Chapter Summaries

Li Fei handed the Pill Pavilion’s Star Luo Empire operations to Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan, then returned to the Li Family to cultivate and develop a method for increasing Soul Ring years. Yang Wudi publicly presented the Pavilion’s takeover as a Breaking Clan scheme and secured the Star Luo Emperor as its first Platinum Member.

• Li Fei explained Space Teleportation to Yang Wudi and appointed him Pill Pavilion Master, placing the Breaking Clan in charge of the Pill business across the Star Luo Empire.
• Yang Wudi introduced Li Fei and Dugu Bo to the six elders, who accepted Li Fei’s gifts and joined the Pill Pavilion as elders.
• Li Fei outlined plans to secure Lingluo City, bind powerful officials and merchants to the Pavilion, and secretly recruit the other three clans with generous rewards.
• Li Fei and Dugu Bo helped six Breaking Clan members obtain Eighth Soul Rings and Internal Soul Bones, while Li Fei stocked the Teleportation Array with pills and then returned to the Li Family to enter seclusion.
• Yang Wudi told the Star Luo Emperor that the Pill Pavilion had been founded by the Breaking Clan, and the Emperor bought its first Platinum Member membership for one million Gold Soul Coins.

Yang Wudi recruited Niu Gao and the Defense Clan into the Li Family by offering wealth, support, and the chance to seek revenge on their enemies. Meanwhile, Li Fei developed a method for raising Soul Ring ages and studied two forms of Ring Detonation.

• The Pill Pavilion expanded across the Star Luo Empire, while its branches remained restricted from selling Pills above the sixth grade.
• Niu Gao learned that Yang Wudi had joined the Pill Pavilion and made the Breaking Clan its representative for the Li Family in the Star Luo Empire.
• Yang Wudi told Niu Gao that the Li Family had strengthened him, paid him one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and given the clans a powerful backer in Dugu Bo.
• Yang Wudi offered Niu Gao, Old Bai, and Old Gorilla the same gifts and a chance to take revenge on Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect, and Niu Gao agreed to join.
• Li Fei created Soul Ascension Art Version 1.0 to increase Soul Ring ages and distinguished between Combat and Non-Combat Ring Detonation.

Li Fei shared the Soul Ascension Art with the Li Family’s trusted members, then traveled to meet Yang Wudi and Niu Gao. He appointed Niu Gao to lead a new Defense and Construction Pavilion and continued with them toward the Speed Clan, which he planned to recruit into his intelligence organization.

• Li Fei gave version 1.0 of the Soul Ascension Art to Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Li Yusong, Li Jianguo, Su Lan, Uncle Li Fu, and the others, warning that it had to remain secret.
• Dugu Bo and the others began cultivating the art, and Dugu Bo chose to raise his Ninth Soul Ring first.
• Li Fei left home alone and encountered Yang Wudi and Niu Gao near the Speed Clan’s residence.
• Yang Wudi introduced Niu Gao as the Defense Clan’s patriarch, and Niu Gao confirmed that his clan had agreed to join the Li Family.
• Li Fei appointed Niu Gao master of a new Defense and Construction Pavilion and gave him a gold card containing one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, a Grade 9 Foundation Establishment Pill, and a Grade 10 Dragon Transformation Pill.
• Li Fei, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao continued toward the Speed Clan, which Li Fei intended to recruit for the Li Family’s intelligence organization.

Yang Wudi and Niu Gao brought Li Fei to the Speed Clan to recruit Bai He, whose clan was struggling with poverty. Bai He was tempted by the offer but refused to agree outright, challenging Li Fei to beat him in speed before he would join.

• Bai Chenxiang welcomed Yang Wudi and Niu Gao to the Speed Clan estate and was struck by Li Fei's looks and presence.
• Li Fei criticized Bai He's pride for keeping the Speed Clan poor and considered the clan useful for intelligence work.
• Bai He met Li Fei and learned that Yang Wudi and Niu Gao wanted him to pledge loyalty to the Li Family in exchange for generous benefits.
• Bai He admitted the offer could help his clan but said he needed time to consider it.
• Bai He challenged Li Fei to defeat him in speed before he would join, startling Yang Wudi and Niu Gao.

Li Fei defeated Bai He in a speed contest, then persuaded the Speed Clan to submit to the Li Family. He appointed Bai He master of the Dark Pavilion, leaving the clan in charge of the Li Family’s intelligence network.

• Li Fei used his ocular technique to catch Bai He, then evaded Bai He’s attacks when he demanded a rematch.
• Li Fei revealed his six Soul Rings and overpowered Bai He with his Azure Dragon Staff, prompting him to criticize Bai He’s conduct as a clan leader.
• Bai He accepted defeat, pledged the Speed Clan’s obedience to the Li Family, and apologized to Li Fei.
• Li Fei gave Bai He pills that raised his Soul Power to level eighty-nine and infused his Martial Soul with Azure Dragon blood, causing it to evolve.
• Li Fei gathered the Speed Clan’s higher-ups, gave them pills and one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and appointed Bai He master of the Dark Pavilion.

Li Fei and the three clan leaders visited the Strength Clan to recruit its blacksmiths for the Dark Pavilion. Tai Tan and Tainuo recognized Li Fei as an enemy, but after he recounted their past conflict, they realized they had been at fault.

• Li Fei completed the Dark Pavilion's underground headquarters with help from the Defense Clan and traveled to Heaven Dou City with Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He.
• Tainuo greeted the three clan leaders and recognized Li Fei, whom he had previously clashed with.
• Li Fei proposed putting the past behind them, but Tai Tan arrived, recognized Li Fei, and tried to attack him.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He stopped Tai Tan, and Li Fei explained how their earlier conflict had unfolded.
• Tai Tan and Tainuo blushed with shame after hearing Li Fei's account and realizing they had been in the wrong.

Li Fei sought to recruit Tai Tan and the Strength Clan into the Li Family after resolving their dispute. Tainuo considered the offer, while Tai Tan remained hesitant as the three clan masters argued that joining Li Fei was their best path forward.

• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He condemned Tai Tan and Tainuo’s actions and sided with Li Fei, prompting Tai Tan to admit fault.
• Li Fei told Tai Tan to hear the three pavilion masters explain why they had come, then spoke with Tainuo about recruiting the Strength Clan.
• Tainuo learned that the Li Family supplied many popular products and offered protection and cultivation resources, but he insisted the Strength Clan should remain independent.
• Li Fei promised he could help Tainuo improve his potential, and Tainuo said he needed time to consider joining.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He told Tai Tan that they and their clans had joined the Li Family, citing its resources, Dugu Bo’s strength, and the promise of future advancement.
• Tai Tan worried the Li Family might betray them as the Clear Sky Sect had, while Yang Wudi urged him to trust Li Fei and accept the opportunity.

Li Fei challenged Tai Tan to prove his strength and secure the Strength Clan’s allegiance. Tai Tan agreed to join after seeing Li Fei’s power, but Li Fei insisted on fighting, and their battle began.

• Yang Wudi told Li Fei that Tai Tan would only agree to join if Li Fei defeated him, and that Tai Tan planned to suppress his Soul Power.
• Tai Tan demanded a fight, but Li Fei challenged him to use his full strength; Tai Tan accepted, and Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He agreed not to interfere.
• At the training plaza, Tai Tan summoned his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul and eight Soul Rings, while Li Fei revealed his Azure Dragon Staff and six Soul Rings as a Level 66 Soul Emperor.
• Shocked by Li Fei’s strength and talent, Tai Tan agreed to join the Li Family before they fought.
• Li Fei insisted that they complete the battle and attacked Tai Tan with his sixth and first Soul Skills, and Tai Tan met his strike with a punch.

Li Fei defeated Tai Tan and used Pills to win the Strength Clan’s loyalty, then founded the Divine Craftsman Pavilion with Tai Tan as its master. He began learning Soul Tool forging and planned to develop weapons for the Li Family.

• Li Fei overwhelmed Tai Tan with stacked staff strikes, and Tai Tan surrendered the Strength Clan and swore to obey him.
• Li Fei gave Tai Tan a Foundation Establishment Pill and a Dragon Transformation Pill, healing his injuries, restoring his youth, and raising his Soul Power to level eighty-seven.
• Tai Tan summoned the Strength Clan’s six elders, and Li Fei gave them Pills that helped them advance toward the Soul Douluo realm; Tainuo also reached the Soul Emperor realm.
• Li Fei established the Divine Craftsman Pavilion, appointed Tai Tan as its master, and provided one hundred million in startup capital.
• Li Fei learned to forge Soul Tools and inscribe formations, then planned to develop firearms for the Li Family and sell cold weapons to ordinary people.

Li Fei brought his replicas of powerful weapons to Gengjin City and sought to recruit Divine Craftsman Lou Gao, hoping to strengthen his control over the blacksmithing trade. After reading Tai Tan’s letter and recognizing Li Fei as the founder of the Pill Pavilion, Lou Gao warmly welcomed him.

• Li Fei spent three months crafting replica firearms and cold weapons with customizable strength, appearance, and durability, intending to sell them for profit.
• Li Fei traveled to Gengjin City with the weapons and Tai Tan’s letter of introduction to meet Lou Gao.
• Lou Gao discussed the limited state of Soul Tool technology with Saint Craftsmen and dismissed the idea of absorbing Soul Tools into the body as unrealistic.
• A staff member delivered Tai Tan’s letter, and Lou Gao recognized Li Fei as the founder of the Pill Pavilion.
• Lou Gao greeted Li Fei warmly, and Li Fei confirmed that he had come to recruit him.

Li Fei persuaded Divine Craftsman Lou Gao to join the Li Family by showing him advanced Soul Tool blueprints, a forged Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and generous rewards. After Lou Gao accepted and took the Pills, he became younger and broke through to Soul Douluo, while Li Fei moved to recruit the Divine Craftsman Tower’s six Saint Craftsmen and monopolize blacksmithing.

• Li Fei offered Lou Gao a place in the Li Family, then showed him the Green Dragon Crescent Blade blueprint and revealed that he had already forged the weapon.
• Li Fei demonstrated that the Soul Tools could be stored inside a person’s body and offered Lou Gao more blueprints, Pills, and one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Lou Gao eagerly agreed to join the Li Family and swallowed the Grade 9 and Grade 10 Pills.
• The Pills rejuvenated Lou Gao and raised his cultivation to Soul Douluo, with further growth possible after he absorbed his eighth soul ring.
• Li Fei asked Lou Gao to summon the Divine Craftsman Tower’s six Saint Craftsmen so he could recruit the entire tower.

Li Fei consolidated his control over the Divine Craftsman Tower and introduced a new Soul Tool at the Star Luo Royal Auction House. The auction began with fierce bidding on a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, while the Green Dragon Crescent Blade awaited its debut as the final item.

• Li Fei strengthened the Saint Craftsmen’s loyalty, assigned them Soul Tool designs, and established a restricted Teleportation Array in the Divine Craftsman Tower.
• Lou Gao gave Li Fei information about absent craftsmen, including Tang Hao, Li Yunshan, and Bobadov, and Li Fei resolved to recruit or eliminate those outside the Li Family’s control.
• Li Fei traveled in disguise to the Star Luo Royal Auction House and gave manager Zhu Yu a first-grade Green Dragon Crescent Blade to auction.
• Zhu Yu announced a milestone-worthy final item as the auction began, and Li Fei privately scorned the wealthy attendees.
• Bidders drove the price of a Ten Thousand Year left-arm Soul Bone from ten million to two hundred million Gold Soul Coins.

At the auction, Li Fei’s first-grade Green Dragon Crescent Blade sold for thirty million Gold Soul Coins, drawing the interest of Spirit Hall. Hu Yanjue tried to recruit Li Fei and obtain his Soul Tool method, but Li Fei refused and escaped through a spatial gate.

• Zhu Yu introduced the Green Dragon Crescent Blade as a body-storable Soul Tool that could grow to Soul Elder strength, and bidding climbed to thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Fei collected his auction proceeds, then agreed to meet the masked representative of the auction’s backer.
• Hu Yanjue revealed that he was the deputy deacon of the Star Luo City Martial Soul Holy Hall and asked where Li Fei came from, but Li Fei refused to answer.
• Hu Yanjue asked about the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and Li Fei claimed that he had made it himself.
• Hu Yanjue invited Li Fei to join Spirit Hall and offer up the Soul Tool method, but Li Fei refused and escaped through a spatial gate before Hu Yanjue could catch him.

At the Nether Duke Mansion and in Spirit Hall, leaders assessed the threat posed by a body-absorbed, growing Soul Tool and sought control of its technology. Bibi Dong ordered Hu Yanjue to find the young maker and recruit him or kill him, while Yue Guan questioned how dangerous the weapon really was.

• Zhu Zhen warned Zhu Yu that the new Soul Tool could threaten Soul Masters and said the family should find its source, while Zhu Yu discussed the Pill Pavilion’s valuable pill-making technology.
• Hu Yanjue brought the Green Dragon Crescent Blade to Bibi Dong in Spirit City and explained that he had bought it for thirty million Gold Soul Coins at the Star Luo Royal Auction House.
• Bibi Dong learned that the weapon could be absorbed into the body, kill a one-ring Soul Master, and grow to the strength of a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Yanjue to find the young maker and recruit him into Spirit Hall or kill him, then promoted Hu Yanjue to deputy hall master of the Star Luo Holy Hall.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan questioned Bibi Dong’s urgency, and Bibi Dong warned that control of advanced Soul Guidance Weapons could threaten Soul Masters and Spirit Hall.

Li Fei changed the Soul Guidance Weapon sales plan to protect the Li Family from powerful rivals, while Dugu Bo successfully raised his ninth Soul Ring to ten thousand years. After a year of quiet preparation and cultivation, Li Fei reached Level 70 at age eight.

• Li Fei realized that openly selling Soul Guidance Weapons through the Divine Craftsman Pavilion and Divine Craftsman Tower would invite attacks, so he ordered sales postponed and called an emergency meeting.
• Li Fei explained the danger to the Pill Pavilion's upper management, who approved his covert sales plan; he then held the same meeting with Lou Gao and the Divine Craftsman Tower's upper management.
• Over the following year, Soul Guidance Weapons were sold secretly, the Pill Pavilion's Pills drew greater attention from major powers, and the Li Family Army began carrying out missions against threats to the family's businesses.
• Dugu Bo used Li Fei's cultivation technique to raise his ninth Soul Ring to ten thousand years, giving him eight black rings and one red ring and the qualifications to pursue Level 98.
• Li Fei cultivated in seclusion and, after nearly a year, advanced to Level 70 Soul Saint at the age of eight.

Li Fei reunited with Dugu Bo, gave him Level 9 Soul Guidance Armor, and sent him off to experience the mortal world. The Li Family’s hidden empire had grown into a wealthy network of powerful fighters and remote bases, while Li Fei prepared to hunt for his seventh Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo shared his cultivation insights with Li Fei and gave him a scale to summon him in an emergency, while Li Fei gave Dugu Bo a Teleportation Token.
• Li Fei showed Dugu Bo the Level 9 Soul Guidance Armor, which could raise its wearer’s strength to the level of a Demigod, and Dugu Bo bonded with it.
• Li Fei told Dugu Bo that he had reached Level 70 and planned to hunt for his seventh Soul Ring, but said he did not need Dugu Bo’s help.
• Dugu Bo visited Dugu Yan and the others, finding that Li Yusong had become a Title Douluo and Li Jianguo and Su Lan had reached Soul Saint level.
• The Li Family had established vast wealth, a bank, and multiple hidden headquarters, forming a powerful underground empire centered at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Li Fei entered the Star Dou Forest to find an eighty-thousand-year Soul Beast for his seventh Soul Ring and tested his Azure Dragon Armor against a Dragon Flame Beast. The armor’s power frightened the distant Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, who decided not to approach him.

• Li Fei traveled through the Space Gate into the deep Star Dou Forest and used the Azure Dragon Staff to locate a dragon-type Soul Beast.
• Li Fei found an eighty-thousand-year Dragon Flame Beast in the Lava Valley and chose it as the target for his seventh Soul Ring.
• The Dragon Flame Beast attacked Li Fei with pillars of lava, but his Azure Dragon Protection deflected the assault.
• Li Fei transformed with the Azure Dragon Armor, whose dragon might frightened the Dragon Flame Beast, then charged at it to begin their battle.
• The Titan Giant Ape sensed Li Fei’s power and wanted to seek revenge for its sworn brothers, but the Sky Azure Bull Python stopped it and urged it to hide.

Li Fei unleashed all nine strengths of the Azure Dragon Staff, killing the Dragon Flame Beast with a strike amplified by 4,500% and absorbing its Soul Ring and Soul Bones. Elsewhere, Di Tian and Silver Dragon King Gu Yue sensed Li Fei’s extraordinary dragon aura and decided to lure him to them rather than confront him directly.

• Di Tian sensed a powerful dragon aura stronger than his own and asked Silver Dragon King Gu Yue about its origin.
• Silver Dragon King Gu Yue said the aura was unfamiliar and speculated that a dragon might have escaped to the lower realm, then warned Di Tian not to capture it because he might not return.
• Li Fei stacked all nine strengths of the Azure Dragon, raising the amplification to 4,500%, and crushed the Dragon Flame Beast and much of the Lava Volcano with one strike.
• Li Fei absorbed the Dragon Flame Beast’s black Soul Ring and discovered that his seventh Soul Ring had been absorbed without meditation.
• The Dragon Flame Beast’s external Soul Bone became a Dragon Bone Back, and Li Fei replicated its 80,000-year internal Soul Bone with Growth Force.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er were attacked by a nine-thousand-year Blazing Flame Tiger, but Li Fei killed it and saved Shui Bing'er. After absorbing its Soul Ring, he gained seven black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and greatly increased the power of his Nine Strengths of the Azure Dragon, leaving Shui Bing'er astonished.

• Shui Bing'er froze the Blazing Flame Tiger and tried to protect Shui Yue'er, but the tiger broke free and revealed its nine-thousand-year strength.
• Shui Bing'er sent Shui Yue'er away and charged the tiger alone, then collapsed under its attack while Shui Yue'er cried for help.
• Li Fei arrived and killed the Blazing Flame Tiger with his cyan staff, then absorbed its Soul Ring to advance his first Soul Ring to ten thousand years.
• Li Fei's seven Soul Rings appeared black, and the advancement doubled the amplification of his Nine Strengths of the Azure Dragon to a combined nine thousand percent.
• Li Fei retrieved the tiger's Soul Bone, dismissed its quality, and gave Shui Bing'er a Pill that healed her injuries; Shui Bing'er stared at his seven black rings in shock.

After Li Fei healed Shui Bing'er, she and Shui Yue'er offered to marry him, and he accepted their proposal in principle after warning them that he already had a wife and wanted many children. The three traveled to Skywater City together, where the sisters were shocked to learn Li Fei was only eight years old.

• Li Fei healed Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er rushed to help her sister up.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er offered themselves in marriage to Li Fei, who told them to think carefully before committing.
• After learning their names, Li Fei revealed that he already had a wife and expected each of them to bear at least ten children; both sisters agreed to marry him.
• Shui Yue'er called Li Fei her husband as the three traveled toward Skywater City and chatted about their ages.
• Li Fei said he was eight years old, shocking Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, who then showed him around Skywater City.