Chapter Summaries

Ye Liuyun slaughtered the Xiao Clan’s fighters in the City Lord’s Mansion and exposed Xiao Chenyu’s attempt to kill him with a poisoned dagger as a trap involving a clone. He killed Xiao Han and Xiao Chenyu, and the mansion gates opened again as the battle’s aftermath began.

• Ye Liuyun defeated four Soul Ancestors and killed the remaining fighters in the hall, leaving Xiao Han and Xiao Chenyu alive.
• Xiao Chenyu begged Ye Liuyun to spare him, then stabbed what he believed was Ye Liuyun in the back with a poisoned dagger.
• Ye Liuyun revealed that the stabbed figure was a clone and that he had deliberately tested Xiao Chenyu’s treachery.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Chenyu tried to flee, but Ye Liuyun bound them with Blue Silver Grass and strangled them.
• The heavy gates of the City Lord’s Mansion creaked open again.

After Ye Liuyun killed Xiao Han and his family, deputy city lord Su Zheng confronted him about the consequences and was challenged to remember his principles. Ye Liuyun left Nuoding City for Heaven Dou Imperial City, while Su Zheng chose to cover up the deaths and claim the city lord's position.

• Su Zheng entered the City Lord's Mansion, summoned his Fire Fox Martial Spirit, and braced himself as Ye Liuyun walked past him.
• Ye Liuyun told Su Zheng he had no reason to kill an innocent man and explained that Xiao Han deserved to die.
• Su Zheng warned Ye Liuyun that killing an imperial official would bring the Heaven Dou Empire's pursuit, but Ye Liuyun condemned his compromises and told him to change the world.
• Ye Liuyun departed for Heaven Dou Imperial City, leaving Su Zheng to watch and hope that he could succeed.
• Su Zheng ordered a shadow to erase the evidence and report that the city lord had died from an old illness, then decided to contact trusted families and take power as city lord.

Ye Liuyun traveled slowly toward Heaven Dou City and sheltered from a storm in a ruined temple, where he encountered a caravan from the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce. Lin Qiang treated Ye Liuyun cautiously and left him with an uneaten packet of beef jerky as the rain continued.

• Ye Liuyun considered using Immortal Herbs to approach Ning Fengzhi but rejected the idea, then took shelter in an abandoned temple during a storm.
• Three wounded Spirit Masters entered the temple, followed by Lin Qiang and more than a dozen members of the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce.
• Ahu challenged Ye Liuyun for his place, but Lin Qiang stopped him and made the three Spirit Masters move aside instead.
• Lin Qiang explained to Ahu that Ye Liuyun's calm confidence made him wary, despite his young age and the caravan's strength.
• After Lin Qiang rebuffed one of the hungry Spirit Masters, he sent Ahu to apologize to Ye Liuyun with beef jerky.
• Ye Liuyun acknowledged the apology but did not eat the food, and Lin Qiang told Ahu to stop complaining.

Ye Liuyun sensed an ambush at the ruined temple, where black-clad attackers overwhelmed the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce. The three independent Spirit Masters betrayed Lin Qiang, and as Ye Liuyun tried to leave, Ahu threw him a jade box and claimed he had the treasure.

• Ye Liuyun detected a faint tremor underground and warned that the caravan's enemies had arrived.
• Black-clad attackers stormed the temple, and Lin Qiang fought their leading Spirit Saint while the guards struggled against the larger force.
• The three independent Spirit Masters agreed to help after Ahu promised them suitable Spirit Rings.
• The Iron Sword Soul King stabbed Lin Qiang from behind, revealing that the independent cultivators had been part of the ambush.
• Ye Liuyun tried to slip away, but he caught a jade box, and Ahu shouted that the treasure was in his hands.

Ye Liuyun was caught between the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce caravan and black-clad killers after Lin Qiang gave up a Ten Thousand Year Shadow Dragon Left Leg Bone to him. Ye Liuyun’s display of power and apparent backing frightened the killers into retreating, leaving the Spirit Bone lost in the forest.

• Ahu and the caravan hands tried to protect the poisoned Lin Qiang while Ye Liuyun smashed an empty jade box and exposed their diversion plan.
• Lin Qiang threw the Ten Thousand Year Shadow Dragon Left Leg Bone to Ye Liuyun, who immediately hurled it into the storm-dark forest.
• The black-clad leader ordered his men to kill the caravan and search for the lost Spirit Bone, while Ye Liuyun revealed his Immortal Azure Emperor Armor and a Ten Thousand Year fourth Spirit Ring.
• Ahu pleaded with Ye Liuyun to save the caravan, and the black-clad leader feared the powerful force he believed stood behind him.
• The black-clad leader led his men into the forest to search for the Spirit Bone instead of attacking Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun recovered the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, returned it to Ahu, and made the group follow his orders in exchange for saving their lives. At the auction in Heaven Dou City, he met Ning Fengzhi but held back his questions, then entered the venue with Lin Qiang after Lin humiliated Baron for mocking him.

• Ye Liuyun used his spirit skills to retrieve the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and returned it to Ahu, then punched him for having set him up.
• Ye Liuyun accepted the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce group’s service as repayment and later agreed to attend its auction.
• Ye Liuyun recognized Ning Fengzhi outside the auction house but decided not to speak to him about his concerns.
• Baron mocked Ye Liuyun for lacking an invitation and trying to approach Ning Fengzhi, while other nobles joined in.
• Lin Qiang tore up Baron’s invitation and drove him away, then escorted Ye Liuyun into the auction house with respect.

At the auction, Ning Fengzhi summoned Ye Liuyun and offered to support him, but Ye Liuyun instead challenged his views on Spirit Hall and the continent’s future. The chapter ended with Ye Liuyun declaring that he would unify the continent and rule it himself.

• At the auction, Ye Liuyun watched the bidding while Lin Qiang offered to help him acquire items, which Ye Liuyun declined.
• Ning Fengzhi’s attendant bypassed the merchants and nobles waiting outside his room and invited Ye Liuyun to meet the sect master.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Ye Liuyun cultivation resources or a place in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, saying he could nurture him if his talent was sufficient.
• Ye Liuyun asked Ning Fengzhi what he thought of Spirit Hall and the continent’s future, and Ning Fengzhi argued that the current balance should remain in place.
• Ye Liuyun argued that the continent was destined to unite, then declared that he would be the one to rule it.

Ye Liuyun negotiated with Ning Fengzhi, offering the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda’s Martial Soul evolution method in exchange for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s obedience. Ning Fengzhi agreed to a ten-year compromise after Ye Liuyun proved his extraordinary abilities, but the chapter ended without the method being delivered.

• Ning Fengzhi mocked Ye Liuyun’s ambition until Ye Liuyun revealed he could help evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi threatened Ye Liuyun, but Ye Liuyun demanded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect obey his commands and refused to surrender the method first.
• Ning Fengzhi offered ten years of support, and Ye Liuyun countered that he would provide the method within five years, or sooner if the sect gave major assistance.
• Ning Fengzhi asked for proof that Ye Liuyun possessed the method, so Ye Liuyun displayed four Spirit Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted that Ye Liuyun possessed extraordinary abilities and expressed his astonishment.

Ye Liuyun accepted Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and discuss their cooperation. Before leaving the auction house to pack, Ye Liuyun asked Lin Qiang to search for a scar-faced beast Martial Spirit Soul Master.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Ye Liuyun to stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and discuss Martial Soul Evolution and great unification.
• Ye Liuyun agreed to visit after informing the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce and packing his things.
• Lin Qiang drove away the merchants and nobles crowding Ye Liuyun in the corridor.
• Ye Liuyun asked Lin Qiang to find a beast Martial Spirit Soul Master with a deep scar running from his eye to his chin.
• Lin Qiang promised to search as Ye Liuyun headed back to the small courtyard to pack.

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong that Ye Liuyun was a fourteen-year-old high-level Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring and a possible way to evolve the sect’s martial spirit. Wary of how perfectly Ye Liuyun seemed suited to the sect, they agreed to test him, and Chen Xin set out to challenge him that night.

• Ning Fengzhi arranged a quiet guest room for Ye Liuyun and privately told Chen Xin and Gu Rong that he hoped the boy might become Ning Rongrong’s husband and the sect’s heir.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong questioned whether Ye Liuyun was strong enough, then learned he was a fourteen-year-old high-level Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Ye Liuyun claimed he could help the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda evolve and break its curse, leaving the two Douluos shocked and suspicious.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that he had brought Ye Liuyun to the sect so they could observe him, despite the risks and his hope for martial spirit evolution.
• Chen Xin insisted on testing Ye Liuyun in a fight that night, and Ning Fengzhi warned him not to damage their relationship.

Ye Liuyun rejected Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s offer to become his disciple and his later offer of free instruction, then asked him to bring food. Chen Xin returned to Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, who laughed at his humiliation, and admitted that he had arranged for Ye Liuyun to be fed.

• Chen Xin visited Ye Liuyun at night and offered to take him as his disciple, but Ye Liuyun refused because he had no intention of taking a master.
• Chen Xin offered to teach Ye Liuyun a few moves for free, but Ye Liuyun declined again and asked him to bring something to eat.
• Chen Xin returned to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, declaring that Ye Liuyun was abnormal because he had rejected his guidance and treated him like a meal-delivery servant.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong laughed at Chen Xin, then asked whether he had actually arranged for Ye Liuyun to get food.
• Chen Xin admitted that he had, explaining that Ye Liuyun was an important partner and the sect could not leave its guest hungry.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu and Rongrong regretted Ye Liuyun’s departure. Ning Fengzhi raised introducing Rongrong to an exceptional young talent, but she refused to leave her companions and focus on anything besides training and the upcoming competition.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong agreed not to pressure Rongrong into marriage and decided to visit her, while Chen Xin said he missed her.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu confided in their regrets over Ye Liuyun leaving, and Xiao Wu resolved to cultivate harder.
• Yu Xiaogang led the Shrek students in more Seven-in-One Fusion Skill training, but Xiao Wu doubted its usefulness.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy, startling the students before Rongrong ran to greet them.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested that Rongrong meet an exceptional young talent, but she refused to leave Shrek or consider marriage for now.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Rongrong’s decision to stay and asked to see the skill the students were practicing.

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated his Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, expecting their admiration. Ning Fengzhi offered polite, qualified praise while Chen Xin saw the technique as inefficient, and the two left with Chen Xin thinking of a more impressive youth from their sect.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Yu Xiaogang to demonstrate the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill for him and Chen Xin.
• Yu Xiaogang directed the seven Shrek members to combine their Soul Power into Tang San, whose Clear Sky Hammer strike pulverized a boulder with the force of a Soul King's attack.
• Chen Xin judged the move to be simple Soul Power stacking and compared it unfavorably with a youth from the sect who could unleash a ten-thousand-year burst alone.
• Ning Fengzhi privately considered the technique cumbersome and vulnerable, but praised its strength as a possible final blow in a direct clash.
• Yu Xiaogang treated Ning Fengzhi's qualified praise as a full endorsement and urged the Shrek members to train harder.
• Chen Xin left with Ning Fengzhi, increasingly impressed by the youth from their sect.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned that Ye Liuyun had defeated every elite disciple who provoked him. Ning Fengzhi suspected Ye Liuyun and Ning Rongrong had a history, and decided to arrange things to bring them closer.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin found the training grounds filled with injured disciples and heard that one newcomer had beaten them all.
• Gu Rong explained that the disciples had provoked Ye Liuyun out of jealousy and that Ye Liuyun had called them unimpressive after defeating them.
• Chen Xin admired Ye Liuyun's strength and decided he wanted to take him as a disciple.
• Ning Fengzhi learned the chief Soul King had insulted Ye Liuyun and claimed only the sect's disciples could protect Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong concluded that Ye Liuyun had reacted because the disciples mentioned Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi speculated that the two had feelings for each other.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled that Ye Liuyun was one of two students who had left Shrek Academy.

Ning Fengzhi tested Ye Liuyun by offering him Ning Rongrong’s hand in marriage in exchange for the method of Martial Soul Evolution. Ye Liuyun refused to treat Rongrong as a bargaining chip, earning Ning Fengzhi’s trust, while the conversation turned to Shrek’s prospects in the tournament and Xiao Wu’s safety.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned Ye Liuyun about his arrival and his attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s elite disciples.
• Ye Liuyun said he had acted because the disciples treated Ning Rongrong as a prize to be won rather than letting her choose for herself.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to marry Rongrong to Ye Liuyun immediately if he revealed the method of Martial Soul Evolution, but Ye Liuyun refused.
• Ye Liuyun said Rongrong was not merchandise and rejected all arranged marriages, insisting that she should decide for herself.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that he had been testing Ye Liuyun, praised his resistance to temptation, and said he now trusted him.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Ye Liuyun would return to help Shrek in the tournament, while Ye Liuyun wondered whether Xiao Wu would still be exposed.

Xue Qinghe met Ye Liuyun at Ning Fengzhi’s residence and first tried to recruit him for the Heaven Dou Empire, then pressed him to reveal how he had withstood the spiritual shock of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. The chapter ended with Xue Qinghe offering anything within her authority in exchange for his method.

• Xue Qinghe entered and declared her concern about Spirit Hall’s border movements while seeking talented people for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Liuyun choked on his tea as Xue Qinghe recruited him, and Ning Fengzhi introduced him as a rare young talent.
• Xue Qinghe asked about the battered disciples and the rumor that Ye Liuyun had a Ten-Thousand-Year fourth Spirit Ring.
• Xue Qinghe revealed she had investigated Dugu Yan’s successful Ten-Thousand-Year fourth ring and believed Ye Liuyun might know the method behind it.
• Xue Qinghe demanded to know how Ye Liuyun had made his soul withstand the Spirit Ring’s resentment and offered an exchange for the method.

Ye Liuyun told Xue Qinghe that Immortal Herbs had enabled his ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring, and she realized Spirit Hall might train spiritual power instead. Ning Fengzhi independently proposed using support Spirit Masters to protect disciples during Spirit Ring absorption, leaving Ye Liuyun impressed by how quickly the world’s powerful figures began seeking ways to surpass the limits.

• Ye Liuyun told Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi that Immortal Herbs had made his breakthrough possible but could not be reproduced.
• Xue Qinghe inferred that Spirit Hall could train spiritual power through mental trials and began considering a cultivation method for it.
• Xue Qinghe thanked Ye Liuyun and left, newly confident that Spirit Hall could still find a way to produce ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Rings.
• Ye Liuyun suspected that Xue Qinghe intended to develop spiritual-power training and thought of Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye as a possible model.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed combining physical strengthening with support Spirit Masters who protected disciples’ minds as they absorbed ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings.
• Ye Liuyun praised Ning Fengzhi’s idea and declared that such opponents and allies made the world more interesting.

Ning Fengzhi gave Ye Liuyun the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control art, and Ye mastered its Four-Aperture Constant Heart in a few weeks. Chen Xin, astonished by Ye’s talent, offered to pass on his sword abilities, but Ye refused, leaving Chen determined to try again.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Ye Liuyun the Heart Separation Control scroll and arranged for him to receive instruction, while hinting that he knew Ye still possessed an Immortal Herb.
• Ye Liuyun promised to keep his word about the herb without confirming whether he had any more.
• After several weeks of training, Ye Liuyun mastered the Four-Aperture Constant Heart by controlling four leaves independently.
• Chen Xin witnessed Ye’s achievement and concluded that his spiritual power and talent were extraordinary.
• Chen Xin offered to pass all his abilities and the Dao of slaughter to Ye, but Ye refused to learn from him.
• Chen Xin flew away in anger and vowed to return the next day to persuade Ye again.

Ye Liuyun reached the threshold of level fifty after months of training with Chen Xin, who took him to Sunset Forest to hunt for his fifth Spirit Ring. There they found the Green Wood Rebirth Locust Tree, but Chen Xin judged its abilities unsuitable, while Ye Liuyun declared it the tree of his dreams.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Shrek’s victories and Tang San’s tactics, while Ye Liuyun said he felt no pressure from him.
• Chen Xin repeatedly sparred with Ye Liuyun, whose Soul Power surged to the threshold of level fifty as he practiced Heart Separation Control and absorbed Chen Xin’s sword intent.
• Chen Xin took Ye Liuyun to Sunset Forest to hunt for a Spirit Ring, and they searched for several days before reaching the forest’s depths.
• The Green Wood Rebirth Locust Tree attacked with massive roots and quickly regenerated after Chen Xin cut them.
• Chen Xin explained that the tree was difficult to kill and recommended finding a high-damage plant-type Spirit Beast instead, but Ye Liuyun called it the tree of his dreams.

Ye Liuyun absorbed a Green Wood Rebirth Locust Tree Spirit Ring that exceeded thirty thousand years, breaking through to Soul Power Level 52. On the return journey, he challenged Chen Xin to face the difference between his present self and the young swordsman he once was.

• Chen Xin warned Ye Liuyun against choosing the Green Wood Rebirth Locust Tree, but Ye Liuyun insisted on absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Chen Xin cut down the tree and destroyed its regeneration nodes, allowing Ye Liuyun to kill it and obtain its Spirit Ring.
• Ye Liuyun endured the Spirit Ring's pressure and Soul Shock, absorbed its life energy, and reached level 52.
• Chen Xin taught Ye Liuyun that the Way of Slaughter demanded an unyielding will and a heart fixed solely on the target.
• Ye Liuyun asked whether Chen Xin could defeat his spirited younger self, leaving Chen Xin unable to answer as he recognized that he had accepted his limits.