Chapter Summaries

Qian Yufeng set out for Star Luo City with Qian Lingxin, Qian Lingsu, and Zhu Lingya, intending to confront the Zhu Family while presenting the trip as a visit to old friends. At the Zhu Family, Zhu Lingxin rejected Zhu Lingxiao’s pressure, while Zhu Lingya worried about facing the sister she had helped get imprisoned.

• Qian Yufeng told Zhu Lingya to return to her family as before and said he would visit them, then planned to leave for the Star Luo Empire the next day.
• Qian Yufeng chose Qian Lingxin, Qian Lingsu, and Zhu Lingya to accompany him, leaving the Snow Empress and Li Huoyuan to guard the house.
• At the Zhu Family, Zhu Lingxin confronted Zhu Lingxiao over deceiving her into returning and said Qian Yufeng would see through their plans.
• Zhu Lingxiao dismissed Qian Yufeng as an old Soul Douluo and ordered Zhu Lingxin to reflect on herself.
• On the journey, Zhu Lingya felt guilty about helping their father and brother imprison her sister and feared facing her.

Qian Yufeng confronted the Zhu Family over Zhu Lingya’s undercover placement at his side and claimed he had poisoned her to deter further schemes. Zhu Hanfeng went to seek Zhu Lingxin, who refused to appear yet and asked him to bring their grandfather first.

• Qian Yufeng arrived at the Zhu Family residence with Zhu Lingya, while Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu waited in the carriage.
• Zhu Lingxiao welcomed Qian Yufeng and brought him into the reception hall, where Zhu Hanfeng joined them.
• Qian Yufeng demanded to know why the Zhu Family had placed Zhu Lingya beside him and claimed he had poisoned her.
• Zhu Lingxiao asked how Qian Yufeng had discovered Zhu Lingya’s identity, while Zhu Hanfeng realized his family had concealed the undercover mission from him.
• Zhu Hanfeng went to Zhu Lingxin’s prison courtyard and told her Qian Yufeng was demanding an explanation from their father.
• Zhu Lingxin asked Zhu Hanfeng to fetch their grandfather first, saying she could not appear yet.

Zhu Qinian tried to negotiate with Qian Yufeng over Zhu Lingya’s poison, but Qian demanded a costly settlement and three months with her. Zhu Qinian then sent Zhu Hanfeng to summon Zhu Lingxin, who refused to speak on behalf of her father and brother.

• Zhu Hanfeng warned Zhu Qinian that Qian Yufeng had arrived with Zhu Lingya and was confronting Zhu Lingxiao.
• Zhu Qinian joined Qian Yufeng in the reception hall, where Qian accused the Zhu Family of concealing the truth and planting a spy.
• Qian Yufeng revealed that Zhu Lingya had become a level 93 Title Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and said he had poisoned her.
• Zhu Qinian offered five hundred million Gold Soul Coins and one thousand jin of rare ores, and Qian Yufeng agreed to remove the poison over three months while Zhu Lingya stayed with him.
• Zhu Lingya supported Qian Yufeng’s terms, and Zhu Qinian sent Zhu Hanfeng to invite Zhu Lingxin to the hall.
• Zhu Lingxin told Zhu Hanfeng she would not speak for Zhu Qinian and Zhu Lingxiao, and affirmed her trust in the family head.

Qian Yufeng negotiated to take Zhu Lingya away for three months, while Zhu Lingxin and Zhu Lingya confronted one another over the jealousy and family pressure behind Zhu Lingya’s actions. Zhu Lingya declared she would leave the Zhu Family for good, and Qian Yufeng recognized how deeply her resentment had affected her.

• Qian Yufeng offered five hundred million Gold Soul Coins and rare ores in exchange for taking Zhu Lingya away, and promised she would return unharmed in three months.
• Zhu Lingya and Zhu Lingxin urged Zhu Qinian and Zhu Lingxiao to accept the arrangement, so Zhu Hanfeng led the older men away to discuss their response.
• Zhu Lingxin confronted Zhu Lingya for helping their father and brother scheme against her.
• Zhu Lingya revealed that she had hidden her talent out of love for Zhu Lingxin and to avoid family rules, but resented their father's continued preference for her sister.
• Zhu Lingya said she had agreed to the plan to prove herself and announced she would leave the family permanently rather than serve as its tool.
• Qian Yufeng realized Zhu Lingya's years of suppression had left her with deep psychological problems.

Zhu Lingxin and Zhu Lingya decided to leave the Zhu Family, and Qian Yufeng negotiated their departure with Zhu Qinian. The family agreed to provide compensation, while Qian promised to cure Zhu Lingya’s poison within three months and keep the dispute private.

• Zhu Lingya told Zhu Lingxin she wanted to leave the Zhu Family, and Zhu Lingxin promised to support her.
• Zhu Lingxin asked Qian Yufeng to take her younger sister away, and Qian said he had intended to take both sisters.
• Zhu Hanfeng advised Zhu Qinian and Zhu Lingxiao to stop resisting and settle the matter with Qian Yufeng.
• Zhu Qinian agreed to let his daughters leave and offered one billion Gold Soul Coins, fifteen hundred jin of rare ores, and one hundred jin of rare herbs.
• Qian Yufeng promised to remove Zhu Lingya’s poison within three months and keep the dispute out of public view.

Qian Yufeng brought Zhu Lingxin back to The Manor and later completed his first one-hundred-thousand-year Artificial Soul Spirit, A-Meng, using Ah Yin’s bloodline. The chapter left the women reacting in astonishment after Ah Yin revealed the secret, while Qian Yufeng worried that his granddaughters-in-law had not become pregnant.

• Qian Yufeng returned from Star Luo City with Zhu Lingxin, and she explained that she was Zhu Lingya’s twin sister.
• Qian Yufeng told Zhu Lingxin she could stay with her sister and revealed that Zhu Lingya’s supposed poisoning was a lie meant to fool her family.
• After six months of experiments, Qian Yufeng created A-Meng, a one-hundred-thousand-year Artificial Soul Spirit made with Ah Yin’s bloodline power.
• A-Luo quickly befriended the timid A-Meng, while Qian Yufeng considered the resources the research had consumed and worried that Qian Xunji had sent no news of pregnancies.
• Ah Yin told the women that A-Meng was an Artificial Soul Spirit, and they reacted with astonishment at Qian Yufeng’s breakthrough.

After Qian Xunji was poisoned and fell unconscious, Qian Yufeng returned openly to Spirit Hall to investigate and confront those he believed were testing him. Qian Daoliu stabilized Spirit Hall and awaited Elder Qian’s arrival.

• Qian Yufeng received a message that Qian Xunji had been poisoned and decided to return to Spirit Hall with Qian Lingsu, Qian Lingxin, and Li Huoyuan.
• Qian Yufeng left Snow Empress in charge of The Manor and warned that he would punish anyone who had harmed his great grandson.
• Qian Yufeng traveled openly toward Spirit City, noticed scouts from the Old Nobility, and told Li Huoyuan he believed the poisoning was a test aimed at both Spirit Hall and him.
• Qian Daoliu learned from the Shadow Guard that Qian Xunji had been poisoned and stepped in to stabilize Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu told the unconscious Qian Xunji that his second granduncle had returned, then went to welcome Elder Qian.

After discovering that Qian Xunji had been poisoned through plants in the Pope's residence, Qian Yufeng ordered an investigation and learned that thirty of Spirit Hall's thirty-five Title Douluo had been involved. He rejected any appeals and set out for Pope Palace to execute them.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo diagnosed Qian Xunji with a concealed mixed poison, and Qian Yufeng suspected the Paper-Breaking Clan.
• Qian Yufeng learned from Qian Daoliu that Qian Xunji's daughters-in-law had brought ordinary potted plants into the residence.
• Qian Yufeng ordered Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu to investigate the maids who tended the plants, while Bibi Dong returned home to cultivate.
• Qian Lingsu and Qian Lingxin interrogated thirty maids and found that only two were completely innocent.
• Qian Yufeng read the investigation report and discovered that thirty of Spirit Hall's thirty-five Title Douluo had participated in the plot.
• Qian Yufeng refused to heed the seven great Pontiffs and headed for Pope Palace, determined to kill the traitors.

Qian Yufeng summoned and punished thirty Title Douluo who had betrayed Spirit Hall, then ordered a wider purge of those involved. He left the seven Pontiffs to watch as the arrests began.

• Qian Yufeng summoned the thirty Title Douluo to the Pope Palace and confronted them with evidence of how the Old Nobility had caused their families’ suffering.
• Qian Yufeng revealed his Level 99 strength, and ten Title Douluo killed themselves while the other twenty chose to resist.
• Qian Yufeng killed the twenty who resisted with his Ninth Soul Skill, the Emperor Demon-Subduing Annihilation Slash.
• Qian Yufeng ordered the Shadow Guards to punish the twenty resisters’ families and property, while burying the ten who had taken their own lives with some dignity.
• Qian Yufeng sent the Shadow Secret Guard to mobilize the Angel Enforcement Team and arrest other conspirators, ordering execution for serious crimes and the Forbidden Land for the rest.

As Spirit Hall arrested Old Nobility collaborators, Qian Yufeng summoned Dugu Bo to identify the poison that had left Qian Xunji unconscious. Dugu Bo recognized it as the Twelve Life-Death Wheels and began investigating its ingredients, while Qian Yufeng set out to pursue suspects beyond Spirit City.

• Qian Yufeng ordered arrests in Spirit City, where established Soul Master families refused to aid the Old Nobility.
• Qian Yufeng sent for Dugu Bo because he needed a poison expert to analyze the toxin in Qian Xunji's body.
• Dugu Bo arrived at Spirit City, examined Qian Xunji, and identified the poison as the Twelve Life-Death Wheels, made from twelve harmless substances.
• Dugu Bo explained that he needed to trace the twelve substances to prepare a counteracting mixture, and Qian Yufeng gave him a token and assigned him a Shadow Secret Guard.
• After arranging Dugu Bo's lodging, Qian Yufeng headed to a barbecue shop in Li Huoyuan to pursue people outside Spirit City.

Qian Yufeng led a small force toward Jialing Pass to punish the Old Nobility conspiring against Spirit Hall. The conspirators failed to secure the garrison command token, and the city descended into panic as Qian Yufeng approached.

• Qian Yufeng refused Spirit Hall’s elders’ pleas for mercy and left Spirit City with three Title Douluo and a two-hundred-man Knight Order.
• Qian Yufeng reunited with Dragon Snake Tiger Crane Leopard and assigned them to kill the conspirators’ followers while he handled the ringleaders.
• At Jialing Pass, the Old Nobility’s strategist warned the Governor-General that thirty thousand troops could not safely confront Qian Yufeng and ordered him to obtain the garrison command token.
• Qian Yufeng revealed that he had already arranged for the Garrison General to take the command token out of Jialing Pass, preventing the conspirators from controlling eighty thousand soldiers.
• The conspirators found the Garrison General’s residence deserted and began searching the city, sparking panic as Qian Yufeng’s force neared Jialing Pass.

Qian Yufeng entered Jialing Pass with the Garrison General's token and executed the seven defending generals for betraying Spirit Hall. He prepared for the enemy think tank's agents to infiltrate the weakened pass, while sending Li Huoyuan to confront the attackers targeting her subordinates.

• Qian Yufeng showed Niu Man the Garrison General's token, entered Jialing Pass, and met the seven defending generals at the General's Mansion.
• Qian Yufeng killed Niu Man and ordered the Knight Order to detain the generals' families and confiscate their property, with orders to kill anyone who resisted.
• Qian Yufeng killed the other six generals and learned from Li Huoyuan that their adviser had been captured.
• Qian Yufeng explained that he had anticipated the enemy's trap and warned Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu that the think tank's people would soon infiltrate Jialing Pass.
• Qian Yufeng sent Li Huoyuan to check on her subordinates, who had been attacked first, and she left to take revenge on their assailants.

Qian Yufeng crushed the rebellion at Jialing Pass, promoted eight Soul Saints to garrison generals, and led an expanded force toward Heaven Dou City to root out the Old Nobility. The Old Nobility secretly appealed to Xue Ye for help as his troops advanced.

• Qian Yufeng appointed eight powerful squad leaders as new garrison generals and quickly stabilized the camps at Jialing Pass.
• Li Huoyuan told Qian Yufeng that two Title Douluo had tried to seize Mr. Wu, and he suspected the Heaven Dou Empire was aiding the Old Nobility.
• Qian Yufeng regrouped his forces and left Jialing Pass, expanding the Knight Order from two hundred members to eight hundred.
• Qian Yufeng's troops punished people who had colluded with the Old Nobility, including members connected to the Seven Great Sects.
• The Old Nobility panicked at Qian Yufeng's advance and secretly sent letters asking Xue Ye to save them.

Qian Yufeng marched toward Heaven Dou City with eight hundred knights to punish those who had conspired against Spirit Hall, refusing attempts to downplay the matter. He reached the city’s outskirts determined to make an example of the culprits, while Xue Ye prepared the city’s defenses.

• Qian Yufeng told Li Huoyuan that he would take the fight to Heaven Dou City and punish those responsible for the attack on Spirit Hall.
• Li Huoyuan said he had obtained the full list of the culprits and would personally capture them as Qian Yufeng’s forces prepared for battle.
• Xue Ye ordered Marshal Ge Yunyi and the Royal Knights to defend Heaven Dou City, warned the sects of Qian Yufeng’s approach, and destroyed a letter linked to the Old Nobility.
• Ning Yue intercepted Qian Yufeng ten li from the city and urged him to deal with the instigators quietly, but Qian Yufeng accused the factions of knowingly sheltering them.
• Qian Yufeng declared that he would show the world that no one could offend Spirit Hall’s authority while he remained alive.

Qian Yufeng led the Knight Order into Heaven Dou City, broke through its gates, and executed the Old Nobility accused of plotting against Spirit Hall. He realized the conspirators’ leaders remained at large, while the survivors regrouped in hiding.

• Ning Yue let Qian Yufeng pass and returned to the sect, concluding that his obligation to the Heaven Dou Empire had ended.
• Ge Yunyi tried to limit Qian Yufeng’s entry to five people, but Qian Yufeng shattered Heaven Dou City’s gates and marched in with his troops.
• Xue Ye raged at the breach but refrained from attacking, since doing so would make him appear guilty.
• Qian Yufeng’s forces surrounded the Old Nobility, and Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu killed them with their saber and sword.
• The conspirators hiding in a village north of Heaven Dou City agreed to lie low and avoid further action until they could strike decisively.

Qian Yufeng settled the compensation for Heaven Dou City's damaged gate, returned to Spirit Hall, and learned that Dugu Bo had prepared an antidote for the unconscious Qian Xunji. Qian Xunji awoke after receiving it, while Dugu Bo declined to join Spirit Hall but accepted an honorary certification and the Microscope.

• Qian Yufeng agreed to raise Spirit Hall Deacons’ salaries and told Bishop Salas to keep the Heaven Dou City branch from provoking other factions.
• Xue Ye sent Huang Zicheng to collect five million Gold Soul Coins in compensation for the damaged city gate, and Qian Yufeng paid him.
• Qian Yufeng returned to Spirit Hall after ten days, while the Knight Order members who had joined his journey returned to their branch halls.
• Dugu Bo reported that he had identified the poison affecting the Pope and prepared an antidote, but he politely declined Qian Yufeng’s offer to join Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo administered the antidote to Qian Xunji, who woke ten minutes later and saw Qian Yufeng beside him.
• Hua Qianqian and Ling Jingxin arrived and promised Qian Xunji they would not defy Second Granduncle’s instructions again.

After recovering from the poisoning, Qian Xunji entrusted Spirit Hall’s affairs to Qian Yufeng while he rested. Qian Yufeng moved to replenish the Elder Hall by giving ten Level 89 Enforcement Elders pills to help them break through to Title Douluo.

• Qian Xunji asked Qian Yufeng about Spirit Hall, and Qian Yufeng said he had dealt with thirty traitorous Title Douluo and would find ten replacements.
• Qian Yufeng introduced Dugu Bo as the man who had detoxified Qian Xunji, then gave him a pill to improve his chances of reaching Super Douluo.
• Qian Yufeng told Dugu Bo to stay in Spirit City for ten more days before receiving certification as an Honorary Elder.
• Qian Yufeng reviewed the Enforcement Hall roster and summoned its Level 89 elders to discuss filling vacant Elder Hall positions.
• Qian Yufeng selected ten of the eighteen candidates and gave each a pill to help them break through to Title Douluo.

Qian Yufeng left Spirit City after helping twelve people become Title Douluo and arranging Dugu Bo’s honorary elder status. The next day, Bibi Dong arrived at The Manor to train under him, and he began planning how to cultivate her twin Martial Souls safely.

• Twelve people broke through to level ninety, received Soul Rings, and were granted Elder Tokens by Qian Xunji, while Dugu Bo was named an honorary elder and then left Spirit City.
• Qian Yufeng departed Spirit City with Li Huoyuan and Qian Lingsu after telling Qian Daoliu to keep developing Spirit Hall’s Soul Master army.
• Bibi Dong arrived at The Manor, explaining that Qian Xunji had sent her to train with Qian Yufeng until she became a Soul Elder.
• Ah Yin and Snow Empress sensed an evil aura from Bibi Dong, so Qian Yufeng explained that her Soul-Eater Spider Emperor Martial Soul could devour Soul Masters or Soul Beasts.
• Qian Yufeng planned to have Bibi Dong cultivate her Death Spider Emperor first and train her carefully toward mastering both Martial Souls.

Qian Yufeng trained Bibi Dong and began breaking down the Soul Spirit method while caring for his pets. After three months, Bibi Dong reached Soul Grandmaster, triggering a system task that promised powerful rewards if she advanced to Soul Elder.

• Qian Yufeng ordered Bibi Dong to run five laps daily, and she warmed up before starting her training.
• Qian Yufeng played with the White Tiger and the Dark Demon Evil God Cat before going to The Manor's research room to study the Soul Spirit method.
• Over three months, Bibi Dong trained, took medicinal baths, and studied, raising her Soul Power to Level 21.
• The system gave Qian Yufeng a task to help Bibi Dong reach Soul Elder, with a Million-Year Skull and Nine Yin Yi Jing Bone-Forging Chapter as rewards.
• Qian Yufeng added weighted leg wraps to Bibi Dong's daily five-kilometer run, and she promised to keep working hard.

Qian Yufeng received news that Hua Qianqian and Ling Jingxin were pregnant, and decided to return to Spirit Hall for the New Year with everyone from The Manor. He planned to leave in seven days, after making preparations and arranging a way to handle the Soul Beast companions’ presence.

• Qian Yufeng read Qian Xunji’s urgent letter announcing that both of his wives were pregnant and wrote back that he would return for the New Year.
• Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu rejoiced over the pregnancies, while Qian Xunji encouraged Hua Qianqian and Ling Jingxin to leave their chores to the maids.
• Qian Xunji reflected that he hoped Qian Yufeng would return and help resolve Spirit Hall’s shortage of manpower.
• Qian Yufeng told everyone at The Manor that they would all travel to Spirit Hall for the New Year and that he would handle the issue of Ah Yin and the others’ Soul Beast identities.
• Qian Yufeng set their departure for seven days later so they could return before heavy snow blocked the roads.