Chapter Summaries

Tang Chen attacked Spirit Hall, but Xiao Tian used the Wine God Curse and Soldier Secret to seize the Asura Blood Sword and escape with his allies. Before leaving, Xiao Tian told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had killed her father, leaving her reeling as she confronted the truth.

• Tang Chen rejected Qian Daoliu's offer and opened the Slaughter Domain, preventing most Soul Masters from using their soul skills.
• Xiao Tian directed the Six Great Grand Elders, Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong to combine their power and strengthen Qian Daoliu for an attack on Tang Chen.
• Qian Daoliu struck at the unconscious Tang Hao, and Tang Chen countered with the Asura Blood Sword as Xiao Tian drank Purple Cloud Nectar and activated the Wine God Curse.
• Xiao Tian used the Soldier Secret to wrench the Asura Blood Sword from Tang Chen and had Ning Fengzhi transport the group to Shushan with the Jade Pendant.
• Xiao Tian told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had killed her father, and Qian Renxue began to understand why Bibi Dong had always hated her.

After Tang Chen withdrew, Qian Renxue demanded the truth about her father's death and learned that Bibi Dong had killed him after Chi Xun Ji assaulted her. Qian Daoliu revealed that his absence had left Bibi Dong an opening, and Qian Renxue realized Bibi Dong had arranged events around her childhood mission; she was left devastated as Bibi Dong fled.

• Tang Chen accepted Qian Daoliu's healing of Tang Hao's surface injuries, then left with Tang Hao and Tang San while warning that Tang Hao's foundation was damaged.
• Qian Daoliu admitted that combining the Soul Power of six elders had strained him, ended the competition, and ordered the gathered forces to leave Pope Mountain.
• Qian Renxue confronted Qian Daoliu and learned that Bibi Dong had killed her father, then demanded to know why the elders had not intervened.
• Bibi Dong admitted killing Qian Renxue's father and said she had wanted to kill Qian Renxue at birth before disappearing.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Chi Xun Ji had forced himself on Bibi Dong and that he had been away helping Qian Renxue absorb the Angel Skull when Bibi Dong killed him.
• Qian Renxue realized Bibi Dong had planned her mission to the Heaven Dou Empire as part of her scheme and broke down in grief.

Qian Renxue learned more about her father’s death and postponed deciding how to deal with Bibi Dong. Xiao Tian arrived at Shushan, suppressed the Asura Blood Sword with the Suppression Pagoda, and prepared to leave the Heaven Dou Empire and establish himself with the Shushan Sword Sect.

• Qian Daoliu explained why he had kept the truth about Bibi Dong from Qian Renxue, but neither he nor Qian Renxue could understand why Chi Xun Ji had acted as he did.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu to handle the Crown Prince’s Feigned Death and said she needed more time to decide what to do about Bibi Dong.
• Xiao Tian arrived at Shushan with the others, and the Asura Blood Sword erupted with divine power as the Wine God Curse faded.
• Xiao Tian used the Suppression Pagoda to seal the Asura Blood Sword and explained that it could restrain both Soul Masters and soul beasts who crossed a line.
• Niu Gao showed Xiao Tian the nearly completed Shushan Sword Sect, and Xiao Tian approved of its mountain defenses and layout.
• Xiao Tian told Yu Feng to return to Heaven Dou City and inform the Three Great Education Committee that he was leaving the academy and the empire.

Xiao Tian prepared the Shushan Sword Sect for threats from rival powers by strengthening its forces and revealing his plan to create Battle Armor. He and Lou Gao agreed to make a limited number of sets, leaving the first upgrades for the sect’s leaders as Xiao Tian hinted that they might soon reach the required strength.

• Dugu Yan asked Xiao Tian to let Ye Lingling stay with them, and he agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Xiao Tian that the Shushan Sword Sect needed to improve its strength against Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, the Star Luo Empire, and even Gods.
• Xiao Tian revealed Da Ming and Er Ming’s human forms, reviewed the sect’s Soul Tool production, and ordered Bai He to select disciples for the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars Sword Formation.
• Xiao Tian introduced Battle Armor to Lou Gao and proposed making only a few sets for the sect’s leaders and elders to avoid worsening the decline of Soul Beasts.
• Lou Gao questioned why they should begin with Two-Word Battle Armor, and Xiao Tian hinted that the intended users might reach its required level before production was finished.

Xiao Tian gave Lou Gao a Half-Immortal Herb and entrusted him with crafting Battle Armor, then planned to use the Spirit Time House to speed up cultivation. He took Ning Rongrong for a moonlit walk, where they kissed and shared an intimate moment by a lake.

• Lou Gao agreed to craft Battle Armor for Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo, while Xiao Tian encouraged him to improve his strength and gave him a Half-Immortal Herb.
• Xiao Tian returned to his room and planned to use the Spirit Time House and Gravity Crystal to accelerate cultivation in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Xiao Tian went to Ning Rongrong's room and invited her to walk with him under the moonlight.
• Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong kissed, then walked hand in hand to Back Mountain and sat beside a lake.
• Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong embraced by the lake, and Xiao Tian began undoing the buttons of her clothes.

Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong spent the morning together as she absorbed a seventy-thousand-year Mental Wisdom Skull Bone, gaining a Mental Domain and reaching rank fifty. After they rejoined the others, Xiao Tian promised to reveal a method to improve their strength after lunch, and he discovered that Shao Xin had joined the sect as its cook.

• Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong continued their private morning together, then she absorbed the Mental Wisdom Skull Bone under his watch and her Soul Power rose from rank forty-six to rank fifty.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Tian that her new skull bone skill, Mental Domain, connected companions, shared vision, and amplified their Mental Power by thirty percent; Xiao Tian also taught her several Mental Power techniques.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and the others encountered Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Tian teased Ning Rongrong by revealing he had heard her private jokes with Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Tian told the girls he had something important to explain after lunch that would improve their strength, making them curious about his method.
• Xiao Tian found Shao Xin in the dining hall and learned that Sect Master Ning had invited him to join the new sect as its cook.

Xiao Tian helped Ning Rongrong absorb a seventy-thousand-year Mental Wisdom Skull Bone, raising her Soul Power to rank fifty and granting her a mental domain skill. He then revealed the Spirit Time House to the sect, offering a way to accelerate cultivation and asking them to choose who would enter first.

• Ning Rongrong absorbed the Mental Wisdom Skull Bone, reached rank fifty, and gained the Mental Domain skill, which connected companions, shared vision, and amplified Mental Power.
• Xiao Tian taught Ning Rongrong basic ways to use Mental Power for attack and defense, then returned with her to the sect, where Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan noticed their closeness.
• Xiao Tian promised the women a method to rapidly increase their strength, and Shao Xin explained that Sect Master Ning had recruited him to cook for the newly established sect.
• Xiao Tian gathered the sect's important members and described the Spirit Time House, where one year passed for every day outside, though only two people could enter at a time and he could open it only nine times.
• Xiao Tian revealed that the Spirit Time House was inside a room in his Demon Suppressing Pagoda and asked the group to decide which two people would enter first.

Xiao Tian planned to condense a Blood Essence Soul Ring by awakening his bloodline and asked Dugu Bo to prepare medicines to support the process. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian and Dugu Bo dividing the work to gather soul beast blood and refine Qi and Blood Potions and Pills before Xiao Tian entered the Spirit Time House.

• The group chose Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuqing to enter the Spirit Time House the next day, while Xiao Tian arranged to place the Gravity Crystal inside it.
• Xiao Tian told Dugu Bo he planned to condense his own Seventh Soul Ring as a Blood Essence Soul Ring by stimulating his bloodline.
• Xiao Tian explained that Lan Xuanyu’s bloodline-based Soul Rings had inspired his theory that strong bloodlines could support self-condensed Soul Rings.
• Xiao Tian gave Dugu Bo formulas for Qi and Blood Potions and Pills, which could awaken bloodline power and improve the chance of condensing a Blood Essence Soul Ring.
• Xiao Tian went to ask Da Ming and Er Ming to provide blood, while Dugu Bo went to the Medicine Hall to have Yang Wudi and its core disciples refine the medicines.

Xiao Tian used blood from Da Ming and Er Ming to prepare Blood Essence Soul Ring medicines while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu teased Zhu Zhuqing about her feelings for him. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing then advanced their cultivation with Xiao Tian’s gifts, and Ning Rongrong condensed a twenty-thousand-year mental amplification Soul Ring.

• Xiao Tian collected fresh blood from Da Ming and Er Ming and sent it to the Medicine Hall to make potions and pills.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Xiao Tian had overheard her earlier conversation, and she and Xiao Wu teased Zhu Zhuqing until she admitted her feelings for him.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to pursue Xiao Tian and accept their relationship, and Zhu Zhuqing playfully tickled Ning Rongrong after being tricked into confessing.
• Ning Rongrong showed Zhu Zhuqing her God-given Soul Ring and explained that she planned to use her Fifth Soul Ring for mental amplification.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong prepared to absorb their Spirit Bones while Xiao Wu stood guard, and Ning Rongrong later condensed a twenty-thousand-year mental amplification Soul Ring.

Xiao Tian prepared to enter the mysterious space and accepted Bai He's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng in exchange for helping Bai Chenxiang grow stronger. He then urged Bai He to reflect on his distrust of Yang Wudi and make it up to his longtime friend.

• Yang Wudi gathered the Medicine Hall's core disciples to prepare Qi and Blood Potions and Pills for Xiao Tian's upcoming training.
• Bai He visited Xiao Tian at night and asked him to let his granddaughter Bai Chenxiang cultivate in the mysterious space for one day.
• Bai He offered Xiao Tian the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Xiao Tian accepted it while promising to nurture Bai Chenxiang and help her follow an agility-attack path.
• Xiao Tian reminded Bai He that Yang Wudi had supported the Speed Clan and that Bai He's suspicion of him was unfair.
• Bai He felt guilty and agreed to help Yang Wudi more in secret.

Xiao Tian gave Xiao Wu the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and she absorbed it, gaining five Soul Power Levels and a faster cultivation speed. At noon, Xiao Tian entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda with Zhu Zhuqing, who began cultivating in the Spirit Time House’s Tenfold Gravity area.

• Xiao Tian visited Xiao Wu early and gave her the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, explaining that he had obtained it from the Speed Clan’s heirloom treasure.
• Xiao Wu absorbed the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, which resonated with the remnants of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and raised her Soul Power Level by five.
• At noon, Xiao Tian summoned the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, and Yang Wudi gave him a storage ring containing the Medicine Hall’s potions and pills.
• Xiao Tian brought Zhu Zhuqing into the Spirit Time House and explained that the Demon Suppressing Pagoda could suppress cultivation unless he allowed otherwise.
• Zhu Zhuqing explored the gravity zones, settled in the Tenfold Gravity area, and began cultivating with energy gathering in her dantian.

Poseidon and the Asura God discussed the mysterious power behind Xiao Tian after his tower destroyed Poseidon’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and captured the Asura Blood Sword. They agreed to reconsider Tang San as an inheritor and consider approaching Xiao Tian instead.

• Poseidon told the Asura God that a mysterious force had destroyed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while the Asura God said Xiao Tian had seized and suppressed the Asura Blood Sword.
• The Asura God planned to investigate other planes, and Poseidon urged him to stop relying on Tang San and consider another inheritor.
• Poseidon argued that Xiao Tian and his companions were more promising than Tang San and warned that Xiao Tian’s strength threatened them.
• The Asura God agreed to observe the situation and said Xiao Tian might be a better inheritor than Tang San.

Xiao Tian planned to draw Immortal Spiritual Energy into the lower realm to raise the Douluo Plane’s limits, while the Sea God persuaded the Asura God to abandon Tang San as his successor. Tang Chen reached the Clear Sky Sect’s sealed mountain gate after years away, wondering how his Xiao’er was doing.

• Xiao Tian rejected inheriting a god position and planned to bring diluted Immortal Spiritual Energy to the Douluo Plane, even if the God Realm opposed him.
• The Sea God proposed sending Bo Saixi to find Xiao Tian, and the Asura God agreed before leaving the Sea God Hall.
• The Asura God decided Tang San was unworthy of inheriting his position because Tang San could not defeat Xiao Tian, and treated him as a discarded tool.
• Tang Chen arrived at the Clear Sky Sect’s sealed mountain gate after a day of travel and wondered whether his Xiao’er was well.

Tang Chen returned to Clear Sky Sect with Tang Hao and Tang San, absolved Tang Hao of blame, and planned to name Tang San Young Sect Master. Meanwhile, Sea God Island’s Seven Sacred Pillars lit up and a mysterious figure appeared above Sea God Hall.

• Tang Hao woke to find his soul power had fallen to level ninety-two, though his injuries had healed.
• Tang Chen brought Tang Hao and Tang San to Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Hao tearfully blamed himself for the sect’s suffering.
• Tang Chen and Tang San insisted Tang Hao had done nothing wrong, and Tang Chen promised to punish anyone who said otherwise.
• Tang Chen announced he would appoint Tang San Young Sect Master and teach him Clear Sky Sect’s secret methods to prepare him for the Slaughter City trial.
• The Seven Sacred Pillars on Sea God Island suddenly shone, and a pale blue illusory figure appeared above Sea God Hall.

The Sea God sent Bo Saixi to the continent and explained why he wanted her to apologize to Xiao Tian, whose abilities impressed even a god. He offered Bo Saixi a chance to take the Sea God Nine Tests if she could lift the Sea God Trident, and she succeeded by detonating all nine of her Soul Rings, though she was left gravely weakened.

• The Sea God appeared before Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians, then sent them away so he could speak with her privately.
• The Sea God shared memories of Xiao Tian’s strength and weapon-control technique, explaining why he wanted Bo Saixi to convey his sincerity to him.
• Bo Saixi questioned why the Sea God would make such an effort for a Soul Emperor, and the Sea God offered her a chance to participate in the Sea God Nine Tests if she lifted his trident.
• Bo Saixi tried to lift the Sea God Trident but could only shift it slightly with her own power.
• Bo Saixi detonated all nine of her Soul Rings, used their energy to lift the trident, and then collapsed it into the ground as her aura weakened.

Bo Saixi accepted the Sea God’s terms to pursue the divine position, agreeing to appoint Tang Hao as Sea God Island’s new High Priest before going to Xiao Tian. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing cultivated in the Spirit Time House, ate with Xiao Tian, and asked where they could bathe.

• Bo Saixi lifted the Sea God Trident for less than three seconds, and the Sea God healed her injuries and restored her shattered spirit rings.
• The Sea God told Bo Saixi to find a replacement High Priest before her test advanced to the Sea God Nine Tests, and proposed Tang Hao for the position.
• Bo Saixi agreed to appoint Tang Hao and said she would prepare Sea God Island before heading to the continent.
• Zhu Zhuqing trained in the Tenfold Gravity area, raising her Soul Power to rank fifty-five and sensing a change in her martial soul after absorbing Xiao Tian’s dark-attribute God-given Soul Ring.
• Xiao Tian called Zhu Zhuqing to dinner and shared roasted chicken and fish with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked where they could bathe, and Xiao Tian pointed to the lake by the waterfall.

Xiao Tian set up a screen so Zhu Zhuqing could bathe in the lake, while she resolved to pursue him during their year together in the Spirit Time House. As Zhu Zhuqing bathed and Xiao Tian tried not to peek, her earlier question about her charm left him conflicted.

• Zhu Zhuqing blushed when Xiao Tian promised to block the view, then asked if she was not pretty after he said he would not peek.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided to take the initiative with Xiao Tian, since Xiao Wu and Rongrong would not object to their relationship.
• Zhu Zhuqing stepped on Xiao Tian's foot, then asked him for the screen so she could bathe.
• Xiao Tian set up a large folding screen beside the lake and gave Zhu Zhuqing a wooden basin for her clothes.
• Zhu Zhuqing undressed behind the screen and entered the lake while Xiao Tian sat with his back turned, struggling against thoughts of peeking.

Zhu Zhuqing tried to tempt Xiao Tian after her bath, while he kept his eyes and ears shut to remain composed. When she leaned in to kiss him, Xiao Tian opened his eyes, and their lips touched by accident.

• Xiao Tian sealed off his hearing and recited the Heart Cleansing Mantra while Zhu Zhuqing bathed behind a screen.
• After half an hour, Zhu Zhuqing dressed in a revealing pale purple nightdress and approached Xiao Tian, disappointed that he had not peeked.
• Zhu Zhuqing called to Xiao Tian and found him sitting motionless with his eyes closed, so she crouched in front of him.
• Zhu Zhuqing debated whether to kiss Xiao Tian, then leaned toward him as he suddenly opened his eyes.
• Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuqing looked at each other, moved their mouths at the same moment, and accidentally touched lips.

Zhu Zhuqing deliberately tried to seduce Xiao Tian, and after they kissed, they confessed that they both had feelings for each other. Xiao Tian accepted Zhu Zhuqing’s unspoken consent and chose to follow his heart, leaving the two of them together in an intimate moment.

• Xiao Tian caught Zhu Zhuqing when she stumbled away from their accidental kiss, and she nervously struggled in his arms.
• Xiao Tian asked whether Zhu Zhuqing had dressed and approached him with the intention of seducing him, warning her to change if he had misunderstood.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted that she had planned to seduce Xiao Tian and asked why he had not responded to her earlier signals.
• Xiao Tian explained that he had held back because he did not want to act without her permission, and Zhu Zhuqing understood that his restraint came from concern for her feelings.
• Zhu Zhuqing silently told Xiao Tian she was willing, and he decided to follow his feelings despite knowing he would have to explain things to Xiao Wu and Rongrong later.

After spending the night with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Tian promised to take responsibility for her and learned how her feelings had been encouraged by Xiao Wu and Rongrong. The system then rewarded him with cultivation techniques and a Bloodline Soul Ring Condensation Method, leaving Zhu Zhuqing ready to begin training.

• Xiao Tian promised Zhu Zhuqing he would explain their relationship to Xiao Wu and Rongrong and take responsibility for her.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Tian that Xiao Wu and Rongrong had urged her to be proactive because they had noticed her feelings for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing confessed that she loved Xiao Tian and vowed to cultivate hard so she would not hold him back.
• The system awarded Xiao Tian the Bloodline Soul Ring Condensation Method, the Yin Yang Dual Cultivation Method, and the Nine Nether Profound Nether Art, explaining that a delayed reward for Xiao Wu and Rongrong would come later.
• Xiao Tian received the cultivation methods and Bloodline Soul Ring Condensation Method, then tapped Zhu Zhuqing's forehead as she prepared to cultivate.