Chapter Summaries

The Sea Princess explained the origins and history of the half-mermaids to Ye Qing, including why they had disappeared from the northern Ice Sea. She said the surviving Southern Mermaids lived near Sea God Island, while the northern Mermaid Race remained a powerful Sea Spirit Beast clan.

• The Sea Princess told Ye Qing that half-mermaids were human descendants of mermaids whose lifespans were about five hundred years and who needed Spirit Rings to grow stronger.
• The Sea Princess explained that humans had coveted female half-mermaids, while the northern mermaids had regarded them with prejudice despite allowing them to live nearby.
• A group of half-mermaids joined a human island nation in a plot to seize the Sea Princess’s position and kidnapped her young daughter to lure her ashore.
• The Sea Princess saw through the plot, drowned the island nation with a tsunami, and expelled most half-mermaids from the Ice Sea.
• The Sea Princess said the expelled half-mermaids settled near Sea God Island under Poseidon’s protection, where they became known as Southern Mermaids and one of them became Sea Witch.

Ye Qing and the Sea Princess reached the Sea Sacred Pillar, where she realized Poseidon had concealed something from her and suspected her missing memories were bound to her soul. After Ye Qing used a controlled soul-shaking technique, the Sea Princess reacted with fury toward Poseidon.

• The Sea Princess sank a human pirate ship that had captured one of the Half-Mermaids, then watched the others rescue their companion.
• Ye Qing and the Sea Princess arrived at the Sea Sacred Pillar, which the Sea Princess could not sense with her mental power until it came into view.
• Xiao Bai joined them and argued that Poseidon had treated Sea Spirit Beasts as tools, urging them to unite and build a homeland of their own.
• The Sea Princess connected the Sacred Pillar's obstruction to her blank memories and asked Ye Qing to use Soul-Shocking Roar on her soul.
• Ye Qing carefully shook the Sea Princess's soul to remove anything foreign, and she responded with a furious curse against Poseidon.

Ye Qing exposed how Poseidon had used Divine Power to make the Mermaid Race’s Golden Bloodline worship him, then secured the Ice Sea Mermaid Race’s alliance for the Spirit Beast faction. Xiao Bai later joined the faction with Xiao Hui, leaving the Demon Soul Great White Sharks poised to follow their king’s choice.

• The Sea Princess explained that Poseidon had altered the Golden Bloodline to spread worship of the Sea God, and she declared that the Ice Sea Mermaid Race and its allied races would join Ye Qing’s Spirit Beast faction.
• Ye Qing and the Sea Princess signed a Soul Contract alongside Gu Yuena and the Demonic Whale King, and he told her that one signature represented the Ice and Snow Emperors’ family.
• Ye Qing showed Xiao Bai that Xiao Hui had already signed the contract and urged her to reconsider her faith in Poseidon.
• A few days later, Xiao Bai arrived at the Demonic Whale Sea Area with Xiao Hui and joined the faction, asking Ye Qing what the Demon Soul Great White Sharks were expected to do.
• Ye Qing told Xiao Bai to let the Demon Soul Great White Sharks continue as before, explaining that the sea Spirit Beasts were pieces in a larger plan against Poseidon.

As Ye Qing’s network of Spirit Beast alliances settled into place, Zhu Qinluo supervised the Castle’s reconstruction and rapidly advanced her cultivation. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Ah Yin chose to complete her Shape Transformation into a human, leaving Xiao Wu and the other Spirit Beasts confused.

• Ye Qing received reports that the Extreme North was unified, Gu Yuena’s work on the drifting continents continued, and Di Tian stayed on the Sun Moon Continent to torment the Evil Emperor.
• Zhu Qinluo directed Hui Tai Lang’s Wolf Bandits as they rebuilt the Castle for Xiao Qing, using Hui Tai Lang’s copied blueprints and her own architectural knowledge.
• Zhu Qinluo grew closer to Xiao Qing by helping restore the Castle, while her cultivation rose from rank 30 to rank 51 between ages sixteen and eighteen.
• Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, chose to undergo Shape Transformation into a human completely, confusing Xiao Wu and the other Spirit Beasts.

Ye Qing returned to the rebuilt Castle and learned that Ah Yin had chosen Shape Transformation after years of observing human relationships. Zhu Qinluo prepared to pursue her role in the Star Luo Empire, then sparred with Ye Qing, who identified flaws in her fighting style.

• Xiao Wu asked about Ah Yin’s Shape Transformation, and Ah Rou explained that Ah Yin had chosen it after observing human love and other relationships through the Blue Silver Grass across the forest.
• Ye Qing and Xiao Qing discussed the rebuilt Castle and Ah Yin’s decision, while Ye Qing said it was time for Zhu Qinluo to settle old debts.
• Ye Qing told Zhu Qinluo that she would take part in a long-term plan involving the Star Luo Empire and that Gang Zong and Hui Tai Lang would accompany her.
• Zhu Qinluo used Hell Spirit Cat Possession to attack Ye Qing, who blocked her moves and advised her to rely on speed, decisive attacks, and evasion.

Ye Qing identified the flaws in Zhu Qinluo’s rigid fighting style and sent her to train with a Virtual Training Device while planning a human core group from beast-transformed slaves. Zhu Qinluo returned to Star Luo City and entered the Zhu Family estate under cover of an unusual mist.

• Ye Qing recognized that Zhu Qinluo relied on rigid, repetitive attacks and lacked real combat experience, though her reflexes were strong.
• Ye Qing gave Zhu Qinluo the Virtual Training Device to help her improve through combat practice.
• Ye Qing planned to recruit humans who had undergone beastly transformation and suffered discrimination as the foundation of his core group.
• Zhu Qinluo returned to Star Luo City after learning that her older sister would soon become an imperial consort.
• After nightfall, an unusual mist covered the Zhu Family estate as Zhu Qinluo entered her former home with a faint smile.

Zhu Qinluo used her Nether Mist and Nether Dream Shadow to terrify Zhu Qinwu, who believed her supposedly dead sister had returned. As Zhu Qinwu’s nightmares faded, Star Luo’s new emperor took the throne and losing families gathered to discuss their dwindling influence, while three mysterious figures appeared outside their secret meeting.

• Zhu Qinluo covered the Zhu Family estate in Nether Mist and slipped into Zhu Qinwu’s room, using Nether Dream Shadow to seed her sister’s deepest fear.
• Zhu Qinwu woke screaming and claimed Zhu Qinluo had returned to kill her, but her mother and attendants dismissed it as a nightmare.
• Zhu Qinwu suffered recurring nightmares for seven days, and reminders of Zhu Qinluo continued to keep her awake for nearly a month.
• The First Prince ascended as Star Luo’s new emperor, reshuffling power and weakening the families that had backed the losing side.
• Several family heads met in a secret chamber outside Star Luo City to discuss countermeasures as three mysterious figures appeared outside.

The Wan, Fang, and Chen Family heads discussed Emperor Dai Qingkun’s plan to eliminate the noble families and considered accepting his rule to preserve their descendants. Zhu Qinluo then entered their secret chamber and declared that she intended to become Empress, leaving the families to weigh her offer against the chance to gain favor with the emperor.

• The Wan, Fang, and Chen Family heads discussed how Dai Qingkun aimed to bring Star Luo’s noble families under imperial control and prepare for the eventual decline of Heaven Dou.
• Elder Wan explained that neither backing the First Prince nor supporting the new emperor would have saved the noble families from gradual suppression.
• Zhu Qinluo appeared in the secret chamber after silently overcoming the guards and announced that she wanted to become Empress of Star Luo.
• Elder Wan assessed Zhu Qinluo’s potential bargaining power while the family heads considered whether to support her or capture her for the emperor.

Zhu Qinluo confronted the Chen Family Head after negotiations with the Wan, Fang, and Chen families failed, then revealed that powerful Spirit Beasts backed her. After Hui Tai Lang killed the Chen Family Head, Wan Ze acknowledged Zhu Qinluo as Empress.

• The Chen Family Head trapped Zhu Qinluo with rock spikes and declared that handing her over could benefit the three families.
• Elder Wan disavowed the Chen Family Head's actions and warned the Wan Family Head not to intervene.
• Zhu Qinluo escaped the spikes and summoned Gang Zong and Hui Tai Lang, but Gang Zong could not fit through the underground passage.
• Hui Tai Lang killed the Chen Family Head in an instant, revealing his Titled Douluo strength and one-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Wan Ze recognized Zhu Qinluo's backing and paid respects to her as Her Majesty the Empress.

Zhu Qinluo persuaded Wan Ze and Fang Yu to submit to her, using Soul Contracts to bind them and promising Wan Ze a reward that could extend his life. The chapter ended with both men bound to her plans and Fang Yu envying the reward.

• Star Luo assessed its weakness without loyal Titled Douluo and recognized the power Hui Tai Lang had displayed with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Zhu Qinluo warned Wan Ze that joining her was a perilous choice, and Wan Ze accepted because he believed his family could survive the new emperor’s reprisals.
• Zhu Qinluo asked Fang Yu to submit, and Fang Yu agreed after realizing he had little choice and Wan Ze might kill him if he refused.
• Zhu Qinluo had Wan Ze and Fang Yu sign Soul Contracts that would punish betrayal.
• Zhu Qinluo promised Wan Ze a reward that would keep him from dying of old age during her decades-long plan, leaving Fang Yu envious.

Zhu Qinluo won Wan Ze’s loyalty with an elixir and gifts that restored his vitality and advanced his cultivation, then recruited him to help gain the New Emperor’s trust. After Gang Zong froze the guards outside the secret chamber, Wan Ze proposed sacrificing the Chen Family and staging injuries to make the plan convincing.

• Zhu Qinluo gave Wan Ze a Qingming Longevity Pill, restored his cultivation to level sixty, and helped him obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Wan Ze agreed to identify useful allies and asked what stood behind Zhu Qinluo, mistaking her reference to nonhuman backing for divine power.
• Zhu Qinluo gave Wan Ze contracts, elixirs, pills, and Spirit Rings, and told him to provide a satisfactory answer within a month.
• Wan Ze and Fang Yu planned to present the Chen Family’s heads to the New Emperor to gain his trust, despite the cost to their families’ ties with the great clans.
• Gang Zong froze the guards outside the secret chamber, and Wan Ze proposed staging a battle by killing the Chen Family members who planned to defect and taking claw wounds himself.

Wan Ze and Fang Yu returned to Star Luo Imperial City with convincing injuries and presented themselves to the White Tiger Emperor as loyal subjects. The Emperor rewarded them after accepting their apparent surrender, unaware that they were plotting against his throne and that their scheme had a powerful backer.

• Zhu Qinluo wounded Wan Ze and Fang Yu, while Wan Ze and Fang Yu arranged for most of their dead soldiers to be killed and selected a few confidants to keep.
• Wan Ze and Fang Yu returned openly to Star Luo Imperial City, and Dai Qingkun learned that Wan Ze might be surrendering to the empire.
• At Morning Court, Wan Ze described the events as a tale of loyalty, and the nobles questioned his account while Dai Qingkun ordered his injuries examined.
• Wan Ze's wounds proved genuine, so the imperial physician healed him; Dai Qingkun also ordered Fang Yu treated and rewarded both men for accepting the empire's new policies.
• The hidden mastermind behind the plot counted money, while Dai Qingkun remained unaware that Wan Ze and Fang Yu were targeting his throne.

Ye Qing learned that Spirit Beasts had accumulated vast human treasures and gathered more wealth from the sea to fund Zhu Qinluo’s long-term plan. Wan Ze discovered that the delivered gold amounted to thirty billion Gold Soul Coins, leaving him stunned by the scale of their resources.

• Scarlet King told Ye Qing that Spirit Beasts had collected human valuables and stored them inside a hollowed-out mountain.
• Ye Qing contacted the Sea Princess, who offered the enormous stores of precious materials accumulated by Sea Spirit Beasts.
• Demon Whale Queen sent Sea Spirit Beasts to gather treasures from shipwrecks and transport them toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The gathered wealth was delivered to Zhu Qinluo by weight after a month of transport.
• Wan Ze learned that the delivery contained three hundred thousand tons of gold, worth thirty billion Gold Soul Coins, and asked whether they were actually that rich.

Wan Ze faked his death to evade Dai Qingkun’s suspicion and carried out Zhu Qinluo’s order to gather Beast-Human slaves. Seven days after his burial, he met Zhu Qinluo in a secret chamber and delivered thirty-two frightened teenagers.

• Wan Ze explained his deal to his sons, ordered them to buy back people whose Martial Soul Awakening had mutated them into Beast-Humans, and told them to prepare a fake funeral.
• Dai Qingkun heard that Wan Ze was buying slaves and preparing for death, then sent Beast-Human women and tonics to the Wan residence.
• More than a month later, Wan Ze’s death was announced, and Dai Qingkun’s men confirmed that he appeared lifeless in his coffin.
• After lying in the coffin for seven days, Wan Ze rose inside the tomb, which had been converted into a secret chamber.
• Wan Ze met Zhu Qinluo and presented the thirty-two Beast-Human slaves his family had gathered.

Zhu Qinluo freed a group of beast-transformed people who had been captured and buried as servants, hoping to earn their trust and recruit them as warriors. A fierce wolf-tailed girl resisted her, but Zhu Qinluo restrained her and recognized the girl's unusual strength and potential.

• The narrator explained that beast-transformed people had been abandoned or sold after their Martial Soul Awakening left them unable to cultivate, and that Ye Qing wanted warriors who would resist rather than obedient servants.
• Zhu Qinluo told Wan Ze to leave, and he escaped through a secret passage to live under a new identity while Gang Zong confirmed the area was clear.
• Zhu Qinluo cut the captives' bonds and revealed her Hell Spirit Cat ears and tail to reassure them, but most remained frightened or numb.
• The wolf-tailed girl attacked Zhu Qinluo with her claws and ice power, accusing her of intending to sell them again.
• Zhu Qinluo caught and restrained the girl, noting that her strength and retained elemental ability suggested she had once possessed considerable talent.

Zhu Qinluo rescued a group of Beast-Humans from slavery and brought them aboard Ye Qing’s airship, sorting them by their willingness to resist. The werewolf girl woke in the captain’s cabin and mistook Hui Tai Lang for her father.

• Zhu Qinluo recognized the werewolf girl’s scars and her defiant spirit, then knocked her unconscious instead of killing her.
• Zhu Qinluo classified the Beast-Humans by whether they resisted, fled, or did nothing, while Gang Zong kept them under control.
• Zhu Qinluo led the Beast-Humans through a tunnel to a hot-air balloon, which Hui Tai Lang guided into an airship bound for Star Dou Forest.
• Hui Tai Lang explained that Ye Qing had arranged the airship to transport the rescued people, and Zhu Qinluo said the wolf-transformed girl would meet his requirements.
• Zhu Qinluo and Gang Zong became airsick and went onto the deck, while the werewolf girl awoke in the captain’s cabin and asked Hui Tai Lang if he was her father.

Shana, a traumatized werewolf girl, mistook Hui Tai Lang for her father and asked him to buy or kill her rather than let humans enslave her again. Hui Tai Lang promised that his lord could help her grow stronger, and Shana embraced the chance to seize her future and seek revenge as their airship continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Shana woke in the airship’s captain’s quarters, where she felt safe with Hui Tai Lang and decided he must be her father.
• Hui Tai Lang denied being her father and gave Shana roasted meat, which she eagerly shared with him.
• Shana asked Hui Tai Lang to buy her and then begged him to kill her rather than let humans enslave her again.
• Hui Tai Lang told Shana that his nonhuman lord, Qing Di, could help her gain strength and seek revenge in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shana vowed to seize her future and take revenge on the humans who had hurt her.
• Zhu Qinluo overheard that the airship still had half a month to travel and grew terrified.

Gang Zong and Hui Tai Lang brought Zhu Qinluo and a group of beast-humans to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhu Qinluo collapsed from motion sickness. Ye Qing arranged for them to rest before their trial the next morning, which would determine their future assignments.

• During the airship journey, Zhu Qinluo suffered worsening motion sickness and knocked herself unconscious, while Hui Tai Lang watched over Shana.
• Gang Zong questioned Hui Tai Lang's special concern for Shana, and Hui Tai Lang explained that she reminded him of his own past and might be important to Ye Qing.
• The airship landed in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Zhu Qinluo rushed out before collapsing onto the ground.
• Ye Qing told Zhu Qinluo to rest and asked Gang Zong about the beast-humans, learning that most were timid but Shana seemed curious about the forest.
• Ye Qing ordered the group to rest for the night and travel to the valley in the morning for a trial that would decide their assignments.

Zhu Qinluo offered the Beast-Humans a choice between leaving and staying, and they agreed to remain in hopes of gaining power. Ye Qing prepared a Soul Power pool to complete the fusion of their Martial Souls and bodies, then gave the group one last chance to refuse before the test began.

• Zhu Qinluo told the Beast-Humans their slave lives were over and offered them the choice to leave or stay for a chance at power.
• The Beast-Humans chose to stay and signed contracts after Zhu Qinluo explained that a test the next morning would shape their futures.
• Ye Qing prepared diluted Divine Power in two pools to perfect the Beast-Humans' fusion and reopen their path to cultivation through their bodies.
• Hui Tai Lang asked Ye Qing to assign Shana to his research institute if she proved unqualified for combat training, and Ye Qing agreed.
• Ye Qing addressed the thirty-two Beast-Humans and invited them to enter the pool, warning that they could not turn back once they began.

Ye Qing tried to restore the Beast-Humans’ resolve before they entered pools that would fuse their Martial Souls with their bodies. After Hui Tai Lang stirred their buried memories of suffering and revenge, the group began the painful awakening process, and Shana prepared to enter last.

• Ye Qing encouraged the numb Beast-Humans by promising that awakening could greatly extend their lifespans, then asked Hui Tai Lang to awaken their memories of hatred and vengeance.
• Hui Tai Lang searched Eagle Woman’s memories and brought back the painful experiences she had tried to forget, prompting her to embrace revenge and the chance to grow stronger.
• Shana asked whether the pool would make her stronger and chose to enter last so she would not hold up the others.
• The Beast-Humans entered the pools in batches, and Xiao Wu reported that Eagle Woman had endured the longest while every participant passed the one-minute threshold.
• After Xiao Wu carried another unconscious Beast-Human out, Shana’s turn to enter the pool arrived.