Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue searched Heaven Dou City for Fang Mo, got distracted shopping, then stopped Fourth Prince Xue Beng’s reckless carriage with her Soul Power. She revealed herself as a powerful four-ring Soul Elder and left Xue Beng kneeling in terror.

• Qian Renxue left the inn to look for Fang Mo while Golden Crocodile Douluo secretly followed her.
• Qian Renxue browsed a jewelry store and bought books and pastries, easing her worry about Fang Mo.
• Xue Beng drove his carriage recklessly through the street, endangering pedestrians, and Qian Renxue used her Soul Power to overturn it.
• Xue Beng confronted Qian Renxue, and she released her four Martial Souls, frightening him into dropping to his knees.

Qian Renxue subdued Heaven Dou's Fourth Prince, Xue Beng, for recklessly endangering pedestrians, but Tang Yuehua stepped in to mediate. Qian Renxue accepted Tang Yuehua's advice and lifted her Soul Power pressure, while Tang Yuehua asked Xue Beng to let the matter go.

• Qian Renxue forced Xue Beng to kneel and rebuked him for charging through Heaven Dou City's streets and endangering pedestrians.
• Tang Yuehua emerged from the crowd and warned Qian Renxue that humiliating a prince could earn her the imperial family's resentment.
• Qian Renxue recognized Tang Yuehua's sincere concern and agreed to listen to her, calling her Sister.
• Qian Renxue withdrew her Soul Power, and Xue Beng collapsed to the ground, trembling with fright.
• Tang Yuehua told Xue Beng that Qian Renxue had only acted to protect passersby and asked him to show magnanimity.

After Tang Yuehua helped Qian Renxue drive off Xue Beng, the two became acquainted over tea. Fang Mo arrived and recognized Tang Yuehua, while Dong'er suggested they test a new soul skill on her; the chapter left Fang Mo trying to appease an irritated Qian Renxue.

• Tang Yuehua gave Xue Beng a way to leave, and he hurried off after Qian Renxue defeated him.
• Qian Renxue thanked Tang Yuehua, revealed that she was Xue'er, and accepted her invitation to tea.
• Tang Yuehua and Qian Renxue chatted for nearly an hour, growing comfortable with one another.
• Qian Renxue spotted Fang Mo below and turned away in a show of irritation over his making her wait.
• Fang Mo recognized Tang Yuehua, and Dong'er proposed testing their newly mastered soul skill on her because she was related to their enemy.
• Fang Mo went upstairs and apologized to Qian Renxue, who responded with a cold snort.

Dong'er used Mental Whisper to deepen Tang Yuehua’s curiosity about Fang Mo, who joined Tang Yuehua and Qian Renxue for tea. When Tang Yuehua defended Fang Mo for rushing to see Qian Renxue, Qian Renxue began to explain that Azure Luan had hurried him along.

• Dong'er secretly used Mental Whisper to amplify Tang Yuehua’s curiosity about Fang Mo.
• Qian Renxue introduced Fang Mo as the disciple her mother had taken in, and Tang Yuehua greeted him and invited him to tea.
• Qian Renxue’s cold snort stopped Fang Mo as he moved to sit, and Tang Yuehua asked whether there was a misunderstanding between them.
• Qian Renxue told Tang Yuehua that Fang Mo had made her wait all night after promising to visit soon.
• Tang Yuehua pointed out Fang Mo’s messy hair and argued that his rushed appearance showed he cared about Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue began to reply that Azure Luan had been the one hurrying Fang Mo along.

Fang Mo and Qian Renxue reconciled over tea with Tang Yuehua, who recounted how she had met Qian Renxue. When Princess Xue Ke arrived at Moonlight Pavilion, Fang Mo used the chance to get closer to the Heaven Dou imperial family, and Tang Yuehua agreed to bring him and Qian Renxue along.

• Tang Yuehua reminded Qian Renxue that Fang Mo had been delayed by complicated matters, and Qian Renxue offered him a pastry to ease the tension.
• Qian Renxue told Fang Mo how she had stopped a runaway carriage and met Tang Yuehua, prompting Fang Mo to wonder why Xue Beng still acted like a wastrel.
• A maid told Tang Yuehua that Princess Xue Ke was waiting at Moonlight Pavilion, and Fang Mo saw an opportunity to pursue the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and investigate Xue Beng.
• Tang Yuehua prepared to leave, but Fang Mo asked to visit Moonlight Pavilion with her, and she agreed under the influence of Dong'er's Mental Whisper.

Tang Yuehua introduced Fang Mo and Qian Renxue to Princess Xue Ke at Moonlight Pavilion, where Xue Ke revealed she had come to support Tang Yuehua against Prince Xue Beng. After learning Qian Renxue was the woman who had confronted Xue Beng, Xue Ke was astonished when Qian Renxue said Fang Mo was even more talented.

• Tang Yuehua led Fang Mo and Qian Renxue into Moonlight Pavilion, where they met Princess Xue Ke.
• Xue Ke invited Fang Mo and Qian Renxue to join her on the third floor and wondered whether she had met Qian Renxue before.
• Xue Ke explained that she had come to support Tang Yuehua because Prince Xue Beng planned to retaliate after being embarrassed.
• Tang Yuehua revealed that Qian Renxue was the woman who had confronted Xue Beng and possessed a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring.
• Qian Renxue said Fang Mo was even more talented than she was, leaving Xue Ke shocked.

Xue Ke revealed that Xue Beng had changed suddenly and was trying to obtain the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Fang Mo and Dong'er suspected Xue Beng was a transmigrator who knew the artifact's secret and had feigned debauchery to pursue the throne.

• Xue Ke reassured Qian Renxue that Xue Beng would not dare harm her while she was present.
• Xue Ke said Xue Beng had once been kind but had changed a few months earlier and wanted the empire's national treasure.
• Fang Mo and Dong'er suspected Xue Beng knew the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could lead to the Sea God's inheritance and might recognize Qian Renxue from the future.
• Xue Ke explained that Emperor Xue Ye had refused to give Xue Beng the treasure, which would pass to whoever inherited the throne.
• Fang Mo concluded that Xue Beng was pretending to be a wastrel so he could win the throne and obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Xue Beng arrived at Moonlight Pavilion with a Soul Douluo and confronted Qian Renxue over the incident in the street. Fang Mo realized Xue Beng had actually come to seize Tang Yuehua’s intelligence network and began preparing a plan to use him.

• A servant warned Tang Yuehua that Xue Beng was approaching Moonlight Pavilion with a powerful Soul Master, and Fang Mo told Dong'er he planned to make use of Xue Beng.
• Fang Mo asked Qian Renxue to put on a veil before Xue Beng and the Soul Douluo entered the pavilion’s third floor.
• Xue Beng recognized Qian Renxue and accused her of making him lose face, but Xue Ke stepped between them and defended her actions.
• Xue Beng openly declared that he would use his power to seek justice for the imperial family’s dignity.
• Fang Mo realized Xue Beng had come to target Tang Yuehua and Moonlight Pavilion, whose intelligence network could help him fight for the throne.

Fang Mo used Golden Crocodile Douluo’s pressure to force Xue Beng and his Soul Douluo escort to their knees, then revealed that he knew Xue Beng’s future connection to Sea God Tang San. He left Xue Beng shaken by threatening to expose his plan to seize Tang San’s inheritance.

• Fang Mo asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to release his Title Douluo pressure after Xue Beng threatened him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo’s pressure forced Xue Beng and the Soul Douluo to kneel, shocking Xue Ke and Tang Yuehua while Qian Renxue remained calm.
• Fang Mo withdrew the pressure and asked Xue Beng whether he could speak properly.
• Fang Mo told Xue Beng they could discuss his teacher, Sea God Tang San, and Xue Beng realized Fang Mo knew about his future.
• Fang Mo warned Xue Beng that Tang San would punish him if he learned Xue Beng intended to seize the Sea God inheritance.

Fang Mo met Xue Beng privately and claimed to be Tang San’s cousin, Tang Mo, while seeking the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. With Dong’er secretly using Mental Whisper, Fang Mo began influencing Xue Beng as he explained the relic’s role in reaching Sea God Island and Tang San’s inheritance.

• Xue Beng feared Tang San would punish him for coveting the Sea God inheritance, but Fang Mo reassured him and proposed a deal.
• Fang Mo asked Tang Yuehua to arrange a private room, then left Qian Renxue behind while Xue Beng followed him submissively.
• In the inner chamber, Fang Mo told Xue Beng that he was Tang San’s cousin, Tang Mo.
• Fang Mo said he wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and explained that it was the key to Sea God Island, the Sea God Nine Trials, and Tang San becoming the Sea God.
• Dong’er secretly used Mental Whisper to make Xue Beng accept Fang Mo’s planted information as his own thoughts.

Fang Mo used Dong'er’s imprint to make Xue Beng believe he was Tang San’s cousin and coax the location of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from him. Xue Beng agreed to provide details for a palace heist in three days, while Qian Renxue wondered how Fang Mo had changed him so completely.

• Fang Mo exposed Xue Beng’s ambition to seize the Sea God inheritance and persuaded him that he had come to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for Tang San.
• Under Dong’er’s influence, Xue Beng devised a plan to use Spirit Hall against Tang San and Tang Hao, unaware that Fang Mo wanted to turn others against them.
• Xue Beng revealed that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was sealed in the Heaven Dou Empire’s inner treasury and said he had made an imprint of the emperor’s key.
• Fang Mo and Xue Beng agreed to meet again in three days so Xue Beng could provide patrol routes, secret-chamber mechanisms, and an ideal time to infiltrate.
• Xue Beng left Moonlight Pavilion with renewed dignity, and Qian Renxue asked Fang Mo what he had said to make him so obedient.

Fang Mo entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Golden Crocodile Douluo to obtain his fourth soul ring, while Qian Renxue waited outside. After absorbing an eighty-two-thousand-year Shadow Demon Spider ring and gaining the Shadow Net skill, Fang Mo and Golden Crocodile Douluo moved on to face an eighty-thousand-year Heaven-Splitting Mantis.

• Fang Mo left Moonlight Pavilion with Qian Renxue and told her he was heading to obtain his fourth soul ring.
• At the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, Fang Mo asked Qian Renxue to wait outside while he entered with Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo subdued an eighty-two-thousand-year Shadow Demon Spider, and Fang Mo killed it and absorbed its soul ring.
• Dong'er helped Fang Mo suppress the soul beast's resentment, and Fang Mo gained the fourth soul skill, Shadow Net.
• Fang Mo and Golden Crocodile Douluo encountered an eighty-thousand-year Heaven-Splitting Mantis, whose blade auras Golden Crocodile Douluo easily dispersed.