Chapter Summaries

The Star Luo Emperor used an insulting letter from the Heaven Dou Emperor and the messenger’s abuse as grounds to prepare for war. He summoned his senior commanders and decided to pursue a limited campaign, while fearing it could escalate into a war of annihilation.

• The Star Luo Emperor ordered the Heaven Dou messenger executed and his head displayed after receiving an insulting letter.
• The messenger cursed the Star Luo Emperor before the guards killed him.
• The Star Luo Emperor tore up the letter, claimed Heaven Dou had insulted his national dignity, and summoned his marshal and senior generals.
• The Star Luo generals urged the Star Luo Emperor to invade Heaven Dou and capture its emperor.
• The Star Luo Emperor decided to wage a limited war to punish Heaven Dou, but worried it could escalate and draw in Heaven Dou’s Regent Prince.

Star Luo secretly prepared a surprise attack on Heaven Dou while Dai Mubai pursued power and Dai Weisi grew wary of him. Qian Renxue’s attempt to provoke Star Luo produced no visible military response, and Wang Jingyu and Titan arrived in Dragon Rise City.

• The Star Luo Emperor gave his generals three months to secretly prepare elite troops for a blitzkrieg against Heaven Dou’s border strongholds, while Dai Mubai contacted powerful families and trained obsessively.
• Dai Weisi learned of Dai Mubai’s growing ambition and feared his younger brother might surpass him and contend for the throne.
• Qian Renxue rewarded the executed messenger’s family, then ordered spies to watch Star Luo’s armies after learning they had made no unusual moves.
• Qian Renxue sent Snake Lance Douluo to report her plan to Qian Daoliu, who increased preparations to establish the Spirit Hall Empire while remaining ready to wait if war did not erupt.
• Wang Jingyu and Titan traveled by carriage for two days and reached Dragon Rise City, home of the Defense Clan.

Titan brought Wang Jingyu to the Defense Clan to meet its leader, Niu Gao. After Niu Gao discovered Titan had reached level 88 and learned Wang Jingyu was his Master, he reacted with shock and asked whether Wang Jingyu was Tang Hao's son.

• Titan explained that the Defense Clan specialized in architecture and construction as he and Wang Jingyu arrived at its residence.
• A clan member told Titan that Niu Gao had returned, and Niu Gao came out to greet his old friend.
• Niu Gao noticed Titan's breakthrough, and Titan revealed that his Soul Power had risen from level 86 to level 88.
• Niu Gao teased Titan about Wang Jingyu, but Titan stopped him and introduced Wang Jingyu as the person who helped him break through and as his Master.
• Niu Gao reacted in disbelief that Titan had acknowledged Wang Jingyu as his Master and asked whether Wang Jingyu was Tang Hao's son.

Wang Jingyu persuaded Niu Gao to submit by offering him a pill and a powerful soul bone, then used Kotoamatsukami to secure his loyalty. After taking the pill, Niu Gao's Soul Power finally increased after nearly ten years.

• Niu Gao questioned Titan about acknowledging Wang Jingyu as Master, and Titan denied that Wang Jingyu was Tang Hao's descendant.
• Titan claimed Wang Jingyu had raised his Soul Power and gifted powerful soul bones to three generations of his family, but Niu Gao doubted him.
• Wang Jingyu displayed a soul bone and offered Niu Gao a Soul Refining Pill and a seventy-six-thousand-year Defense-type torso bone in exchange for loyal service.
• Wang Jingyu told Niu Gao that Tang Hao and his son were his enemies, then used Kotoamatsukami to change Niu Gao's will.
• Niu Gao knelt and acknowledged Wang Jingyu as Master, and Wang Jingyu gave him the pill and soul bone.
• Niu Gao took the pill and soon felt his Soul Power rise for the first time in nearly ten years.

After Wang Jingyu’s pill helped Niu Gao reach Rank 87, Niu Gao pledged his clan to Wang Jingyu’s planned faction. As they traveled toward the Speed Clan, Wang Jingyu wrote that he intended to make Bai Chenxiang his wife and help her obtain a divine inheritance.

• Niu Gao broke through to Rank 87 after taking Wang Jingyu’s pill and thanked him for the gift.
• Wang Jingyu promised Niu Gao that faithful service might bring him more pills and a chance to become a Titled Douluo.
• At a feast, Wang Jingyu asked Niu Gao to bring the Defense Clan into his planned faction, and Niu Gao agreed.
• Wang Jingyu, Titan, and Niu Gao set out for the Speed Clan’s territory the next day.
• Wang Jingyu wrote in his diary that he planned to pursue Bai Chenxiang and help her gain a divine inheritance.

Wang Jingyu received the Earth Soul Pill formula and planned to use Kotoamatsukami on Bai Chenxiang, while the women around him read his diary entry. Bai Chenxiang discovered a diary that followed her everywhere and learned it claimed Tang San was her cousin, leaving her confused and planning to ask Bai He about it.

• Wang Jingyu received the Earth Soul Pill formula, then examined it while Titan and Niu Gao privately wondered if something was wrong with his brain.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing read Wang Jingyu's new entry and speculated that Bai Chenxiang belonged to the Speed Clan.
• The other women glanced at the diary update before returning to mahjong or their work.
• Bai Chenxiang tried to escape a diary that followed her, but Bai He could not see it and sent her to rest.
• Bai Chenxiang read the diary and became confused by its knowledge of her and its claim that Tang San was her cousin.

Shrek Academy merged into Barlin Advanced Spirit Master Academy in Barak City, which was renamed Dawn Advanced Spirit Master Academy, while Tang San fretted over his mother’s fate and his father’s disappearance. The chapter left Tang San still troubled and unsure how he would find suitable spirit bones to restore his father’s limbs.

• Bai Chenxiang questioned a message that judged her appearance and proposed that she become Ma Hongjun’s woman in exchange for help becoming a god.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang arranged for Shrek Academy to merge with the advanced academy in Barak City, and its dean renamed it Dawn Advanced Spirit Master Academy.
• Tang San watched the students on the academy grounds and worried that Wang Jingyu might mistreat his mother, unaware that Tailong and the Strength Clan had joined Wang Jingyu.
• Tang San told Ma Hongjun and Oscar that he was uneasy because his father had left and not returned.
• Ma Hongjun reminded Tang San that he had found a way to treat his father’s missing limbs, but Tang San worried that suitable spirit bones would be difficult to find.

Searching the Rakshasa God's memories, Tang San decided to go to Slaughter City to obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain and pursue power enough to defeat Wang Jingyu. Flender and Yu Xiaogang failed to dissuade him, and he left without knowing that Scott now ruled Slaughter City with overwhelming strength.

• Tang San searched the Rakshasa God's memories for a way to grow stronger and found information about the Divine Slaughter's Domain and the Asura God's inheritance.
• Tang San resolved to go to Slaughter City, believing its domain could help him defeat Wang Jingyu and reclaim his mother and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San told Flender and Yu Xiaogang that he was leaving for Slaughter City, and he rejected their warnings and attempts to stop him.
• Tang San departed, unaware that Wang Jingyu had raised Scott to Titled Douluo strength and made him the dominant King of Slaughter.

Tang Hao tried to rebuild his forces by persuading the affiliated clans to pledge allegiance to him, but Yang Wudi rejected his appeal and demanded that the other clans agree first. Tang Hao left the Breaking Clan frustrated, concluding that he needed to secure Titan and Niu Gao’s support.

• Scott followed Wang Jingyu’s orders to torment any trialist surnamed Tang who entered Slaughter City, while Tang San unknowingly headed there.
• Tang Hao visited the Defense Clan but failed to meet Niu Gao, who was away on business.
• Tang Hao met Bai He of the Speed Clan, who agreed to consider returning only if the other three affiliated clans did so too.
• Tang Hao apologized to Yang Wudi and asked him to pledge allegiance, but Yang Wudi refused and ordered his clansmen to expel him.
• Tang Hao left the Breaking Clan and decided he needed to persuade Titan and Niu Gao first.

Wang Jingyu, Titan, and Niu Gao arrived at the impoverished Speed Clan settlement to visit Bai He and met his granddaughter, Bai Chenxiang. Bai Chenxiang was struck by Wang Jingyu’s looks, while remaining curious and skeptical about the mysterious diary that had recently appeared to her.

• Wang Jingyu, Titan, and Niu Gao reached the Speed Clan’s village after several days of travel and saw how badly its members were living.
• Speed Clan members welcomed Titan and Niu Gao, then escorted the visitors to Bai He’s house.
• Bai He came out to greet his old friends, accompanied by his granddaughter Bai Chenxiang, who greeted Titan and Niu Gao.
• Wang Jingyu and Bai Chenxiang noticed each other and silently appraised the other’s appearance.
• Bai Chenxiang recalled the strange diary only she could see and doubted its author’s claims about being powerful enough to defeat gods.

Wang Jingyu visited the Speed Clan and invited Bai He to lead it into his new faction, while Bai Chenxiang suspected he was the writer of the outrageous journal. Bai He learned that Titan and Niu Gao had already joined Wang Jingyu and questioned their decision, bringing the recruitment to an uneasy pause.

• Bai Chenxiang saw Wang Jingyu staring at her, hid behind Bai He, and guessed that he was the journal's author when he introduced himself as Wang.
• Wang Jingyu asked Bai He to lead the Speed Clan into his new faction.
• Bai Chenxiang tried to question Wang Jingyu about the journal but found she could not speak about its contents.
• Bai He asked whether Titan and Niu Gao had brought Wang Jingyu to recruit the Speed Clan, and they confirmed they had joined his service.
• Bai He asked his friends whether they had gone mad and pointed out that Tang Hao had also sought to establish a faction.

Bai He learned why Titan and Niu Gao had joined Wang Jingyu: Wang Jingyu had rewarded them with powerful pills and Soul Bones, and he was the Heaven Dou Empire’s Regent Prince. The Strength, Defense, and Breaking Clans had no intention of returning to Tang Hao, while Bai Chenxiang was stunned to meet the Regent Prince she had admired for years.

• Titan and Niu Gao angrily rejected Tang Hao’s attempt to rebuild his faction, convincing Bai He that the allied clans would not return to him.
• Bai He privately questioned why Titan and Niu Gao had chosen to serve Wang Jingyu, and they revealed their breakthroughs and the valuable rewards he had given them.
• Niu Gao told Bai He that Wang Jingyu was the Regent Prince and could protect the clans through his status and power.
• Bai He realized his granddaughter Bai Chenxiang had long admired the Regent Prince and saw her become overwhelmed when she met Wang Jingyu.

Wang Jingyu was startled when Bai Chenxiang approached him with intense enthusiasm after learning he was the Regent Prince. Bai He explained that she had admired Wang Jingyu for years and attended Blue Tyrant Academy hoping to meet him, leaving Wang Jingyu pleased that her affection might help him win the Speed Clan over.

• Bai Chenxiang eagerly asked Wang Jingyu to shake hands, then clasped and kneaded his hand with both of hers.
• Bai He pulled them apart and sent Bai Chenxiang to ask her Second Aunt Liu to prepare food.
• Bai Chenxiang reluctantly left, and Bai He apologized, explaining that she had admired Wang Jingyu since childhood and had attended Blue Tyrant Academy to meet him.
• Bai He said Bai Chenxiang had spent seven or eight years at Blue Tyrant Academy without meeting Wang Jingyu, then returned to the clan after reaching Rank 40.
• Wang Jingyu realized Bai Chenxiang's admiration might help him persuade Bai He and the Speed Clan to follow him, and told Bai He he did not mind her behavior.

Bai He agreed to lead the Speed Clan under Wang Jingyu’s command if Wang defeated him in a speed contest. As the contest began, Bai He rushed toward Wang Jingyu, who did not move, leaving Bai He wondering whether the Regent had already dismissed him as useless.

• Bai He asked Wang Jingyu to defeat him in speed so that he could submit to him without reservation.
• Wang Jingyu accepted the challenge, and the Speed Clan gathered outside the village to watch.
• Bai Chenxiang and Second Aunt Liu left their cooking to join the crowd and watch the contest.
• Titan started an incense timer, and Bai He vanished from his starting position as he raced toward Wang Jingyu.
• Bai He reached out to touch Wang Jingyu’s shoulder, but Wang Jingyu did not dodge, making Bai He fear that the Regent no longer wanted the Speed Clan.

Wang Jingyu proved his speed was far beyond Bai He's by evading him and then filling the area with afterimages. Bai He conceded and agreed to lead the Speed Clan in joining the Regent Prince, while Wang Jingyu recognized the clan's potential as an aerial and intelligence force.

• Bai He challenged Wang Jingyu's speed, but Wang Jingyu repeatedly avoided his grasp and left Bai He unable to touch him.
• Wang Jingyu created countless afterimages around Bai He, demonstrating speed that left the Speed Clan chief astonished.
• Bai He conceded defeat and praised Wang Jingyu for surpassing the Speed Clan's record for pure speed.
• Bai He agreed to lead the Speed Clan in joining the Regent Prince and asked that Wang Jingyu not consider the clan useless.
• Wang Jingyu understood that Bai He underestimated his clan and saw its speed as valuable for aerial operations and intelligence gathering.

Wang Jingyu secured the Speed Clan’s allegiance by promising to make them a powerful force and supplying them with food, necessities, and Gold Soul Coins. Bai He accepted the support under Wang Jingyu’s stern insistence, while Bai Chenxiang was delighted at the prospect of seeing him often.

• Wang Jingyu reassured Bai He that he would help the Speed Clan gain offensive power and make them a weapon in his service.
• Bai Chenxiang realized that Wang Jingyu intended to take the Speed Clan under his command and rejoiced at the prospect of seeing him again.
• Bai Chenxiang brought her family’s food stores to Second Aunt Liu after the clan’s meal burned, and Bai He allowed her to give them away.
• Wang Jingyu used his storage space to provide the Speed Clan with a huge pile of daily supplies and five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Bai He tried to refuse the money, but Wang Jingyu insisted that he had a duty to support his new followers and challenged Bai He’s loyalty.

Wang Jingyu strengthened Bai He's loyalty to him with supplies and Gold Soul Coins, then drew Bai Chenxiang close with wine and valuable soul treasures. The chapter ended with Bai He giving his own soul bone to his granddaughter so she could grow stronger.

• Bai He accepted Wang Jingyu's supplies and five thousand Gold Soul Coins, pledging to serve him.
• Bai He brought Bai Chenxiang to join the meal, and Wang Jingyu invited her to sit beside him and pour wine.
• Wang Jingyu gave Bai He and Bai Chenxiang Soul Refining Pills and rare soul bones, including an eighty-six-thousand-year External Soul Bone for Bai Chenxiang.
• Bai He handed his seventy-four-thousand-year Lightning Dragon Soul Bone to Bai Chenxiang, saying she was the Speed Clan's hope.

Bai He and Bai Chenxiang gained several Soul Power levels from Wang Jingyu’s Soul Refining Pills, and Bai Chenxiang received an External Soul Bone. Later, Wang Jingyu gave her a Rejuvenation Pill, and her grateful kiss left her flustered and fleeing.

• Bai Chenxiang’s Soul Power rose from level 41 to 46, while Bai He’s rose from level 81 to 84 after they swallowed Soul Refining Pills.
• Bai He toasted Wang Jingyu, and he, Titan, and Niu Gao drank until they passed out.
• Bai Chenxiang flew onto the roof and joined Wang Jingyu as he gazed at the stars.
• Wang Jingyu asked to call her Xiangxiang and gave her a Rejuvenation Pill that added five hundred years to her lifespan and preserved her youth.
• Bai Chenxiang kissed Wang Jingyu on the cheek, realized how forward she had been, and hurried away in embarrassment.

Wang Jingyu accompanied Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He to the Breaking Clan, where they urged Yang Wudi to follow Wang Jingyu instead of returning to Tang Hao. Yang Wudi misread their intentions and concluded that Wang Jingyu was Tang Hao’s son and that his friends were using a trick to persuade him to return.

• Wang Jingyu arrived at the Breaking Clan with Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He several days after Bai Chenxiang kissed him.
• Yang Wudi assumed his three friends had come at Tang Hao’s request, but they denied it and said they would not return to Tang Hao.
• Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He introduced Wang Jingyu as the powerful expert they had chosen to follow and asked Yang Wudi to join them.
• Yang Wudi suspected Wang Jingyu was Tang Hao’s son and accused his friends of pretending to pledge themselves elsewhere to maneuver him into returning to Tang Hao.

Wang Jingyu punished Yang Wudi with Tsukuyomi after Yang Wudi mistook him for Tang Hao’s son. Yang Wudi emerged terrified and understood that seconds in the real world had felt like a month of torture, while Wang Jingyu warned him not to make the mistake again.

• Yang Wudi agreed to return to Tang Hao for the sake of his old friends, but again called Wang Jingyu Tang Hao’s son.
• Wang Jingyu caught Yang Wudi’s gaze and trapped him in Tsukuyomi, where he endured a month of Tongue-Pulling Hell.
• Yang Wudi screamed and convulsed for several seconds in the real world as Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He watched in alarm.
• Wang Jingyu told Yang Wudi the ordeal was a small lesson and declared that Tang Hao was not worthy of being his father.
• Yang Wudi realized Wang Jingyu had inflicted the terrifying illusion and looked at him with fear and reverence.