Chapter Summaries

Ye Mu met Gu Yuena at the Lake of Life, where she revealed that her injuries had healed after obtaining treasures from the Storybook. When Gu Yuena asked about the dragon aura from Sunset Forest, Ye Mu summoned the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s dragon souls, and the Fire Dragon King declared him the next Dragon God.

• Di Tian recognized Ye Mu’s Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul as the Dragon God’s aura and led him and the others to the Lake of Life.
• Ye Mu called for Gu Yuena, and she emerged from the lake in her Silver Dragon King form before transforming into a young woman.
• Ning Rongrong joked about Ye Mu making Gu Yuena his wife, prompting Xiong Jun and the other beasts to defend their master.
• Ye Mu noticed that Gu Yuena’s injuries had healed, and Gu Yuena confirmed she had gained treasures from the Storybook and neared the God King realm.
• Gu Yuena asked Ye Mu about the dragon aura from Sunset Forest, and he summoned the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s dragon souls.
• The Fire Dragon King declared that Ye Mu would be the Dragon God, and Di Tian and the other beasts knelt before the dragon souls.

After the Dragon Kings recognized Ye Mu as the future Dragon God, Gu Yuena acknowledged him as her lord, but Ye Mu let her continue leading the Spirit Beasts under rules that prevented attacks on humans. Ye Mu then revealed that Zi Ji and Bi Ji were Book Friends, prompting Gu Yuena to summon them through the Storybook.

• The Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King declared that Ye Mu would become the Dragon God, and Ye Mu revealed his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul.
• Gu Yuena addressed Ye Mu as Lord Dragon God, and Di Tian and the others left them alone to talk.
• Ye Mu told Gu Yuena she could keep leading the Spirit Beasts, provided she did not send them to slaughter humans.
• Gu Yuena agreed to establish rules for humans and Spirit Beasts to coexist peacefully.
• Ye Mu told Gu Yuena that Zi Ji and Bi Ji were Book Friends, so Gu Yuena summoned them through the Storybook.

Gu Yuena confronted Zi Ji and Bi Ji after learning they were Book Friends, then discovered how much their cultivation had increased. She decided to accompany Ye Mu to the human world to protect the Dragon God, agreeing to restrain her power there.

• Gu Yuena summoned Zi Ji and Bi Ji and questioned them about hiding their Storybooks.
• Zi Ji revealed that her cultivation had reached four hundred and fifty thousand years, while Bi Ji revealed that she had reached nine hundred thousand years.
• Gu Yuena said Bi Ji would likely be the first Ferocious Beast to become a god, and Bi Ji explained that healing rather than combat was her strength.
• Ye Mu asked whether Gu Yuena still planned to go to the human world, and she said she would follow the Dragon God and protect him.
• Ye Mu warned Gu Yuena not to reveal too much power or cause trouble in the human world, and she agreed to restrain herself.

Gu Yuena wanted to kill Tang San, but Ye Mu told her to spare him so the Book Friends could claim his opportunities and avoid disrupting the world's order. Meanwhile, Tang Hao decided to take Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to Slaughter City, secretly intending to abandon Yu Xiaogang there to die.

• Qian Renxue explained how many events across the stories traced back to Tang Hao and Tang San, and Gu Yuena asked whether she knew where Tang San was.
• Gu Yuena declared that she wanted to kill Tang San, but Ye Mu persuaded her to keep him alive for now so others could obtain his opportunities.
• Gu Yuena agreed to wait for the right time, while Tang San remained unaware that people in the Star Dou Great Forest were plotting against him.
• Tang San and Tang Hao decided to flee to Slaughter City because their enemies were hunting them and they had nowhere else to go.
• Tang Hao chose to bring Yu Xiaogang along as Tang San's teacher, while secretly planning to leave him behind in Slaughter City, where escaping required one hundred victories.
• Tang Hao left the hotel with Tang San pushing Yu Xiaogang's wheelchair, and Yu Xiaogang grew increasingly uneasy.

Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang traveled toward Slaughter City while the Four Great Clans learned Tang Hao’s location and set out to hunt him. As the group neared Noyin City, Tang Hao recognized the approaching Swift formation as members of the Speed Clan, leaving their pursuers close behind.

• Tang Hao led Tang San and the injured Yu Xiaogang toward Slaughter City as they tried to evade their many pursuers.
• A Speed Clan scout reported finding Tang Hao in Noyin City, and Bai He sent the Four Great Clans to hunt him down.
• Bai Chenxiang told the Storybook that her clansmen had found Tang Hao, while Ye Mu and the others decided not to join the pursuit.
• Ye Mu agreed to return to Spirit City in two days with Gu Yuena, Zi Ji, Bi Ji, and Ning Rongrong.
• Fifty kilometers west of Noyin City, Tang Hao spotted a large formation of Sharp-tailed Swifts and realized the Speed Clan had found them.

The Four Great Clans tracked down Tang Hao and attacked him and Tang San, while Bai Chenxiang revealed the evolved Glimmer Swift Martial Soul and overwhelmed Tang San. The battle continued with Tang Hao under pressure and Tang San badly injured and disarmed.

• Bai He explained that the Speed Clan had used its intelligence network to locate Tang Hao, and the four clan chiefs declared they would kill Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Yang Wudi led the Four Great Clans in a combined assault, and Bai Chenxiang started a live broadcast of the battle.
• Bai Chenxiang charged Tang San and used her evolved Glimmer Swift Martial Soul to shred his Blue Silver Grass and strike him into a boulder.
• Bai Chenxiang kicked Yu Xiaogang's wheelchair apart while he watched helplessly.
• Tang San tried to attack Bai Chenxiang with a Hidden Weapon, but she caught his wrist, twisted it, and made him drop it.

Bai Chenxiang overwhelmed Tang San, stripped him of his Hidden Weapons, and beat him over Tang Hao’s past crimes against her clan. As the clan chiefs wore Tang Hao down, Tang Hao appealed to Bai He by invoking his mother, Bai He’s sister.

• Bai Chenxiang outpaced Tang San, disarmed him, seized his storage Soul Tool, and removed his remaining Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San blamed Ye Mu and Xiao Wu for his misfortunes, while Bai Chenxiang told him Tang Hao had caused her parents’ deaths and demanded repayment for his father’s crimes.
• Bai Chenxiang forced Tang San to his knees and slapped his face until it swelled.
• The four clan chiefs wounded and exhausted Tang Hao, who appealed to Bai He by calling him uncle and mentioning his mother.
• Bai He darkly told Tang Hao to stop mentioning his sister.

Bai He used his evolved Glimmer Swift and the self-created skill Glimmer Shadow Kill to wound Tang Hao, who escaped with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang using a hidden weapon. Bai Chenxiang shot at the fleeing group with a Soul Tool, accidentally ruining Tang San's manhood.

• Tang Hao tried to distract Bai He by calling him Uncle, but Bai He blocked the Clear Sky Hammer and struck Tang Hao with Glimmer Shadow Kill.
• Bai Chenxiang explained that she had taught Bai He the skill and that his martial soul had evolved into the Glimmer Swift.
• Bai He rebuked Tang Hao for his betrayal and refused to be swayed by his appeals to family.
• Tang Hao detonated a hidden weapon that forced Bai He, Titan, and the others to retreat, then grabbed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang and fled.
• Bai Chenxiang fired a sniper rifle-type Soul Tool at Tang Hao, but the shot hit Tang San and ruined his manhood.

Bai Chenxiang’s shot left Tang San gravely wounded, and Tang Hao fled with him and Yu Xiaogang. Tang Hao promised to find a replacement for Tang San, then set out for a nearby village to seek a healer.

• Bai Chenxiang told the Four Great Clans that her shot had crippled Tang San, and they celebrated Tang Hao’s misfortune.
• Ye Mu and the others speculated in the Live Broadcast Room that Bai Chenxiang had deliberately targeted Tang San and wondered whether Tang Hao could find him a replacement.
• Tang Hao stopped near a mountain village and saw that Tang San’s wound was severe and bleeding heavily.
• Tang San asked if he could be healed, and Tang Hao promised they could install another one, giving Tang San hope.
• Tang Hao told Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to stay put while he went to the village to look for a healing Soul Master.

Tang San resolved to take revenge on the Four Great Clans after learning that his injuries would delay his journey to Slaughter City by a month. Meanwhile, Ye Mu and his companions left the Lake of Life and flew toward Spirit City, where Gu Yuena hoped to meet Bibi Dong.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that treatment and travel preparations would delay their arrival at Slaughter City by about a month, and Tang San vowed to destroy the Four Great Clans.
• Yu Xiaogang privately recognized Tang San's desire for revenge as hypocritical but kept supporting him because he depended on Tang Hao and Tang San.
• At the Lake of Life, Gu Yuena asked Ye Mu to keep his nighttime activities quieter, and he gave her an evasive reply.
• Gu Yuena chose to fly to Spirit City because she wanted to meet Bibi Dong and seek advice about leading and uniting the Spirit Beast clan.
• Ye Mu and the others took to the air, expecting to reach Spirit City in a day.

After returning to Spirit City, Ye Mu and the Book Friends met with Bibi Dong, who welcomed Gu Yuena and persuaded her to stay at Spirit Hall. The group then discussed threats from Tang San’s faction and how to end Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement, leaving Ye Mu ready to offer a plan.

• Ye Mu brought the girls to Bibi Dong’s private residence, where Bibi Dong welcomed them and celebrated the trouble Tang Hao and his allies had faced.
• Bibi Dong and Gu Yuena praised each other, and Bibi Dong invited Gu Yuena to stay at Spirit Hall; Gu Yuena accepted so she could remain near Ye Mu.
• Qian Renxue recognized that Bibi Dong had won Gu Yuena over to strengthen Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong urged the group to keep watching Flender and the others and find a way to formally cancel Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement.
• Ye Mu offered to share his ideas for ending Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement.

Ye Mu proposed using force or Dai Weisi to end Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing chose to have Dai Weisi cripple him. After Ye Mu left with Zhu Zhuqing and the others, Bibi Dong tried to persuade the curious Gu Yuena to have children with him for the dragon race’s revival.

• Ye Mu offered to use his strength or arrange for Dai Mubai to be crippled or killed to end the engagement, and he let Zhu Zhuqing choose the method.
• Ning Rongrong and the others supported crippling Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to have his elder brother Dai Weisi do it.
• Ye Mu said he would travel to the Star Luo Empire to approach Dai Weisi, and Bibi Dong offered to provide her agents there.
• Ye Mu left with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, followed by Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong told Gu Yuena that Ye Mu was the future Dragon God and urged her to have dragon babies with him for the dragon race’s revival.

Ye Mu and Qian Renxue arrived in Star Luo City and arranged to meet Dai Weisi about dealing with Dai Mubai. Dai Weisi agreed to consider cooperating but demanded proof of Dai Mubai’s situation and the visitors’ intentions.

• Gu Yuena remained troubled over Bibi Dong’s suggestion that she have a child with Ye Mu, while Zi Ji and Bi Ji pretended not to realize she had been misled.
• Ye Mu traveled to Star Luo City with Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, and two others, and Qian Renxue warned them to conceal their identities.
• Dai Weisi discussed the proposed meeting with his confidants and decided to meet the masked visitors, hoping to remove Dai Mubai and advance his own ambition to become emperor.
• Ye Mu offered Dai Weisi Dai Mubai’s location in exchange for crippling him, but Dai Weisi demanded confirmation of the information and the visitors’ motives.

Dai Weisi accepted Ye Mu’s offer to help eliminate Dai Mubai, unaware that Chen Yu was a Spirit Hall informant reporting to Ye Mu. As Ye Mu and his companions explored Star Luo City, they discussed using Dai Weisi and the Dai Clan elders to provoke a war between the two empires, then decided to visit an auction house.

• Dai Weisi weighed Ye Mu’s offer, agreed to target Dai Mubai, and ordered his aides to watch Ye Mu’s group.
• Chen Yu revealed to Ye Mu that Dai Weisi had believed the deception and agreed to report any developments.
• Ye Mu and the women toured Star Luo City, where Qian Renxue considered how conflict with the Star Luo Empire could serve Spirit Hall’s plans.
• Ye Mu suggested exploiting Dai Weisi’s ambition and the Dai Clan elders to intensify tensions between the empires, and Qian Renxue understood his reasoning.
• Ning Rongrong pointed out a nearby auction house, and Ye Mu agreed that the group should go inside.

Ye Mu and his companions visited the luxurious Sky Dome Auction House in Star Luo Imperial City, where Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue explained its powerful backers and the Star Luo Royal Family’s internal hierarchy. After spotting royal clan members bidding on a costly boat-shaped Soul Tool, Ye Mu agreed to bid against them for fun.

• Ning Rongrong explained that the Sky Dome Auction House ranked among the continent’s best and had the Upper Three Sects’ backing, while Ye Mu noted that the Star Luo Emperor was reportedly its true owner.
• Ning Rongrong used her VIP card to bring the group to a private room overlooking the auction floor.
• Qian Renxue explained that Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi belonged to the emperor’s direct line, while other royals were collateral clan members with limited power outside the Dai Clan.
• Ye Mu spotted Star Luo Royal Family members bidding on a boat-shaped Soul Tool, whose price had reached seven hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Wu suggested bidding to make things difficult for the royals, and Ye Mu agreed.

Ye Mu and Qian Renxue provoked Dai Tianyun at an auction and decided to kill him to frame Dai Weisi and earn his trust. After the auction, Dai Tianyun ordered his guards to watch the exit so he could ambush the people in private room number three.

• Ning Rongrong bid on a Soul Tool from private room number three, and Dai Tianyun raised his bid before ordering his guards to identify the rival bidder.
• Dai Tianyun announced his royal status and his close relationship with Dai Mubai, but Ye Mu mocked him and refused to keep bidding on the overpriced Soul Tool.
• Ye Mu and Qian Renxue agreed to kill Dai Tianyun after the auction and make the royal family suspect Dai Weisi.
• Ye Mu repeatedly drove up the prices of items Dai Tianyun wanted, leaving him furious throughout the auction.
• After the auction, Dai Tianyun told his guards to watch the exit and prepare to ambush the people from private room number three.

Ye Mu and his companions let Dai Tianyun lure them into an alley, where Ye Mu killed his guards and then killed Dai Tianyun. They continued shopping, while Ye Mu remarked that Dai Weisi could now rest easier.

• Dai Tianyun watched Ye Mu and the masked women leave the auction house and ordered his guards to follow them.
• Ye Mu and his companions noticed they were being watched and deliberately led Dai Tianyun’s group into a secluded alley.
• Dai Tianyun confronted them, demanded the women and their belongings, and ordered his guards to attack.
• Ye Mu killed more than twenty guards at once, then pulled Dai Tianyun over and crushed his throat despite his pleas and threats.
• Ye Mu said Dai Weisi could rest easier now and led the women out of the alley to continue shopping.

Ye Mu planned to let Dai Weisi take power while Spirit Hall prepared to claim both empires once Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue became gods. Dai Weisi believed Ye Mu’s group had killed Dai Tianyun over Dai Mubai and ordered his allies to target Dai Mubai and lure a clan elder out.

• Ye Mu told Qian Renxue to keep Spirit Hall agents near Dai Weisi and wait to act until he became emperor.
• Ye Mu proposed that Qian Renxue lead the Heaven Dou Imperial Family into pledging allegiance to Spirit Hall after Bibi Dong became a god, then use a puppet to cover Qian Renxue’s departure.
• Ye Mu carried Zhu Zhuqing to bed while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Qian Renxue reacted to his advances.
• Chen Yu told Dai Weisi that Ye Mu’s group had killed Dai Tianyun, and Dai Weisi assumed they held a grudge against Dai Mubai because of the women around him.
• Dai Weisi ordered Chen Yu to prepare to deal with Dai Mubai and suggested luring the suspected clan elder out by telling him Dai Tianyun was dead.

After learning Dai Mubai had a Dai Clan elder’s support, Dai Weisi arranged for the elder to be killed, while Ye Mu and Qian Renxue chose not to interfere. Dai Huabing’s death spread through Star Luo City and stirred a storm within the Dai Clan.

• Fan Ming reported Dai Mubai’s plans to Ye Mu, who decided that he and Qian Renxue would leave the conflict to the Star Luo Royal Family.
• Dai Weisi sent Star Luo death warriors to ambush Dai Huabing, whom a message had lured to the forest with news of his grandson Dai Tianyun’s corpse.
• Dai Huabing recognized the attackers as Star Luo death warriors, but they killed his guards and beheaded him.
• The Star Luo Emperor learned Dai Huabing had supported Dai Mubai and chose not to intervene.
• News of Dai Huabing’s death spread through Star Luo City and began stirring unrest within the Dai Clan.

After Dai Huabing and Dai Tianyun were killed, suspicion spread through the Dai Clan while Dai Weisi planned to eliminate people who knew his secrets. In the Heaven Dou Empire, Flender’s group struggled to find a place to settle, and Dai Mubai came under attack by a barrage of arrows.

• The Dai Clan’s nine remaining elders argued over Dai Huabing’s death, suspecting Dai Weisi but failing to agree on an investigation.
• Dai Weisi ordered Chen Yu to watch the people who had come to cooperate with him and find a chance to drive them away or kill them.
• Chen Yu reported that Dai Weisi had sent a hundred elite deathsworn after Dai Mubai, and Ye Mu waited to see whether Dai Mubai would survive.
• Flender led Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhao Wuji through the Heaven Dou Empire, but two Advanced Soul Master Academies had rejected them.
• Flender warned the group of an attack as arrows pierced their room’s window and targeted Dai Mubai, prompting them to take cover and retreat.