Chapter Summaries

Qian Ningshuang helped Dugu Bo choose a method to resolve the flaw in his Martial Soul, then used her Abyss Flower to grow a replacement Youxiang Qiluo. As Dugu Bo began taking two herbs to advance his cultivation, Qian Ningshuang cut down the legendary Lovesick Heartbreak Red, leaving the others to question its supposed test of love.

• Qian Ningshuang gave Dugu Bo a secret technique that could resolve his Martial Soul flaw and help him advance, but Dugu Bo chose it over the second method so that it could be saved for Dugu Yan.
• Qian Ningshuang planted the Abyss Flower and rapidly grew a new Youxiang Qiluo, astonishing the onlookers.
• Yue Guan explained how to consume two herbs, and Dugu Bo swallowed them in the pond while Qian Ningshuang used the White Flower to surround him with life energy.
• Yue Guan told the group the legend of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, while Qian Ningshuang, Rita, and Gu Yuena dismissed the story and Qian Renxue left after criticizing the flower's test of feelings.
• Qian Ningshuang asked whether she could cut down the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then swung Black Abyss at its root and picked it up after it fell from the Wujue Stone.

Qian Ningshuang mass-produced Lovesick Heartbreak Reds and handed them out before Rita confiscated the remaining flowers and their source. She then arranged Immortal Herbs for the group, but Qian Ningshuang felt no effect after consuming a Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

• Qian Ningshuang repeatedly replenished the life energy of Lovesick Heartbreak Reds until they stopped dispersing it, then produced more than ten.
• Gu Yuena ate the flower Qian Ningshuang gave her, and Qian Renxue ate hers before meditating.
• Rita took Qian Ningshuang's remaining Lovesick Heartbreak Reds, then confiscated the Wujue Stone and the roots as well.
• Qian Ningshuang offered Immortal Herbs to the group, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei pledged loyalty to her in exchange for her concealment skill.
• Qian Ningshuang asked Yue Guan to help everyone choose an Immortal Herb, then consumed a Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and felt no effect.

Xu Lang reunited with the Samsara team, gave them healing pills, and joined the newly summoned recruits in a mission to carry a traitors’ list to Shaolin Temple. After Meng Qi fought off an ambush, Xu Lang led the group toward the temple, with Gu Xiaosang set to ride with Meng Qi.

• Xu Lang told Jiang Zhiwei and the others that he had opened seven apertures and gave them healing pills he had obtained through Xianji trading.
• The Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation assigned Xu Lang, Meng Qi, Gu Xiaosang, and Xiang Hui a mission to deliver a list of traitors to Shaolin Temple within three days.
• Xu Lang and Meng Qi reached a tea stall, where its patrons attacked Meng Qi; Meng Qi fought them off, and Xu Lang killed a fleeing attacker with a stone.
• Xu Lang exchanged silver for a horse and led the group toward Shaolin Temple, while Meng Qi agreed to let Gu Xiaosang ride with him.

Qian Ningshuang concluded the Immortal Herbs would do little for her group, but arranged to claim the valley for Camelot while the others absorbed their herbs. Altair arrived with the Blue Silver Emperor and its Spirit Bone, leaving Qian Ningshuang and the others to confront Ah Yin.

• Qian Renxue gained only a tiny amount of Soul Power from the Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Sunflower, while Rita saw no change from the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Qian Ningshuang waited for Yang Wudi, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo to absorb their herbs, expecting their strength to improve substantially.
• Qian Ningshuang and her companions discussed moving the valley to Camelot, and Gu Yuena said she would inspect beneath the pool before moving it.
• Altair delivered the Blue Silver Emperor and its hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone to Qian Ningshuang.
• Qian Ningshuang, Rita, Gu Yuena, and Qian Renxue examined the Blue Silver Emperor, with Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue reacting with hostility toward it.

Qian Ningshuang revived the Blue Silver Emperor enough to question her about leaving the Star Dou Great Forest and sacrificing herself for Tang Hao. After learning the Blue Silver Emperor had knowingly accepted Tang Hao’s plans, Qian Ningshuang burned her soul, leaving no chance for the God Realm to revive her.

• Qian Ningshuang revived the Blue Silver Emperor and tried to communicate with her while Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue stepped away.
• The Blue Silver Emperor told Qian Ningshuang she had left the Star Dou Great Forest to experience human life and human emotions.
• The Blue Silver Emperor admitted she knew Tang Hao’s plans and chose to sacrifice herself because she loved him and wanted him to live with guilt.
• Qian Ningshuang judged the Blue Silver Emperor irresponsible and foolish, then burned her body and soul with Holy Light Flame and Star Cat fire.
• Qian Ningshuang decided she would seek a Blue Silver King to inherit the Blue Silver Crown instead of extracting the Blue Silver Emperor’s bloodline.

Qian Ningshuang burned the Blue Silver Emperor to ash, then learned that Dugu Bo had become stronger after his treatment at the Yin Yang Well. Across the continent, Blue Silver Grass began to wither, and Tang San collapsed in Camelot with what the Rongping City Lord identified as Martial Soul regression.

• Qian Ningshuang burned the Blue Silver Emperor to ash after condemning her for being a love-brained idiot, while Rita, Qian Renxue, and Gu Yuena watched.
• Dugu Bo emerged from the Yin Yang Well, announced that he had advanced to Rank 94 and gained ice and fire poisons, and pledged his Dugu Family line to Qian Ningshuang.
• Qian Ningshuang and Gu Yuena descended into the lake to investigate whether the Ice Fire Dragon King could be revived.
• Blue Silver Grass began withering across the continent after the Blue Silver Emperor died, and Tang San collapsed at his labor camp in Camelot.
• The Rongping City Lord identified Tang San's changed appearance as Martial Soul regression, while the Paladins discussed his condition and past.

Tang San woke in Rongping City with a hideously altered face and grieved over losing the appearance that had helped him win others’ favor. He remembered that his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline might restore his looks, then begged a Paladin to undo his seal so he could inspect his Martial Soul.

• Tang San saw his pockmarked face in a mirror and screamed, while the Rongping City Lord and the Paladins pitied him.
• The Rongping City Lord comforted Tang San by saying strength mattered more than appearance, and the Paladins left him alone.
• Tang San reflected on how his former handsome face had shaped his relationships and remembered that his first life’s face had also been unattractive.
• Tang San realized his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline could restore his appearance after it awakened at level fifty, and he resolved to reach that level.
• Tang San called for help and begged a Paladin to remove his seal so he could see his Martial Soul.
• The Paladin lifted Tang San’s seal, and Tang San immediately summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Tang San realized that his mother, Ah Yin, had truly died and that the Blue Silver Grass had stripped him of the Blue Silver Crown, leaving his Martial Soul and talent ruined. As he cried beside a Paladin, he blamed the changes caused by variables and resented Camelot, while the God Realm already knew of his downfall but was too occupied to act.

• Tang San saw that his Blue Silver Grass had snapped and realized his Martial Soul had become genuinely weak.
• Tang San concluded that Ah Yin and the Seed of Life were gone, causing the Blue Silver Grass to strip his family line of the Blue Silver Crown.
• Tang San lost his Blue Silver Emperor traits, his appearance changed, and his Soul Power and cultivation talent declined.
• A Paladin comforted Tang San and again invited him to pursue the path of a Paladin in Camelot, but Tang San only cried harder and secretly resented Camelot.
• Tang San blamed the variables from his previous life for Ah Yin's death and his ruined future, while the God Realm knew what had happened but was too occupied to intervene.

Asura God told Poseidon that an unseen, hostile variable in the Douluo Realm had drawn the God Realm’s attention before a devastating sword strike crippled their realm. The God Kings could neither identify nor confront her, and Asura remained unwilling to abandon his vessel despite fearing that its actions would provoke her further.

• Poseidon told Asura God that the vessel’s Martial Soul had been crippled beyond recovery unless a god intervened.
• Asura dismissed the vessel’s injury as replaceable, then listened as Poseidon asked about the sword strike and the variable.
• Asura explained that the gods could not see the variable, who had been creating a cultivation method that threatened the God Realm’s control over Douluo.
• Asura said the sword strike had badly damaged the God Realm and injured all five God Kings, leaving them unable to descend to the lower realm or confront the variable.
• Asura recalled that the vessel’s wicked actions might further anger the variable, yet he still could not bring himself to abandon it.

Destruction and Life left the God Realm Hub to pursue the Golden Dragon King, while the remnant soul watched over events on Douluo Planet. At the lake, Qian Ningshuang learned that the Dragon God had left the Ice Fire Dragon Kings a cryptic message about why he had gone mad, and they began telling his story.

• Destruction and Life drank with a remnant soul, then hurried away when the Golden Dragon King flew toward Douluo Planet.
• The remnant soul watched several girls on Douluo Planet and wondered why they were all women.
• Gu Yuena led Qian Ningshuang to the Ice Fire Dragon Kings' remains and remnant souls beneath the lake.
• The Ice Fire Dragon Kings told Qian Ningshuang that the Dragon God had said he went mad, and that he was not driven mad by his son's death.
• The Fire Dragon King said the Dragon God had anticipated Qian Ningshuang's question through another channel and instructed them not to explain further.
• Qian Ningshuang asked to hear the first story from the Dragon God's era.

Qian Ningshuang questioned the Ice Fire Dragon King about the Dragon God’s apparent madness and discovered that the Dimension Ascension Ceremony may have concealed a deeper purpose and an unknown enemy. She also learned that the God Realm’s account of its primal gods was wrong, leaving her with new doubts about its history.

• Qian Ningshuang inferred that the Dragon God had pretended to be mad and that the failed Dimension Ascension Ceremony had hidden his ultimate purpose from a powerful enemy.
• Qian Ningshuang asked about the human god who had helped the Dragon God, and the Ice Fire Dragon King said they could not remember his identity.
• The Ice Fire Dragon King said the human god’s first meeting with the Dragon God seemed to coincide with problems in the faith system and the Dragon God demanding that his wife bear him a son.
• The Ice Fire Dragon King rejected Asura as the human god, explaining that Asura had been a weak, second-class God of Faith.
• The Ice Fire Dragon King explained that the true primal gods arose from the laws of life and Destruction, while time and space never developed self-awareness and Element later divided into branches.
• Qian Ningshuang realized that Goodness, Evil, and Order could not have been primal gods, further undermining the God Realm’s account of its origins.

Qian Ningshuang questioned the Ice Fire Dragon King about the Dragon God’s past and learned that the dragon race had been told to preserve accounts of a powerful Soul Tool Empire and the Xuantian Sect. Gu Yuena explained that she had slept through the empire’s era, leaving its history largely unknown to her.

• Qian Ningshuang learned that the Dragon God had demanded his wife bear their son, and the Ice Fire Dragon King said the Dragon Race had accepted such sacrifices as part of its customs.
• Qian Ningshuang asked what else the Dragon God had wanted remembered, and the Ice Fire Dragon King mentioned a human Soul Tool Empire and the Xuantian Sect.
• The Ice Fire Dragon King said the Soul Tool Empire had been powerful enough to slay gods and attempt an assault on the God Realm.
• Qian Ningshuang questioned why Gu Yuena had never told her about the empire, and Gu Yuena said she had mentioned it once but knew little because she had been asleep during that era.
• Gu Yuena said Di Tian had told her the empire signed a treaty with the Star Dou Forest restricting its hunting of Spirit Beasts before it disappeared.

Qian Ningshuang learned that the Ming Soul Tool Empire may have come from another planet, and uncovered the origins of the Evil Soul Masters who later called themselves Xuantian Sect. The chapter ended with her discovering that the Outer Sect Disciple who stole Xuantian Sect’s ultimate arts was Tang San.

• The Ice Dragon King told Qian Ningshuang that humans had avoided developing Sunset Forest and protecting its Spirit Beast gathering grounds.
• The Ice Fire Dragon King recalled that humans stopped entering Sunset Forest for more than ten years before the Ming Empire appeared, then described its lost fleet, capital explosion, and retreat.
• The Fire Dragon King gave Qian Ningshuang preserved headphones containing a message from Nors Erica about the failed God-Slaying Project and the Seed Project.
• Qian Ningshuang learned that Xuantian Sect had originally been righteous before Evil Soul Masters slaughtered it and took its name.
• The Ice Fire Dragon King identified Tang San as the Outer Sect Disciple who had stolen Xuantian Sect’s ultimate arts and jumped off a cliff.

Qian Ningshuang returned to Camelot with Dugu Bo, Rita, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ye Renxin, learning how Ye Renxin and Dugu Bo had become friends. Ye Renxin explained that he was willing to join Camelot because its standards of character suited the Nine Heart Begonia lineage, and the chapter left Qian Ningshuang hearing why Ye Lingling had awakened that rare Martial Soul.

• Qian Ningshuang traveled back to Camelot with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well stored in Gu Yuena's personal space and several new companions in the convoy.
• Rita told Qian Ningshuang that Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin had met while searching for a cure for Dugu Bo's Martial Soul problem, and that Ye Renxin had later sought Dugu Bo's protection for Ye Lingling.
• Qian Ningshuang asked Ye Renxin why he had brought Ye Lingling along, pointing out that joining the convoy meant joining Camelot.
• Ye Renxin explained that the Nine Heart Begonia lineage had refused major factions because its Spirit Masters needed to act in accordance with their nature.
• Ye Renxin said Camelot's standards of character overlapped with the Nine Heart Begonia's requirements, which helped persuade him to join with Ye Lingling.

Ye Renxin explained that Nine Heart Begonia awakened through character and talent, then joined Camelot after Qian Ningshuang assured him its coming war would be a righteous liberation. Upon reaching Camelot, Qian Ningshuang raced with Gu Yuena and Rita to Rongping City after learning Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had arrived, and Gu Yuena erupted in fury after learning the original story.

• Ye Renxin explained that Nine Heart Begonia depended on character and talent, and said he wanted to join Camelot among people who shared his values.
• Qian Ningshuang warned Ye Renxin that Camelot would eventually wage war, and he accepted it as a righteous struggle to liberate people.
• Qian Ningshuang arrived in Camelot with Gu Yuena and Rita, then hurried toward Rongping City after seeing news that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were there.
• Qian Ningshuang transmitted the original story to Gu Yuena, who roared in rage and vowed to kill Tang San.

Qian Ningshuang shared the original story with Gu Yuena and discussed their plans to punish Tang San, while Gu Yuena revealed that the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit was missing from the Star Dou Forest. Qian Chongling reported a message delivered through Gu Qiu'er by someone in the God Realm, leaving the group to suspect Tang San was the Vessel and face a growing conspiracy.

• Qian Ningshuang explained why she wanted others to learn the original story, then fused souls with Gu Yuena to calm her anger.
• Qian Ningshuang and Gu Yuena discussed slowly tormenting Tang San and the Blue Silver Emperor, and Gu Yuena said the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit was not in the Star Dou Forest.
• Qian Chongling recalled Gu Qiu'er delivering a message from the God Realm that urged him to protect the variable and not kill the Vessel directly.
• Qian Chongling suspected two of the remaining God Kings had used the Golden Dragon King to send the message, then shared his report and theories with Qian Ningshuang and Gu Yuena.
• Qian Ningshuang and Gu Yuena suspected the Vessel was Tang San, and Qian Ningshuang said she still intended to take her time punishing him.

Qian Ningshuang learned that the God Realm had acted but posed no immediate threat, leaving her free to behave recklessly. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang went to forge his Paladin Oath Emblem and found that Camelot’s plain Knight Holy Pillars fell far short of his grand expectations.

• Qian Ningshuang connected Tang San’s devolved Martial Soul to her burning of the Blue Silver Emperor and laughed after learning the God Realm’s response was good news.
• The Rongping City Lord’s article about Tang San’s devolved Martial Soul became a headline on Soul Net across Camelot.
• A Paladin brought Yu Xiaogang and his disciple to a nearby Knight Holy Pillar so Yu Xiaogang could forge his Oath Emblem.
• Yu Xiaogang complained that the pillar and pavilion were too shabby for his imagined ceremony, while the Paladin explained Camelot’s priorities.
• The Paladin offered to help Yu Xiaogang order a custom pillar, but Yu Xiaogang froze when he learned custom orders required at least three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Yu Xiaogang attempted to forge an Oath Emblem at the Knight Holy Pillar, but his flaws caused every oath to fail. When he failed the final oath of loyalty, his Martial Soul began changing painfully, leaving the crowd unsure what would happen to him.

• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to the Knight Holy Pillar, while Tang San resented him and wanted to leave Camelot.
• Yu Xiaogang swore the oaths, but the pillars for humility and honor went dark as his memories exposed his arrogance and pursuit of fame.
• Qian Ningshuang arrived and challenged Yu Xiaogang's claim to pity, after which the oath of pity went dark.
• Yu Xiaogang realized he could not pass the loyalty oath and tried to withdraw from the forging process, but failed.
• The loyalty oath went dark, and Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul began changing as he writhed in pain.

Yu Xiaogang failed all Eight Oaths, losing his Martial Soul and Soul Power as the crowd mocked him. Qian Ningshuang ordered him and Tang San expelled from Camelot, then noticed Tang San’s strange reaction to a Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone.

• Yu Xiaogang awakened with doglike features after his Oath Emblem forging failed, and the crowd laughed at him.
• Yu Xiaogang tried and failed to summon Luo Sanpao, then realized his Soul Power and Martial Soul were gone.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Qian Ningshuang of tampering with the forging, while Tang San stood silently nearby.
• Qian Ningshuang ordered the Paladins to expel Yu Xiaogang and Tang San from Camelot.
• Qian Ningshuang tossed a one-hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone, saw Tang San react strangely, and wondered what was wrong with him.

Qian Ningshuang, Rita, and Gu Yuena discussed Tang San’s reaction and Gu Yuena’s loss of control around him, while suspecting he was more than a God Realm puppet. Outside Camelot, Paladins expelled and beat Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then threatened Tang San into silence before he dragged Yu Xiaogang toward Nuoding City.

• Qian Ningshuang explained that Tang San might not know the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone was his mother’s, and Gu Yuena dismissed the need to worry about him.
• Qian Ningshuang asked why Gu Yuena had nearly attacked Tang San, and Gu Yuena said she had felt compelled to tear him apart despite knowing it was not the right time.
• Qian Ningshuang wondered whether Tang San was more than a puppet of the God Realm after hearing that Gu Yuena had regained control in the Oath Emblem Space.
• A Paladin in black Soul Armor kicked Tang San out of Camelot, and Cronin beat him for showing killing intent toward Bianka.
• A Paladin in gray Soul Armor stopped Cronin, then grabbed Tang San by the throat and threatened to kill him if he showed malice again.
• After the Paladins left, Tang San got up and dragged the still-raving Yu Xiaogang toward Nuoding City.