zhao Wuji and the others’ disappearance and erupted in rage.
• Kraken denied neither involvement nor responsibility, then told Dugu Bo that no one was coming to save him.
• Kraken unleashed a vast, ancient Deep Sea aura that suppressed the poisonous mist and left Dugu Bo weighing whether to flee, fight, or negotiate.

Kraken exploited Dugu Bo’s attempt to activate his Martial Soul Avatar and Medusa’s Gaze, destroying his left eye and interrupting both techniques. He then drained Dugu Bo’s life and power with his Scorpion Tail, leaving a mummy before heading toward the Deep Sea.

• Dugu Bo unleashed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar and prepared to use Medusa’s Gaze.
• Kraken struck Dugu Bo’s left eye with Dan-Devour as he focused on completing his transformation and activating his Soul Bone skill.
• The attack destroyed Dugu Bo’s eye, interrupted his techniques, and caused his Avatar to collapse.
• Kraken pierced Dugu Bo’s chest with his Scorpion Tail and devoured his Soul Power, vitality, and Origin Poison.
• Dugu Bo died as a shriveled mummy, and Kraken slipped away toward the Deep Sea.

Kraken returned to the deep-sea rift to check on the sleeping Demon Empress and strengthen the energy domain sustaining her. He received an update on efforts to recruit deep-sea clans against Sea God Island and left Tieshan and Moyuan to guard the Demon Empress.

• Kraken descended into the deep sea and met Tieshan and Moyuan, who reported that the Demon Empress remained asleep and stable.
• Kraken visited the Eye of the Deep Sea and fed it energy drawn from the life essence of Titled Douluo and Soul Douluo.
• Kraken received news that Left Guard and Right Guard had contacted deep-sea clans, with some showing interest, others hesitating, and some refusing.
• Kraken ordered Tieshan and Moyuan to continue guarding the Demon Empress above all else.

Kraken discovered that Tieshan and Mo Yuan had reshaped the sleeping Demon Empress into a mermaid-like form to conceal her, then heard the Left Guard and Right Guard return with three Evil Spirit Orcas. The chapter ended with Kraken fixing his attention on the two-hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King.

• Kraken examined the sleeping Demon Empress and demanded that Tieshan and Mo Yuan explain why she had a human torso and fish tail.
• Tieshan and Mo Yuan admitted that they and the Left Guard and Right Guard had reshaped her sleeping body to conceal her immense whale form and life fluctuations.
• Kraken recognized the concealment benefits but worried that the Demon Empress would punish them when she woke.
• The Left Guard and Right Guard returned from contacting the deep-sea clans and announced that they had brought three Evil Spirit Orcas back for Kraken's judgment.
• Kraken focused on the two-hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King, whose defiant gaze faltered under his stare.

Kraken confronted the newly arrived Evil Orca King, who mistook him for a human or a transformed soul beast and denounced him as a traitor. Kraken overwhelmed the orca with his pressure, leaving him terrified and submissive, then asked whether they could talk.

• The Evil Orca King arrived, saw the sleeping mermaid, and accused Kraken of being a human who had made Left Guard and Right Guard his servants.
• Left Guard and Right Guard corrected the Evil Orca King and urged him to examine Kraken more carefully.
• The Evil Orca King decided Kraken was a transformed soul beast and denounced him as a traitor and disgrace.
• Kraken stepped forward and released overwhelming pressure, forcing the Evil Orca King and the other Evil Spirit Orcas into terror and submission.
• Kraken withdrew his pressure and calmly asked the Evil Orca King if they could have a proper conversation.

Kraken cowed the Evil Orca King and questioned him about Sea God Island, learning that its patrols had become irregular and its Sacred Pillar Guardians might be injured. He ordered the orcas to stay under guard, leaving open the possibility of using their hatred of Sea God Island.

• Kraken used a burst of intimidating pressure to frighten the Evil Orca King and his two subordinates into submission.
• Kraken asked the Evil Orca King about Sea God Island, its Sacred Pillar Guardians, and its recent movements.
• The Evil Orca King described the clan’s conflict with Sea God Island and reported unusual activity, a secret search, and reduced appearances by two possibly injured guardians.
• Kraken asked whether the orcas would join a chance for revenge, and the Evil Orca King said they would need Kraken or other powerful allies to lead them.
• Kraken warned the Evil Orca King against reckless revenge and ordered him to remain with his subordinates under Left Guard and Right Guard’s watch.

Kraken questioned Left Guard and Right Guard about how they had altered the Demon Empress's form. He let the change stand for its concealment benefits but forbade further alterations or discussion, then sent the guards to their new duties.

• Kraken told Left Guard and Right Guard to keep watch on the Evil Spirit Orca, then asked who had changed the Demon Empress's form and why.
• Right Guard explained that he, Left Guard, Tieshan, and Moyuan had altered her form to improve concealment and make her easier to move if danger arose.
• Left Guard and Right Guard admitted they had tried to imitate Kraken's human form but lacked the skill, producing the Demon Empress's current half-human, half-fish shape.
• Kraken ruled that the form would remain unchanged and ordered them not to discuss the alteration with anyone before the Demon Empress awakened.
• Kraken warned the guards not to repeat their unauthorized changes and ordered them to watch the three orcas, learn the area, and avoid the Demon Empress's resting place and fights without his command.

The Demon Empress awakened in a mermaid body and mistook Kraken for an enemy, blasting him with a devastating attack. Tieshan and Mo Yuan stopped her before she could strike again, leaving her bewildered by her changed form and the colossal mistake she had made.

• Kraken sensed the Eye of the Deep Sea erupt with energy and rushed to the cavern, where the Demon Empress awakened.
• The Demon Empress saw Kraken's humanoid form and, believing him an enemy from Sea God Island, unleashed a destructive torrent at him.
• Kraken transformed into his Blue-Ringed Octopus form and took the attack head-on, crashing into the rift wall.
• Tieshan and Mo Yuan urgently told the Demon Empress that Kraken was their Master and was on her side.
• The Demon Empress recognized the familiar auras, noticed her mermaid body, and realized she might have attacked an ally.

The Demon Empress mistook Kraken for someone poaching her clansmen and attacked him, but Left Guard and Right Guard explained that he had saved and protected her. As Kraken defended himself, the Demon Empress began to realize she had made a mistake.

• The Demon Empress questioned why Tieshan and Moyuan called Kraken their Master and accused him of poaching her clansmen.
• Left Guard and Right Guard arrived and told the Demon Empress that Kraken had awakened and protected her, and that Tieshan and Moyuan served him out of gratitude.
• Kraken reminded the Demon Empress that he had rescued Tieshan and Moyuan, searched for nourishment for her, and taken her strike without retaliating.
• The Demon Empress considered the guards' testimony, the beasts' loyalty, and her connection to Kraken, and her anger began to give way to doubt and awkwardness.

The Demon Empress questioned why she had awakened in a mermaid-like form, and Kraken blamed the transformation on Tieshan, Moyuan, Left Guard, and Right Guard. She accepted their safety-minded but bungled effort for now, then told Kraken he was “very good,” leaving him unsure what she meant.

• The Demon Empress examined her unfamiliar fishtail and asked Tieshan, Moyuan, Left Guard, and Right Guard what had happened to her form.
• Kraken explained that the four subordinates had altered her sleeping form to conceal her aura, but their poor transformation skills had produced her current appearance.
• The Demon Empress recognized that her subordinates had acted out of loyalty, though she remained displeased with the result and Kraken's attempt to shift the blame.
• The Demon Empress warned the four she would settle the matter later, then turned to Kraken and called him “very good.”
• Kraken wondered whether her praise referred to his explanation, his taking her earlier blow, or something else.