Chapter Summaries

Cao Yan faced Scarlet King in the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region and defeated him with a single clash, shocking the gathered Soul Beasts. Scarlet King vowed revenge, while Cao Yan’s attention turned to Gu Yuena.

• The Soul Beasts mocked Cao Yan and expected Scarlet King to defeat him easily.
• Bi Ji warned Scarlet King not to attack, but he ignored her and demanded that Cao Yan kneel and kowtow.
• Cao Yan met Scarlet King’s punch with his own and sent him flying, leaving him badly weakened.
• Cao Yan taunted Scarlet King and glanced toward Gu Yuena, while Scarlet King swore to repay the humiliation.

Cao Yan humiliated Scarlet King and nearly killed him, but Xiong Jun intervened at the last moment and forced Cao Yan back. Xiong Jun warned Cao Yan against acting arrogantly in Soul Beast territory, leaving the two men facing off.

• Cao Yan slapped Scarlet King after rejecting his threats, shocking the surrounding Soul Beasts.
• Scarlet King demanded that Cao Yan cripple himself, but Cao Yan attacked him with a powerful punch.
• Scarlet King begged for his life as Cao Yan prepared to kill him.
• Xiong Jun appeared and stopped Cao Yan, warning him to leave room for others.
• Cao Yan retreated dozens of steps after Xiong Jun struck him with overwhelming force.

Cao Yan faced Xiong Jun, who demanded that he surrender Xiao Wu and Ah Yin and threatened Bi Ji. After Cao Yan openly claimed Bi Ji as his woman, Xiong Jun transformed into his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear form and unleashed Sky-Rending Claw, leaving the surrounding Soul Beasts expecting Cao Yan to die.

• Xiong Jun demanded that Cao Yan hand over Xiao Wu and Ah Yin, threatening to kill him if he refused.
• Cao Yan reassured Xiao Wu and Ah Yin, while Bi Ji warned Xiong Jun that Cao Yan had come to help the master recover their cultivation.
• Xiong Jun insulted Bi Ji and threatened to claim her, but Cao Yan touched her buttocks and called her his woman, and Bi Ji accepted.
• Xiong Jun flew into a rage, transformed into his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear form, and attacked Cao Yan with Sky-Rending Claw.
• The watching Soul Beasts recognized Xiong Jun's legendary attack and expected Cao Yan to be defeated.

Cao Yan revealed that he was a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo and defeated Xiong Jun after Xiong Jun attacked him. Gu Yuena stopped Cao Yan from killing Xiong Jun, then asked whether Cao Yan could restore her former cultivation.

• Xiong Jun used Sky-Rending Claw against Cao Yan, confident the attack would kill him.
• Cao Yan released his Soul Power, revealed his Peerless Douluo-level strength, and struck Xiong Jun down with a punch.
• Xiong Jun returned to human form, knelt before Cao Yan, and begged him to spare his life.
• Cao Yan prepared to kill Xiong Jun for coveting his woman, but Gu Yuena asked him to spare Xiong Jun, and Cao Yan agreed.
• Gu Yuena asked Cao Yan whether he could restore her former cultivation, promising that he would become a friend of the Soul Beast race if he could.

Cao Yan told Gu Yuena he could restore her cultivation to the peak of her current Silver Dragon King state, reaching the demigod level. When he asked to embrace her, Gu Yuena agreed and welcomed him into her arms.

• Cao Yan explained that he could help Gu Yuena recover to demigod cultivation, though he could not reunite her with the half of her divine body imprisoned in the God Realm.
• The Soul Beasts celebrated the prospect of Gu Yuena recovering, while some questioned whether Cao Yan could truly help her.
• Cao Yan asked Gu Yuena if he could hug her, prompting Scarlet King and Xiong Jun to angrily object.
• Cao Yan began to leave, but Gu Yuena called him back and ordered Scarlet King and Xiong Jun to remain silent.
• Gu Yuena agreed to let Cao Yan embrace her, and he immediately threw himself into her arms.

Cao Yan embraced Gu Yuena and claimed that dual cultivation was the only way to restore her damaged cultivation. Gu Yuena hesitated, and a purple-robed woman stepped forward, suspecting Cao Yan and urging Gu Yuena to kill him.

• The Soul Beasts grew furious at Cao Yan for touching Gu Yuena, but Gu Yuena warned them not to disrespect him.
• Cao Yan continued holding Gu Yuena while she endured the intimacy in hopes that he could restore her cultivation.
• Gu Yuena and Cao Yan exchanged names, and she promised to repay him if he helped her recover.
• Cao Yan released Gu Yuena and proposed dual cultivation as the sole method to restore her cultivation.
• Gu Yuena hesitated, and a purple-robed woman urged her to kill Cao Yan, accusing him of acting deliberately.

Cao Yan told Gu Yuena that Dual Cultivation was the only way to restore her lost power, but she hesitated because it could bind her to him through love. He left the choice to her and continued courting her, while Zi Ji remained hostile toward him.

• Zi Ji insulted Cao Yan, and Gu Yuena reprimanded her for disrespecting him.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Cao Yan knew another way to restore her cultivation, and he said Dual Cultivation was the only method.
• Gu Yuena asked for time to consider the cost of the method, and Cao Yan agreed to wait for her decision.
• Gu Yuena asked about Ah Yin and Xiao Wu, and Cao Yan said they were both his fiancées.
• Gu Yuena asked whether she was prettier than them, and Cao Yan praised her as the most beautiful girl in the world.

Cao Yan charmed Gu Yuena and the Soul Beasts, then revealed his power by confronting the injured Di Tian. He left with Zi Ji after she agreed to become his woman, while Di Tian lamented that Cao Yan had taken Bi Ji and Zi Ji from him.

• Gu Yuena blushed at Cao Yan's flattery, invited him to stay, and ordered Zi Ji to arrange his quarters.
• The Soul Beasts whispered jealously about Cao Yan's influence over Gu Yuena, and Zi Ji silenced them.
• Di Tian returned badly injured and warned that a human at the Peerless Douluo level had defeated him.
• Di Tian recognized Cao Yan and called for the Soul Beasts to attack, but Zi Ji defended Cao Yan as Gu Yuena's honored guest.
• Cao Yan invited Bi Ji to meet him that night, then asked Zi Ji to become his woman, and she agreed to take him to his quarters.
• Di Tian wailed that Cao Yan had taken Bi Ji and Zi Ji from him.

Zi Ji told Cao Yan that Di Tian had repeatedly tried to force her and Bi Ji to become his women, prompting Cao Yan to offer to kill him. Zi Ji stopped him out of concern for the Soul Beast realm, and Cao Yan agreed to spare Di Tian unless he harmed her again.

• Zi Ji asked Cao Yan whether he had truly defeated Di Tian, and Cao Yan dismissed the Black Dragon King as a minor threat.
• Zi Ji revealed that Di Tian had pressured her to become his woman and had similar intentions toward Bi Ji.
• Cao Yan became furious and set out to kill Di Tian for mistreating Zi Ji.
• Zi Ji embraced Cao Yan and pleaded with him not to kill Di Tian because of the beast's noble bloodline and importance to the Soul Beast realm.
• Cao Yan respected Zi Ji's choice and warned that he would not spare Di Tian if he bullied her again.

Cao Yan grew closer to Zi Ji and invited her to become his woman. After Zi Ji agreed, she joined Xiao Wu and Ah Yin in the cabin beside the Lake of Life for the night.

• Zi Ji asked Cao Yan if she could call him Brother Cao Yan, and he agreed.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Cao Yan was interested in Zi Ji, and Ah Yin teased him about it.
• Xiao Wu and Ah Yin said they would join Cao Yan if he became intimate with Zi Ji.
• Zi Ji led Cao Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin to a cabin beside the Lake of Life.
• Cao Yan asked Zi Ji to be his woman, and she agreed before entering the cabin with Xiao Wu and Ah Yin.

After a night with Bi Ji and the others, Cao Yan planned to pursue the beautiful women across Douluo Continent. Bi Ji left after he promised to protect her, while Zi Ji woke and sought reassurance that he found her beautiful too.

• Cao Yan imagined conquering beauties including Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Ye Lingling, the Spirit Hall trio, Liu Erlong, Bai Chenxiang, Xue Ke, and the girls of Skywater Academy.
• Bi Ji asked Cao Yan why he had not rested, and he told her to call him Brother Cao Yan and promised to protect her for life.
• Cao Yan embraced Bi Ji and helped her put on her torn dress before she reluctantly left, saying she would always be his.
• Zi Ji woke and asked Cao Yan whether he liked Bi Ji more and whether she was less beautiful.

Cao Yan comforted Zi Ji and reassured her that he loved her more than Bi Ji, then stopped when she said she was still too weak for him to touch her again. He teased and flirted with her before helping her with her torn purple dress.

• Cao Yan sat beside Zi Ji and told her she was the most beautiful woman to him, easing her jealousy of Bi Ji.
• Zi Ji said she was exhausted and had not recovered from the previous night, so Cao Yan agreed not to touch her again.
• Zi Ji asked Cao Yan to help her put on her dress because she could barely move.
• Cao Yan playfully slapped Zi Ji's backside and teased her, then picked up her torn purple dress to help her get dressed.

Cao Yan helped Zi Ji dress as she declared her wish to remain his woman for life and hoped he would remember her if he became a god. Zi Ji left, telling Cao Yan he could visit her whenever he missed her.

• Cao Yan praised Zi Ji and gently helped her put on her dress while admiring her beauty.
• Zi Ji told Cao Yan she wanted to be his woman forever and hoped she could share in his future immortality.
• Cao Yan lamented that Gu Yuena would not trust him, and Zi Ji said their leader might agree to Dual Cultivation after taking time to consider it.
• Cao Yan reassured Zi Ji and continued helping her dress.
• Zi Ji thanked Cao Yan, said she would always be his woman, and left.

Cao Yan gave Zi Ji a sailor uniform and embraced her before she left, promising to visit her that night. He then comforted Ah Yin, who revealed how much she had missed him during their six years apart, and promised to stay by her side.

• Cao Yan stopped Zi Ji as she was leaving and gave her a sailor uniform, making her happy to receive her first gift from him.
• Zi Ji asked Cao Yan to visit her that night, and he hugged her before she returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with the outfit.
• Cao Yan noticed Ah Yin looked weak and urged her to rest.
• Ah Yin said she had missed Cao Yan throughout their six years apart and was glad they had reunited.
• Cao Yan apologized for leaving Ah Yin lonely and promised to love and care for her for the rest of his life.

Cao Yan reassured Ah Yin that he loved her and would never abandon her, and she embraced him, moved by his devotion. He then suspected Tang Hao had deceived Ah Yin and conspired with Spirit Hall to obtain her 100,000-Year Soul Ring, though the chapter ended with that accusation still only Cao Yan’s guess.

• Cao Yan promised Ah Yin that he would always love her despite her doubts about her appearance.
• Ah Yin feared Cao Yan would eventually prefer Xiao Wu and the other women, but he insisted she was unique to him.
• Ah Yin embraced Cao Yan and contrasted his affection with Tang Hao’s past betrayal of her.
• Cao Yan suspected Tang Hao had conspired with Spirit Hall and Qian Xunji to take Ah Yin’s 100,000-Year Soul Ring.
• Cao Yan guessed that Tang Hao’s refusal to share the Soul Bone led Qian Xunji to fight him and helped create the feud between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.

Cao Yan comforted Ah Yin about Tang Hao's betrayal, helped her and Xiao Wu dress, and led them through the Star Dou Great Forest to Gu Yuena's palace. There, Di Tian and the gathered Soul Beasts welcomed Cao Yan with a respectful greeting.

• Ah Yin wept over having trusted Tang Hao, and Cao Yan comforted her and promised to protect her.
• Cao Yan helped Ah Yin and Xiao Wu get dressed after Xiao Wu woke up.
• Cao Yan took Ah Yin and Xiao Wu out to explore the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Cao Yan led Ah Yin and Xiao Wu into Gu Yuena's palace, where Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Scarlet King, and other Soul Beasts had gathered.
• Di Tian respectfully greeted Cao Yan, and Scarlet King and Xiong Jun followed suit.

Di Tian knelt before Cao Yan, apologized, and pledged his allegiance in exchange for a chance to receive divine aid and break through his cultivation limit. Cao Yan accepted him as a subordinate after testing his attitude toward Zi Ji and Bi Ji.

• Cao Yan questioned Di Tian’s sudden submission, and Di Tian apologized for making an enemy of him.
• Di Tian knelt and asked Cao Yan to grant him good fortune after becoming a god so he could break through his cultivation limit.
• Cao Yan promised to help him if Di Tian willingly submitted, and Di Tian pledged to follow his orders.
• Cao Yan warned Di Tian that Zi Ji and Bi Ji were his women, and Di Tian agreed without objection.
• Cao Yan accepted Di Tian as one of his men and told him to invoke his name if anyone bullied him.

Cao Yan tested Di Tian’s loyalty by demanding that he bark like a dog, and Di Tian complied to earn permission to follow him. Zi Ji then arrived and openly showed her affection for Cao Yan, leaving the Soul Beasts stunned and Di Tian humiliated.

• Cao Yan demanded that Di Tian bark like a dog to prove his loyalty, and Di Tian reluctantly agreed.
• Di Tian barked in front of Xiong Jun, Scarlet King, and the others, and Cao Yan accepted him as a subordinate.
• Zi Ji arrived, teased Di Tian, and went to Cao Yan with Bi Ji beside her.
• Zi Ji asked Cao Yan whether she looked beautiful, and he praised her while the Soul Beasts watched in shock.
• Di Tian stood frozen as Zi Ji’s closeness with Cao Yan became clear.

Cao Yan reaffirmed his claim over Zi Ji and Bi Ji while warning Di Tian not to covet them. Xiong Jun and Scarlet King then knelt and submitted to Cao Yan, hoping he would grant them good fortune after becoming a god.

• Zi Ji and Bi Ji praised Cao Yan and showed their affection for him, while Di Tian watched in bewilderment.
• Di Tian flattered Cao Yan, who mocked him and threatened him against harboring thoughts about Zi Ji or Bi Ji.
• Xiong Jun knelt before Cao Yan and asked to submit in exchange for future good fortune.
• Scarlet King followed Xiong Jun, apologized for offending Cao Yan, and asked to submit.
• Cao Yan reluctantly accepted their submission, and both Xiong Jun and Scarlet King knelt before him.

Cao Yan accepted Xiong Jun and Scarlet King as his subordinates, then met Gu Yuena when she arrived at the palace. Gu Yuena had decided to let Cao Yan restore her peak cultivation, and she brought the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with her.

• Cao Yan ordered Xiong Jun and Scarlet King to serve him and dismissed them when he sensed Gu Yuena approaching.
• Gu Yuena arrived and told Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and Scarlet King to leave her alone with Cao Yan.
• Di Tian warned Gu Yuena that seeking to restore her cultivation was dangerous, but she insisted she had made up her mind.
• Cao Yan asked about the Soul Beast accompanying Gu Yuena, and Gu Yuena explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was an auspicious beast whose presence more than doubled nearby Soul Beasts' cultivation speed.